List of Pittsburg State Gorillas football seasons

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

In the program's beginning, the team was known as the Normals, but that changed in the early 1920s when the student body voted to be nicknamed the Gorillas. [2] Since 1924, Pittsburg State's football team has played in Carnie Smith Stadium, named after the seventh head coach at Pittsburg State. Prior to renaming the stadium after Smith in 1986, the stadium was named after the school's first president, William Aaron Brandenburg. However, the field is named Brandenburg Field. [3]

Pittsburg State has won 31 conference championships: two in the Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, nine in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, one in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, seven in the Central States Intercollegiate Conference, and 12 in the Missouri/Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. [4] Pittsburg State is the winningest program in NCAA DII history. [5]

Seasons

As of April 2024, the records are up-to-date.

YearCoachOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Albert McLeland (No conference)(1908)
1908Albert McLeland2–2–2
John Fuhrer (Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1909–1914)
1909John Fuhrer2–2–1
1910John Fuhrer7–3–0
1911John Fuhrer6–3–00–2–0
1912John Fuhrer4–4–01–2–0
1913John Fuhrer4–2–10–1–1
1914John Fuhrer1–7–00–3–0
Ray Courtright (Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1915–1917)
1915Ray Courtright4–5–02–2–0
1916Ray Courtright7–3–03–1–0
1917Ray Courtright4–3–23–2–1
John W. Fuhrer(Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1918)
1918John W. Fuhrer3–1–0
Garfield Weede (Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1919–1928)
1919Garfield Weede7–2–15–0–1
1920Garfield Weede5–4–13–3–0
1921Garfield Weede7–2–15–1–1
1922Garfield Weede4–5–03–4–0
1923Garfield Weede3–3–12–2–1
1924Garfield Weede7–0–15–0–1
1925Garfield Weede5–2–15–2–0
1926Garfield Weede2–6–01–5–0
1927Garfield Weede6–2–05–2–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1928Garfield Weede0–7–00–6–0
Blue Howell (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1929–1935)
1929Blue Howell1–5–21–3–2
1930Blue Howell6–3–03–3–0
1931Blue Howell4–5–03–3–0
1932Blue Howell6–1–24–1–1
1933Blue Howell4–3–22–2–2
1934Blue Howell6–3–03–2–0
1935Blue Howell6–3–03–1–0
Charles Morgan (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1936)
1936Charles Morgan3–5–03–1–0
Blue Howell(Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1937)
1937Blue Howell2–7–01–3–0
Charles Morgan(Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1938–1948)
1938Charles Morgan4–4–22–2–2
1939Charles Morgan3–4–22–1–2
1940Charles Morgan3–7–01–4–0
1941Charles Morgan5–2–33–1–0
1942Charles Morgan7–1–05–0–0
1943Charles Morgan6–0–0
1944Charles Morgan3–3–0
1945Charles Morgan2–2–2
1946Charles Morgan4–2–31–2–2
1947Charles Morgan2–7–11–3–1
1948Charles Morgan2–6–21–4–0
Carnie Smith (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1949–1965)
1949Carnie Smith8–2–15–1–0
1950Carnie Smith5–5–0L 21–32 Mizra Shrine Bowl
1951Carnie Smith7–3–04–1–0
1952Carnie Smith5–4–12–2–1
1953Carnie Smith6–3–12–2–1
1954Carnie Smith6–2–03–2–0
1955Carnie Smith7–3–05–0–0
1956Carnie Smith7–2–13–1–1
1957Carnie Smith11–0–05–0–0W 27–26 Holiday Bowl (NAIA)
1958Carnie Smith4–5–13–2–0
