Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings football
College football team
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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.[3][4]
First season1920
Athletic directorJosh Morton
Head coachJerry Olszewski
11th season, 82–45 (.646)
11th season, 82–45 (.646)
LocationSioux Falls, South Dakota
| Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1920 |
| Athletic director | Josh Morton |
| Head coach | Jerry Olszewski 11th season, 82–45 (.646) |
| Location | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Stadium | Kirkeby–Over Stadium (capacity: 6,500) |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | NSIC |
| Colors | Navy and gold[1] |
| All-time record | 459–497–15 (.480) |
| Bowl record | 1–1 (.500) |
| Conference championships | |
| 8 SDIC (1932–1937, 1939, 1941) 2 NCC (1942, 1959) 2 NSIC (2023, 2024) | |
| Conference division championships | |
| 2 NSIC South Division (2010, 2021) | |
| Rivalries | Sioux Falls[2] |
| Mascot | Vikings |
| Website | goaugie.com |
The team's head coach is Jerry Olszewski, who took over the position for the 2013 season.[5]
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[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | 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[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[9] | 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[10] | 2005–2009 | 57 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 0.544 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0.500 |
| 21 | Mike Aldrich[11] | 2010–2012 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0.629 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0.645 |
| 22 | Jerry Olszewski[12] | 2013–present | 115 | 82 | 45 | 0 | 0.646 | 80 | 39 | 0 | 0.672 |
Year-by-year results
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Augustana Vikings | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 13 | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 2 | 0 | L NCAA Division II First Round | 25 | ||||
Notes
- A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.