The 1963 Luther Norse football team was an American football team that represented Luther College as a member of the Iowa Conference during the 1963 NAIA football season. In their 12th year under head coach Edsel Schweizer, the Norse compiled a perfect 9–0 record (8–0 against conference opponents), won the IC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 315 to 53.
Fullback Jerry Wonders ranked second among the country's small-college players with 1,017 rushing yards. Wonders was selected as a second-team back on the Associated Press' 1963 Little All-America college football team.
Seven Luther players were selected to the 1963 All-Iowa Conference football team: bacs Jerry Wonders and Bob Naslund; ends Richard Ashland, Gary Lowmiller and Claude Jacobson; and tackles Charles Stern and Earl Jensen.
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Personnel The following players won varsity letters:
Tom Altmeler Mel Ashland Richard Ashland Kenneth Belanger Harold Bendicsen John Benn James Boyce David Chellevold John Cutting Howard Dettloff Dean Ellingson Joseph Fillman Harold Fish Jay Geerdes Dale Halverson Richard Hemp Gerald Holmmes Dennis Ibbotson George Indestad Claude Jacobson Earl Jensen Peter Johnson Steven Johnson Francis Koch John Lee Gary Lowmiller Robert Melcher Steven Messer Darryl Meyer David Miller Dennis Mitchell Robert Naslund David Nesset Lowell Olsen Paul Olsen Steven Olson Thomas Precious David Sandeno Stephen Schach Russ Schneider David Schreiber Robert Schroeder Ronald Schultz David Solberg Larry Staffon John Stark Charles Stern Robert Thompson Leallyn Turvold Craig Williams Jerry Wonders
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