List of CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football seasons
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This is a list of seasons completed by the CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The first team in 1938 was coached by Dale Rea. Colorado State University Pueblo stopped sponsoring football after the 1984 school year and brought it back for 2008.[1]
Division history
| Year | Division |
|---|---|
| 1938–1962 | Junior college |
| 1963–1968 | NAIA |
| 1969–1975 | NCAA College Division (NCAA Division II) |
| NAIA | |
| 2008–present | NCAA Division II |
Seasons
| Season | Coach | Conference | Conference results | Season results | Bowl/playoff result | Final ranking | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | Wins | Losses | Ties[4] | AFCA poll[5] | ||||||
| CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football seasons | |||||||||||||
| 1938 | Dale Rea | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1939 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1940 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1941 | Jack Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1942 | Dan Lawrence | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1943–1945 | There was no team from 1943 through 1945 due to World War II | ||||||||||||
| 1946 | Maurice "Red" Elder | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1947 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1948 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1949 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1950 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1951 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1952 | Harry Simmons | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1953 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1954 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1955 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1956 | Joe Prater | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1957 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1958 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1959 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1960 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1961 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1962 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | N/A | |||||
| 1963 | Independent | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1964 | Independent | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1965 | Independent | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1966 | Independent | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1967 | Independent | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1968 | Independent | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1969 | RMAC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1970 | RMAC | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1971 | RMAC | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1972 | GPAC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1973 | GPAC | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1974 | Mike Friedman | GPAC | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | N/A | |||
| 1975 | GPAC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | N/A | ||||
| 1976 | RMAC | 3rd/ of 10[6] | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | N/A | |||
| 1977 | RMAC | T–7th/ of 10[6] | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | N/A | |||
| 1978 | RMAC | Ineligible/ of 10[6] | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | N/A | |||
| 1979 | RMAC | 2nd/ of 9[6] | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | N/A | |||
| 1980 | RMAC | T–1st/ of 9[6] | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | N/A | |||
| 1981 | RMAC | 8th/ of 9[6] | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | N/A | |||
| 1982* | RMAC | 2nd/ of 9[6] | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost to Central Oklahoma, 20-61, in NAIA quarterfinals | N/A | |||
| 1983 | RMAC | 2nd/ of 9[6] | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | N/A | |||
| 1984 | Gary Richardson | RMAC | T–5th/ of 9[6][7] | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | N/A | ||
| 1985–2007 | CSU–Pueblo did not sponsor football from 1985 through the 2007 school years. | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | John Wristen | RMAC | T–6th/ of 10[8] | 3 | 6 | — | 4 | 6 | — | — | —[9] | ||
| 2009 | RMAC | T–3rd/ of 10[10] | 6 | 3 | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | —[11] | |||
| 2010 | RMAC | T–3rd/ of 10[12] | 7 | 2 | — | 9 | 2 | — | — | RV[13] | |||
| 2011‡* | RMAC | 1st/ of 10[14] | 9 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | — | Lost to Minnesota-Duluth, 21-24, in NCAA D-II second round | 9th[15] | |||
| 2012‡* | RMAC | 1st/ of 10[16] | 9 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | — | Lost to West Texas A&M, 13-34, in NCAA D-II quarterfinals | 6th[17] | |||
| 2013‡* | RMAC | 1st/ of 10[18] | 9 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | — | Lost to Grand Valley State, 30-34, in NCAA D-II second round[19] | 7th[20] | |||
| 2014‡*† | RMAC | T–1st/ of 10[18] | 8 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | — | Won against Minnesota State University, Mankato, 13-0, in NCAA D-II Championship Game[19] | 1st[21] | |||
| 2015‡* | RMAC | 8th/ of 10[a] | 9 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | — | Lost to Grand Valley State, 7-31, in NCAA D-II quarterfinals | 5th | |||
| 2016‡ | RMAC | T–1st/ of 11 | 8 | 2 | — | 8 | 3 | — | — | RV | |||
| 2017‡* | RMAC | T–1st/ of 11 | 9 | 1 | — | 9 | 3 | — | Lost to Minnesota State-Mankato, 13-16, in NCAA D-II first round | 17 | |||
| 2018‡* | RMAC | T–1st/ of 11 | 9 | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | — | Lost to Minnesota State, 10-24, in NCAA D-II second round | 7 | |||
| 2019* | RMAC | 2nd/ of 11 | 9 | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | — | Lost to Minnesota State, 7-35, in NCAA D-II second round | 12 | |||
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | RMAC | 5th/ of 10 | 6 | 3 | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | N/A | |||
| 2022* | RMAC | T–2nd/ of 10 | 7 | 2 | — | 8 | 4 | — | Lost to Colorado School of Mines, 24-45, in NCAA D-II first round | RV | |||
| 2023 | Phil Vigil | RMAC | 3rd/ of 10 | 7 | 2 | — | 8 | 3 | — | — | N/A | ||
| 2024‡* | RMAC | 1st/ of 10 | 9 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | — | Lost to Minnesota State, 23-26, in NCAA D-II second round | 8 | |||
| 2025‡* | RMAC | 1st/ of 10 | 9 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | — | Lost to UT Permian Basin, 24-37, in NCAA D-II first round | 11 | |||
| Total | ? | ? | 7 | 347 | 224 | 15 | (only includes regular season games) | ||||||
| — | — | — | 0 | 1 | — | (only includes NAIA playoff games; 1 appearance) | |||||||
| — | — | — | 9 | 10 | — | (only includes NCAA Division II playoff games; 4 appearances) | |||||||
| ? | ? | 7 | 356 | 234 | 15 | (all games) | |||||||
| ♦ Denotes a tie for first place and conference co-champion | |||||||||||||