1959Carnie Smith6–3–04–1–0
1960Carnie Smith8–1–04–1–0
1961Carnie Smith11–0–05–0–0W 12–7 Camellia Bowl
1962Carnie Smith6–3–03–2–0
1963Carnie Smith5–3–12–2–1
1964Carnie Smith4–5–02–2–0
1965Carnie Smith3–6–02–2–0
1966Carnie Smith7–2–03–1–0
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Tom Lester (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1967–1975)
1967Tom Lester6–2–13–1–0
1968Tom Lester4–5–12–1–1
1969Tom Lester5–5–02–3–0
1970Tom Lester9–2–04–1–0
1971Tom Lester8–1–13–1–1
Great Plains Athletic Conference
1972Tom Lester5–5–03–3–0
1973Tom Lester3–7–02–3–0
1974Tom Lester4–7–04–1–0
1975Tom Lester4–4–23–2–0
Central States Intercollegiate Conference
Ron Randleman (Central States Intercollegiate Conference)(1976–1981)
1976Ron Randleman3–5–11–4–0
1977Ron Randleman1–8–11–5–1
1978Ron Randleman7–3–06–1–0
1979Ron Randleman8–3–06–1–0
1980Ron Randleman7–4–05–2–0
1981Ron Randleman10–2–07–0–0
Bruce Polen (Central States Intercollegiate Conference)(1982–1983)
1982Bruce Polen7–2–06–1–0
1983Bruce Polen6–4–04–3–0
Mike Mayerske (Central States Intercollegiate Conference)(1984)
1984Mike Mayerske5–4–04–3–0
Dennis Franchione (Central States Intercollegiate Conference)(1985–1989)
1985Dennis Franchione8–2–06–1–0
1986Dennis Franchione11–1–07–0–0
1987Dennis Franchione11–1–07–0–0
1988Dennis Franchione11–1–07–0–0
Missouri/Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
1989Dennis Franchione12–1–010–0–01st
Chuck Broyles (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(1990–2009)
1990 Chuck Broyles12–1–09–0–01stL NCAA Division II Semifinal
1991 Chuck Broyles13–1–18–0–11stW NCAA Division II Championship
1992 Chuck Broyles14–1–09–0–01stL NCAA Division II Championship
1993 Chuck Broyles8–3–08–1–02ndL NCAA Division II First Round
1994 Chuck Broyles10–1–09–0–01stL NCAA Division II First Round
1995 Chuck Broyles12–1–19–0–01stL NCAA Division II Championship
1996 Chuck Broyles8–38–1T-1stL NCAA Division II First Round
1997 Chuck Broyles9–28–12ndL NCAA Division II First Round
1998 Chuck Broyles7–36–3T-3rd
1999 Chuck Broyles10–28–12ndL NCAA Division II First Round
2000 Chuck Broyles9–37–23rdL NCAA Division II First Round
2001 Chuck Broyles11–28–11stL NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
2002 Chuck Broyles8–36–3T-3rd
2003 Chuck Broyles9–37–2T-1stL NCAA Division II First Round
2004 Chuck Broyles14–19–01stL NCAA Division II Championship
2005 Chuck Broyles10–46–2T-2ndL NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
2006 Chuck Broyles10–27–2T-2ndW Mineral Water
2007 Chuck Broyles8–36–3T-3rd
2008 Chuck Broyles11–28–12ndL NCAA Division II Second Round
2009 Chuck Broyles5–63–6T-7th
Tim Beck (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(2010–2019)
2010 Tim Beck6–63–6T–6thW Mineral Water
2011 Tim Beck13–18–11stW NCAA Division II Championship
2012 Tim Beck7–37–3T–4th
2013 Tim Beck10–27–23rdW Mineral Water Bowl
2014 Tim Beck11–210–2T–1stL NCAA Second Round
2015 Tim Beck6–56–5T–5th
2016 Tim Beck7–47–4T–4th
2017 Tim Beck8–47–4T–4thW Agent Barry Live United Bowl
2018 Tim Beck8–38–33rd
2019 Tim Beck6–56-5T-5th
Brian Wright (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(2020–2022)
2020 Brian Wright2–2
2021 Brian Wright8–38-33rd
2022 Brian Wright12-111-01stL NCAA Second Round
2023 Brian Wright11-29-1T-1stL NCAA Second Round 5
Total:750–364–47
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