List of Geneva Golden Tornadoes football seasons

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The Geneva Golden Tornadoes football team represents Geneva College in collegiate level football. [1] The team competes in NCAA Division III and is affiliated with the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC). The team is also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association. Since its initial season in 1890, the team has won over 500 games. Home games are currently played at Reeves Field, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.

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Results

Yearly results

The Geneva Golden Tornadoes football team's first season of football was in 1890, and as of 2010, has completed 117 seasons of football. (Geneva did not field a team during the 1906, 1943, 1944, and 1945 seasons). [2]

YearConferenceCoachOverallConferenceNotes
WinLossTiePct.WinLossTiePct.
1890 NoneWilliam McCracken010.000
1891 NoneWilliam McCracken420.667
1892 NoneWilliam McCracken330.500
1893 NoneWilliam McCracken221.500
1894 NoneWilliam McCracken510.833
1895 NoneWilliam McCracken050.000
1896 NoneWilliam McCracken340.429
1897 NoneRoss Fiscus341.438
1898 NoneRoss Fiscus141.250
1899 NoneRoss Fiscus210.667
.1890–99 Totals23273.46253 Total Games
1900 NoneJ.B. Craig511.786
1901 NoneJ.B. Craig512.750
1902 NoneJ.B. Craig7001.000
1903 NoneJ.B. Craig910.900
1904 NoneSmith Alford142.286
1905 NoneArchibald Leech460.400
1906No Football Team
1907 NoneArthur McKean452.455
1908 NoneArthur McKean062.000
1909 NoneArthur McKean420.667
.1900-09 Totals39269.58874 Total Games
1910 NoneArthur McKean252.333
1911 NoneArthur McKean061.071
1912 NoneGraydon Long340.429
1913 NoneC.B. Metheny430.571
1914 NoneC.B. Metheny530.625
1915 NoneC.B. Metheny530.625
1916 NoneC.B. Metheny252.333
1917 NoneP.H. Bridenbaugh531.611
1918 NoneP.H. Bridenbaugh420.667
1919 NoneP.H. Bridenbaugh422.625
1910–19 Totals34368.48778 Total Games
1920 NoneP.H. Bridenbaugh521.688
1921 NoneP.H. Bridenbaugh531.611
1922 NoneRobert Park460.400
1923 NoneTom Davies621.722
1924 NoneJack Sack342.444
1925 NoneBo McMillin630.667
1926 NoneBo McMillin820.800Defeated Oglethorpe in the Orange Blossoms Football Classic.
1927 NoneBo McMillin801.944
1928NoneMack Flenniken550.500
1929NoneMack Flenniken261.278
1920–29 Totals52337.60392 Total games
1930NoneHoward Harpster910.900
1931NoneHoward Harpster622.700
1932NoneHoward Harpster730.700
1933NoneJimmy Robertson730.700
1934NoneDwight V. Beede252.333
1935NoneDwight V. Beede810.889
1936NoneDwight V. Beede441.500
1937NoneEdgar P. Weltner342.444
1938NoneEdgar P. Weltner550.500
1939NoneEdgar P. Weltner540.556
1930–39 Totals56327.62695 Total Games
1940NoneEdgar P. Weltner360.333
1941NoneA.C. Ransom432.556
1942NoneCal Hubbard630.667
1943No Football Team
1944No Football Team
1945No Football Team
1946 NoneA.C. Ransom710.875
1947NoneA.C. Ransom720.778
1948NoneA.C. Ransom260.250
1949NoneWalter J. West721.750
1940–49 Totals36233.60562 Total Games
1950NoneWalter J. West810.889
1951NoneWalter J. West250.286
1952NoneWalter J. West161.188
1953NoneByron Morgan450.444
1954NoneByron Morgan621.722
1955NoneByron Morgan630.667
1956NoneByron Morgan531.611
1957NoneByron Morgan432.556
1958NoneByron Morgan531.611
1959NoneByron Morgan720.778
1950–59 Totals48336.58687 Total Games
1960NoneByron Morgan450.444
1961 NoneByron Morgan440.500
1962NoneByron Morgan151.214
1963NoneDonald Lederick170.125
1964NoneDonald Lederick161.188
1965NoneDonald Lederick350.375
1966NoneDonald Lederick080.000
1967NoneJoe Banks170.125
1968NoneJoe Banks071.063
1969NoneDan Fraiser161.188
1960–69 Totals16604.22580 Total Games
1970NoneDan Fraiser180.111
1971NoneDan Fraiser720.778
1972NoneMax Holm810.889
1973NoneMax Holm450.444
1974NoneDick Lasse180.111
1975NoneDick Lasse090.000
1976NoneGene Sullivan180.111
1977NoneGene Sullivan180.111
1978NoneGene Sullivan370.300
1979NoneGene Sullivan360.667
1970–79 Totals29620.31991 Total Games
1980NoneGene Sullivan450.444
1981NoneGene Sullivan531.611
1982NoneGene Sullivan450.444
1983NoneGene Sullivan540.556
1984NoneGene Sullivan360.333
1985NoneGene Sullivan540.556
1986NoneGene Sullivan460.400
1987NoneGene Sullivan1120.846Reached NAIA Semi-Finals
1988NoneGene Sullivan820.800
1989NoneGene Sullivan630.667
1980–89 Totals55401.57896 Total Games
1990NoneGene Sullivan550.667
1991NoneGene Sullivan361.350
1992NoneGene Sullivan450.444
1993NoneGeno DeMarco450.444
1994NoneGeno DeMarco630.667
1995NoneGeno DeMarco920.818Lost to Malone University in First Round of NAIA Playoffs.
1996NoneGeno DeMarco730.700Lost to Findlay University in First Round of NAIA Playoffs.
1997NoneGeno DeMarco1120.846Lost to Findlay University in Second Round of NAIA Playoffs.
1998NoneGeno DeMarco830.727Defeated Maranatha Baptist College in 1998 Victory Bowl.
1999NoneGeno DeMarco830.727Defeated MidAmerican Nazarene in the 1999 Victory Bowl.
1990–99 Totals65371.636103 Total Games
2000NoneGeno DeMarco730.700
2001NoneGeno DeMarco460.400
2002NoneGeno DeMarco750.583Defeated Northwestern in the 2002 Victory Bowl.
2003NoneGeno DeMarco740.636Defeated North Greenville in the 2003 Victory Bowl.
2004NoneGeno DeMarco550.500
2005NoneGeno DeMarco840.667Lost to Georgetown College in First Round of NAIA Playoffs.
2006NoneGeno DeMarco450.444
2007PACGeno DeMarco830.727710.875Lost to Malone University in the 2007 Victory Bowl
2008PACGeno DeMarco550.500530.625
2009 PACGeno DeMarco830.727530.625Defeated Greenville University in the 2009 Victory Bowl.
.2000-09 Totals63430.594106 Total Games
2010PACGeno DeMarco550.500440.500
Totals52145749.53121120.6561027 Total Games

