List of Fort Hays State Tigers football seasons

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This is a list of Fort Hays State Tigers football season records. The Fort Hays State Tigers football team is the football team of Fort Hays State University, located in the American city of Hays, Kansas. The team competes as a Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) at the NCAA Division II level. [1]

Since the program's beginning in 1902, they have been known as the West Normals, the Normal Tigers, and the Tigers. Since 1936, Fort Hays State's football team has played in Lewis Field Stadium, named after William Alexander Lewis, president of Fort Hays State University from 1913 to 1933. [2]

Fort Hays has won 12 conference championships: two in the Kansas Conference, five in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, one in the Central States Intercollegiate Conference, two in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, and two in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. [3]

YearCoachOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Unknown coach(None)(1902–1907)
1902Unknown1–0–3
1903Unknown2–1–0
1904Unknown3–3–0
1905Unknown3–2–1
1906Unknown2–1–1
1907Unknown1–2–1
Claude Bice(none)(1908–1909)
1908Claude Bice3–1–1
1909Claude Bice1–2–1
No team(none)(1910–1911)
Ira Van Cleave (none)(1912–1914)
1912Ira Van Cleave1–1–0
1913Ira Van Cleave4–2–0
1914Ira Van Cleave5–2–0
W. G. Speer (Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1915–1918)
1915W. G. Speer4–3–03–3–06th
1916W. G. Speer5–2–04–1–02nd
1917W. G. Speer7–0–06–0–01st
1918W. G. Speer2–1–0
A.J. Robertson (Kansas Conference)(1919)
1919A.J. Robertson3–6–03–4T–7th
George Woodward (Kansas Conference)(1920–1922)
1920George Woodward2–5–12–3–1T–9th
1921George Woodward6–1–06–01st
1922George Woodward2–4–12–4–112th
Bill Weidlein (Kansas Conference)(1923–1928)
1923Bill Weidlein4–3–23–3–28th
1924Bill Weidlein4–4–03–4–010th
1925Bill Weidlein2–4–11–4–112th
1926Bill Weidlein3–5–02–5–0T–12th
1927Bill Weidlein2–5–12–4–111th
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1928Bill Weidlein3–3–23–3–1T–5th
Andrew Schoeppel (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1929)
1929Andrew Schoeppel2–5–02–5–0T–5th
Jack Riley (Central Intercollegiate)(1922–1928)
1930Jack Riley2–5–21–4–1T–5th
1931Jack Riley3–5–11–4–16th
1932Jack Riley4–5–02–4–0T–4th
1933Jack Riley6–2–23–1–22nd
1934Jack Riley6–2–14–1–01st
Jim Yeager (Central Intercollegiate)(1935)
1935Jim Yeager8–2–13–1–0T–1st
Paul Waldorf (Central Intercollegiate)(1936–1941)
1936Paul Waldorf6–3–04–0–01st
1937Paul Waldorf6–2–12–2–03rd
1938Paul Waldorf7–2–03–1–02nd
1939Paul Waldorf2–5–21–3–15th
1940Paul Waldorf3–3–31–3–0T–4th
1941Paul Waldorf1–6–20–5–06th
Bill Bearley (Central Intercollegiate)(1942)
1942Bill Bearley1–8–00–5–06th
No team(WWII)(1943–1945)
Ralph Huffman (Central Intercollegiate)(1946–1955)
1946Ralph Huffman2–4–21–2–2T–4th
1947Ralph Huffman5–3–12–2–1T–4th
1948Ralph Huffman5–3–13–1–12nd
1949Ralph Huffman5–4–03–2–0T–3rd
1950Ralph Huffman3–4–20–3–2T–5th
1951Ralph Huffman5–4–02–3–0T–4th
1952Ralph Huffman1–6–20–3–2T–5th
1953Ralph Huffman3–4–12–2–1T–3rd
1954Ralph Huffman7–2–04–1–0T–3rd
1955Ralph Huffman5–3–12–2–1T–1st
Wayne McConnell (Central Intercollegiate)(1956–1968)
1956Wayne McConnell1–8–00–5–06th
1957Wayne McConnell4–4–02–2–03rd
1958Wayne McConnell4–4–12–2–1T–3rd
