Luther Norse football | |
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First season | 1892 |
Athletic director | Renae Hartl |
Head coach | Joe Troche 2nd season, 2–18 (.100) |
Stadium | Carlson Stadium (capacity: 5,000) |
Field | Legacy Field |
Field surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Decorah, Iowa |
NCAA division | Division III |
Conference | A-R-C |
Past conferences | Independent |
All-time record | 447–444–21 (.502) |
Conference titles | 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 (A-R-C), fielding its team in the A-R-C 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.
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason [A 1] | ||||
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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] |
No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
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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 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0.100 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0.125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
National Champions | Conference Champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
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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 | — | — |
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