Postseason bowl results

Geneva has appeared in seven post season bowl games. The Golden Tornadoes have had good success, going 6–1 all-time in bowl games. The Golden Tornadoes have also decline two bowl invitations. (2000 Victory Bowl and 2007 ECAC Bowl).

Geneva College Bowl Games
DateBowl GameHomeVisitorOutcomeStadiumLocation
Jan. 1 1927Orange Blossom Football ClassicGeneva CollegeOlgethorpe UniversityW 9-7Fairfield Stadium (neural site)Jacksonville, FL
1998Victory BowlGeneva CollegeMaranatha Baptist Bible CollegeW 27-6Fawcett Stadium (neural site)Canton, OH
1999Victory BowlGeneva CollegeMidAmerica NazareneW 31-26Fawcett Stadium (neutral site)Canton, OH
2002Victory BowlNorthwestern(MN)Geneva CollegeW 19-9Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN
2003Victory BowlGeneva CollegeNorth Greenville CollegeW 37-14Reeves FieldBeaver Falls, PA
2007Victory BowlGeneva CollegeMalone UniversityL 45-17Reeves FieldBeaver Falls, PA
2009Victory BowlGreenville CollegeGeneva CollegeW 29-28Francis FieldGreenville, IL

Postseason playoff results

Prior to joining NCAA Division-III, Geneva competed in eight NAIA playoff games, finishing with a record of 4–4 (including forfeit victory) and reaching the national semi-finals in 1987. The Golden Tornadoes joined the Presidents' Athletic Conference in 2007 and had to undergo a four-year provisional period, where they were ineligible for the NCAA Division-III playoffs, and conference awards. In 2007, the Golden Tornadoes would have finished second in the PAC, with a 7–1 record against PAC opponents. Had they not been provisional members, the GTs might have qualified for the NCAA Division-III playoffs.

Geneva College Playoff Games
DatePlayoff GameOpponentOutcomeNote
1987NAIA First-RoundBluffton UniversityW 16-13
1987NAIA Second-RoundWestminster CollegeW 16-15
1987NAIA Semi-FinalsWisconsin-Stevens PointW 25-48UW-SP forfeited the victory for use of an ineligible player.
1995NAIA First RoundMalone UniversityL 23-24
1996NAIA First RoundFindlay UniversityL 13-38
1997NAIA First RoundCampbellsville UniversityW 34-13
1997NAIA Second RoundFindlay UniversityL 7-28
2005NAIA First RoundGeorgetown CollegeL 35-36

Milestones

Wins

Games

Statistics

Best decades

  1. 1990s .636
  2. 1930s .626
  3. 1940s .605
  4. 1920s .603
  5. 2000s .594

Worst decades

  1. 1960s .225
  2. 1970s .319
  3. 1890s .462
  4. 1910s .487
  5. 1980s .578

References