1959Wayne McConnell3–6–01–4–0T–5th
1960Wayne McConnell2–7–01–4–0T–5th
1961Wayne McConnell0–9–00–5–06th
1962Wayne McConnell6–2–13–1–12nd
1963Wayne McConnell2–6–11–3–04th
1964Wayne McConnell5–4–02–2–0T–2nd
1965Wayne McConnell6–3–03–1–02nd
1966Wayne McConnell7–2–03–1–0T–1st
1967Wayne McConnell3–5–02–2–03rd
1968Wayne McConnell2–7–00–4–05th
Tom Stromgren (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1969–1971)
1969Tom Stromgren0–9–00–6–06th
1970Tom Stromgren5–5–02–3–04th
1971Tom Stromgren2–7–11–3–1T–4th
Bill Giles (Great Plains Athletic Conference)(1972–1978)
1972Bill Giles1–8–11–5–0T–6th
1973Bill Giles5–4–02–3–0T–3rd
1974Bill Giles1–9–01–4–0T–4th
1975Bill Giles3–7–02–3–0T–4th
Central States Intercollegiate Conference
1976Bill Giles5–4–05–1–0T–1st
1977Bill Giles3–7–11–5–1T–7th
1978Bill Giles6–5–14–2–13rd
Bobby Thompson (Central States Intercollegiate)(1979–1980)
1979Bobby Thompson5–6–03–4–0T–3rd
1980Bobby Thompson4–4–23–2–2T–3rd
Jim Gilstrap (Central States Intercollegiate)(1981–1983)
1981Jim Gilstrap6–5–03–4–0T–5th
1982Jim Gilstrap6–3–14–2–14th
1983Jim Gilstrap8–3–04–3–0T–3rd
Bobby Thompson (Central States Intercollegiate)(1984)
1984Bobby Thompson0–10–00–7–08th
John Vincent (Central States Intercollegiate)(1985–1989)
1985John Vincent7–2–15–2–02nd
1986John Vincent4–6–02–5–0T–5th
1987John Vincent5–5–04–3–04th
1988John Vincent3–6–13–4–04th
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
1989John Vincent3–7–0
Bob Cortese (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1990–1997)
1990Bob Cortese8–4–0
1991Bob Cortese8–3–04–2–02nd
1992Bob Cortese6–5–06–1–02nd
1993Bob Cortese8–4–06–1–01st
1994Bob Cortese5–5–15–5–12nd
1995Bob Cortese8–2–26–0–1T–1stL NCAA Division II Championship
1996Bob Cortese7–35–3T–3rd
1997Bob Cortese5–64–45th
Jeff Leiker (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1998–2000)
1998Jeff Leiker6–54–45th
1999Jeff Leiker2–92–6T–7th
2000Jeff Leiker5–53–55th
Tim O'Connor (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(2001–2004)
2001Tim O'Connor3–82–67th
2002Tim O'Connor5–63–57th
2003Tim O'Connor6–55–33rd
2004Tim O'Connor6–55–34th
Kevin Verdugo (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(2005–2010)
2005Kevin Verdugo2–82–6T–7th
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
2006Kevin Verdugo1–101–8T–9th
2007Kevin Verdugo4–72–78th
2008Kevin Verdugo2–91–810th
2009Kevin Verdugo6–54–56th
2010Kevin Verdugo3–81–810th
Chris Brown (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(2011–present)
2011Chris Brown4–73–6T–6
2012Chris Brown5–63–6T–9th
2013Chris Brown6–54–58th
2014Chris Brown7–47–4T–4th
2015Chris Brown8–48–3T–3rdL Mineral Water Bowl
2016 Chris Brown7–47–4T–4th Heart of Texas Bowl
2017Chris Brown11–111–01stL NCAA Second Round
2018Chris Brown9–39–21stL NCAA First Round
2019Chris Brown8–38–3T–3rd
2021Chris Brown5–65–67th
2022Chris Brown3–83–810th
2023Chris Brown7–46–4T–5th
2024Chris Brown8–36–3T–3rd
Total:495–524–55
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Source: [4]

References

  1. The MIAA
  2. "Fort Hays State University Athletics - Lewis Field Stadium". July 6, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  3. "Fort Hays State Tiger Football 2012 Media Guide" (PDF). September 3, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  4. "2015 Fort Hays State Tiger Football Media Guide" (PDF). September 2, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2016.