Montana State–Northern Lights football
College football team
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The Montana State–Northern Lights football team represents Montana State University–Northern in college football in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Lights are members of the Frontier Conference, fielding its team in the Frontier Conference since 1999. The Lights play their home games at Tilleman Field in Havre, Montana.[2][3]
First season1957
Athletic directorChristian Oberquell
Head coachJerome Souers
4th season, 3–38 (.073)
4th season, 3–38 (.073)
LocationHavre, Montana
| Montana State–Northern Lights football | |
|---|---|
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| First season | 1957 |
| Athletic director | Christian Oberquell |
| Head coach | Jerome Souers 4th season, 3–38 (.073) |
| Location | Havre, Montana |
| Stadium | Tilleman Field (capacity: 2,000) |
| Conference | Frontier |
| Colors | Maroon and gold[1] |
| All-time record | 64–185 (.257) |
| Mascot | Northern lights |
| Website | golightsgo.com/football |
The school's head coach is Jerome Souers, who took over the position for the 2022 season.[4]
Conference affiliations
- Frontier Conference (1999–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 since 1999
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Currie[8] | 1999–2003 | 52 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 0.192 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0.175 |
| 2 | Mark Samson | 2004–2013 | 104 | 45 | 59 | 0 | 0.433 | 40 | 56 | 0 | 0.417 |
| 3 | Jake Eldridge[9] | 2014, 2017 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.214 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0.154 |
| 4 | Aaron Christensen[10][11] | 2015–2017 | 32 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0.069 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0.037 |
| 5 | Andrew Rolin[12][13] | 2018–2021 | 37 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0.081 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0.029 |
| 6 | Jerome Souers[14] | 2022–present | 41 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0.068 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0.031 |
Year-by-year results since 1999
| 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 | ||||||||
| Montana State–Northern Lights | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | 1999 | Walt Currie | NAIA | — | Frontier | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2000 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | Mark Samson | 1 | 10 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2005 | 2005 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 2 | 0 | NAIA First Round | 11 | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 6 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | 21 | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–5th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | Jake Eldridge | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2015 | 2015 | Aaron Christensen | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2016 | 2016 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | Aaron Christensen / Jake Eldridge (interim, last 3 games) | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | Andrew Rolin | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | 2020 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | Jerome Souers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2023 | 2023 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
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.
