Luther Norse football
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First season1892
Athletic directorRenae Hartl
Head coachJoe Troche
4th season, 3–37 (.075)
4th season, 3–37 (.075)
StadiumCarlson Stadium
(capacity: 5,000)
(capacity: 5,000)
| Luther Norse football | |
|---|---|
 | |
| First season | 1892 |
| Athletic director | Renae Hartl |
| Head coach | Joe Troche 4th season, 3–37 (.075) |
| Stadium | Carlson Stadium (capacity: 5,000) |
| Field | Legacy Field |
| Location | Decorah, Iowa |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | ARC |
| All-time record | 447–444–21 (.502) |
| Conference championships | |
| 11 | |
| Colors | Blue and Black[1] |
| Mascot | Norse |
| Website | luthernorse.com |
The Luther Norse football team represents Luther College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Norse are members of the American Rivers Conference (ARC), fielding its team in the ARC since 1922 when it was the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). The Norse play their home games at Carlson Stadium in Decorah, Iowa.[2]
The team's head coach is Joe Troche, who took over the position for the 2022 season.
- Club team (1892–1894, 1896)
- Army training corps (1918)
- Independent (1919–1921)
- Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1922–2017; rebranded)
- American Rivers Conference (2018–present)[3]
Championships
Conference championships
Luther claims 11 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 1978.
| Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Iowa Conference | 6–2 | 4–1 | Hamlet Peterson |
| 1935 | 7–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 1938 | 5–2–1 | 4–0–1 | ||
| 1941 | 6–1–1 | 4–0–1 | ||
| 1954 | 9–0 | 6–0 | Edsel Schweizer | |
| 1957 | 8–1 | 7–1 | ||
| 1960† | 8–1 | 7–1 | ||
| 1963 | 9–0 | 8–0 | ||
| 1970 | 8–2 | 6–1 | ||
| 1971 | 8–1 | 6–1 | ||
| 1978† | 6–3 | 5–2 | Bob Naslund |
† Co-champions
Bowl games
Luther has participated in two bowl games, and has a record of 1–1.
| Season | Coach | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Edsel Schweizer | Corn Bowl | Western Illinois | W 24–21 |
| 1970 | Stagg Bowl | Capital | L 21–34 |
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% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Jewell[7] | 1919 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Oscar Solem[8] | 1920 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.786 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Ivan Doseff | 1921 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Franklin Cappon[9] | 1922–1924 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0.568 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Hamlet Peterson[10] | 1925–1945 | 156 | 80 | 67 | 9 | 0.542 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Robert Bungum | 1946–1949 | 34 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 0.294 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Wally Johnson[11] | 1950–1951 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0.412 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Edsel Schweizer[12] | 1952–1977 | 234 | 150 | 78 | 6 | 0.654 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Bob Nashlund[13] | 1978–1995 | 169 | 90 | 79 | 0 | 0.533 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Brad Pole[14] | 1996–2001 | 60 | 20 | 40 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Paul Hefty[15] | 2002–2007 | 60 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 0.483 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Mike Durnin[16] | 2008–2012 | 50 | 18 | 32 | 0 | 0.360 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Aaron Hafber[17] | 2013–2017 | 50 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 0.400 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Caleb Padilla[18] | 2018–2021 | 31 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0.065 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Joe Troche[19] | 2022–present | 40 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0.075 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0.0625 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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 | ||||||||
| Luther Norse[20] | ||||||||||||||
| 1892 | 1892 | Club team | ||||||||||||
| 1893 | 1893 | |||||||||||||
| 1894 | 1894 | |||||||||||||
| No team in 1895 | ||||||||||||||
| 1896 | 1896 | Club team | ||||||||||||
| No team from 1897 to 1917 | ||||||||||||||
| Army training corps 1918 | ||||||||||||||
| 1919 | 1919 | Walter Jewell | NCAA | Independent | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1920 | 1920 | Oscar Solem | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1921 | 1921 | Ivan Doseff | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1922 | 1922 | Franklin Cappon | IIAC | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 1923 | 1923 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1924 | 1924 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1925 | 1925 | Hamlet Peterson | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1926 | 1926 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1927 | 1927 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1928 | 1928 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1929 | 1929 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1930 | 1930 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1938 | 1938 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Conference Champions | — | ||||||||
| 1939 | 1939 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Conference Champions | — | ||||||||
| 1942 | 1942 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1943 | 1943 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1944 | 1944 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1945 | 1945 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Robert Bungum | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1947 | 1947 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1948 | 1948 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1949 | 1949 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1950 | 1950 | Wally Johnson | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1951 | 1951 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1952 | 1952 | Edsel Schweizer | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1953 | 1953 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1954 | 1954 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 9 | 0 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | College Division | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||||||
| 1958 | 1958 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1959 | 1959 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1960 | 1960 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1962 | 1962 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1963 | 1963 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||||||
| 1964 | 1964 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1967 | 1967 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1968 | 1968 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1969 | 1969 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1970 | 1970 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | ||||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1973 | 1973 | Division III | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1974 | 1974 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1978 | 1978 | Bob Naslund | 6 | 3 | 0 | Conference Champions | — | |||||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1996 | 1996 | Brad Pole | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2002 | 2002 | Paul Hefty | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Mike Durnin | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2013 | Aaron Hafner | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2018 | 2018 | Caleb Padilla | A-R-C | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2022 | 2022 | Joe Troche | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2025 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
