Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings football
Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings | |
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First season | 1920 |
Athletic director | Josh Morton |
Head coach |
Jerry Olszewski 10th season, 74–41 (.643) |
Stadium |
Kirkeby–Over Stadium (capacity: 6,500) |
Year built | 2009 |
Field surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
NCAA division | Division II |
Conference | NSIC |
Past conferences | Independent (1920–1921) SDIC (1922–1941) NCC (1942–2007) |
All-time record | 451–493–15 (.478) |
Bowl record | 1–1 (.500) |
Playoff appearances | NCAA D-II: 7 |
Playoff record | NCAA D-II: 2-7 |
Conference titles | 8 SDIC (1932–1937, 1939, 1941) 2 NCC (1942, 1959) 1 NSIC (2023) |
Division titles | 2 NSIC South Division (2010, 2021) |
Rivalries | Sioux Falls |
Colors | Navy and gold |
Mascot | Vikings |
Website | goaugie.com |
The Augustana Vikings football team represents Augustana University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Vikings are members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), fielding its team in the NSIC since 2008. The Vikings play their home games at Kirkeby–Over Stadium in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The team's head coach is Jerry Olszewski, who took over the position for the 2013 season.
Conference affiliation
- Independent (1920–1921)
- South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (1922–1941)
- North Central Conference (1942–2007)
- Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (2008–present)
List of head coaches
Key
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason | ||||
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No. | Order of coaches | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
† | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage |
Coaches
No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
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1 | Jorgen A. Johnson | 1920–1921 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – |
2 | Carl Anderson | 1922–1924 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0.587 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0.618 |
3 | Martin Cole | 1925–1926 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.313 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0.286 |
4 | H. Paul Dee | 1927–1930 | 31 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0.371 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0.526 |
5 | Leonard A. Olson | 1931–1942 | 96 | 74 | 21 | 1 | 0.776 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0.894 |
6 | Harry Lackey | 1945 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
7 | Leonard A. Olson | 1946 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.071 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
8 | Bob Fitch | 1947 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 |
9 | Jerry Thompson | 1948–1950 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0.269 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0.222 |
10 | Linn Wells | 1951–1952 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0.176 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.091 |
11 | Vic Pederson | 1953 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.111 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 |
12 | Pinky Falgren | 1954–1955 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0.222 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0.125 |
13 | Bob Burns | 1956–1961 | 50 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 0.580 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0.700 |
14 | Jim Malmquist | 1962–1968 | 63 | 21 | 41 | 1 | 0.341 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0.274 |
15 | Ralph Starenko | 1969–1976 | 79 | 31 | 46 | 2 | 0.405 | 16 | 35 | 1 | 0.317 |
16 | Joel Swisher | 1977–1980 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0.449 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0.385 |
17 | Lyle Eidsness | 1981–1984 | 43 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 0.302 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0.250 |
18 | Jim Heinitz | 1985–1992, 1996–2004 | 185 | 79 | 105 | 1 | 0.430 | 51 | 93 | 1 | 0.355 |
19 | Denny Moller | 1993–1995 | 31 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0.371 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0.903 |
20 | Brad Salem | 2005–2009 | 57 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 0.544 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0.500 |
21 | Mike Aldrich | 2010–2012 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0.629 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0.645 |
22 | Jerry Olszewski | 2013–present | 115 | 74 | 41 | 0 | 0.643 | 72 | 37 | 0 | 0.661 |
Year-by-year results
National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
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Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
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1920 | 1920 | Jorgen A. Johnson | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1921 | 1921 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
1922 | 1922 | Carl Anderson | SDIC | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||
1923 | 1923 | 4 | 3 | 1 | T–5th | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1924 | 1924 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1925 | 1925 | Martin Cole | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
1926 | 1926 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1927 | 1927 | H. Paul Dee | 2 | 4 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
1928 | 1928 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1929 | 1929 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1930 | 1930 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1931 | 1931 | Leonard A. Olson | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
1932 | 1932 | 6 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
1933 | 1933 | 5 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
1934 | 1934 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
1935 | 1935 | 7 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
1936 | 1936 | 8 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
1937 | 1937 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
1938 | 1938 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5th | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1939 | 1939 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
1940 | 1940 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1941 | 1941 | 7 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 3 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
1942 | 1942 | NCC | 8 | 0 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | |||
No team from 1943 to 1944 | ||||||||||||||
1945 | 1945 | Harry Lackey | NCAA | — | NCC | 1 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
1946 | 1946 | Leonard A. Olson | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
1947 | 1947 | Bob Fitch | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
1948 | 1948 | Jerry Thompson | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
1949 | 1949 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1950 | 1950 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1951 | 1951 | Linn Wells | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
1952 | 1952 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1953 | 1953 | Vic Pederson | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
1954 | 1954 | Pinky Falgren | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
1955 | 1955 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1956 | 1956 | Bob Burns | College Division | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||
1957 | 1957 | 0 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1958 | 1958 | 5 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1959 | 1959 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 1 | 1 | Conference champion | — | ||||
1960 | 1960 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1961 | 1961 | 5 | 3 | 1 | T–3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1962 | 1962 | Jim Malmquist | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
1963 | 1963 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1964 | 1964 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1965 | 1965 | 1 | 6 | 1 | T–5th | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1966 | 1966 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1967 | 1967 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1968 | 1968 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1969 | 1969 | Ralph Starenko | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
1970 | 1970 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1971 | 1971 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1972 | 1972 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1973 | 1973 | Division II | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||
1974 | 1974 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1975 | 1975 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1976 | 1976 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1977 | 1977 | Joel Swisher | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
1978 | 1978 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1979 | 1979 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1980 | 1980 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1981 | 1981 | Lyle Eidsness | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
1982 | 1982 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1983 | 1983 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1984 | 1984 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1985 | 1985 | Jim Heinitz | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||
1986 | 1986 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1987 | 1987 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1988 | 1988 | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 3 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 18 | ||||
1989 | 1989 | 8 | 3 | 1 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 1 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 11 | ||||
1990 | 1990 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1991 | 1991 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1992 | 1992 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1993 | 1993 | Denny Moller | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
1994 | 1994 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1995 | 1995 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1996 | 1996 | Jim Heinitz | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
1997 | 1997 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1998 | 1998 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1999 | 1999 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2000 | 2000 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2001 | 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2002 | 2002 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2003 | 2003 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2004 | 2004 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2005 | 2005 | Brad Salem | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
2006 | 2006 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2007 | 2007 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2008 | 2008 | NSIC | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3rd (South) | 7 | 3 | 0 | W Mineral Water | — | |||
2009 | 2009 | 8 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 7 | 3 | 0 | L Mineral Water | — | ||||
2010 | 2010 | Mike Aldrich | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1st (South) | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | 6 | |||
2011 | 2011 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th (South) | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2012 | 2012 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5th (South) | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2013 | 2013 | Jerry Olszewski | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th (South) | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
2014 | 2014 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th (South) | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2015 | 2015 | 9 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 9 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 24 | ||||
2016 | 2016 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2017 | 2017 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6th (South) | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2018 | 2018 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd (South) | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2019 | 2019 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2nd (South) | 9 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | — | ||||
No team in 2020 due to COVID-19. | ||||||||||||||
2021 | 2021 | Jerry Olszewski | NCAA | Division II | NSIC | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1st (South) | 9 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | — |
2022 | 2022 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5th (South) | 7 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2023 | 2023 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division II Second Round | — | — |