The Northwestern Red Raiders football team represents Northwestern College in college football in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Red Raiders are members of the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), fielding its team in the GPAC since 1992 when it was known as the Nebraska–Iowa Athletic Conference (NIAC). The Red Raiders play their home games at Korver Field at De Valois Stadium in Orange City, Iowa.[2]
| Northwestern Red Raiders football | |||
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| First season | 1950 | ||
| Athletic director | Tony Hoops | ||
| Head coach | Matt McCarty 8th season, 81–19 (.810) | ||
| Stadium | De Valois Stadium (capacity: 3,100) | ||
| Field | Korver Field | ||
| Year built | 2003 | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Orange City, Iowa | ||
| Conference | GPAC | ||
| Past conferences | Tri-State (1960–1980) NAIA D-II independent (1981–1987, 1991) Tri-State Athletic (1988–1990) | ||
| All-time record | 457–195–7 (.699) | ||
| Playoff appearances | 24 | ||
| Playoff record | NAIA D-II: 19–23 NAIA: 14–11 | ||
| Claimed national titles | 2 NAIA D-II (1973, 1983) 1 NAIA (2022) | ||
| Conference titles | 10 Tri-State (1971–1980) 1 Tri-State Athletic (1988) 5 Nebraska-Iowa / GPAC (1994, 1996, 2000, 2014, 2022) | ||
| Heisman winners | NAIA: 1 (2020) | ||
| Colors | Red and white[1] | ||
| Mascot | Red Raiders | ||
| Website | nwcraiders.com | ||
The school's head coach is Matt McCarty, who took over the position for the 2016 season.[3]
Conference affiliations
edit- Two-year college (1950–1954)
- Tri-State Conference (1960–1980)
- NAIA Division II independent (1981–1987, 1991)
- Tri-State Athletic Conference (1988–1990)
- Nebraska–Iowa Athletic Conference / Great Plains Athletic Conference (1992–present)
List of head coaches
editKey
edit| 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
edit| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Welton | 1960–1966 | 54 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 0.324 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0.286 |
| 2 | Larry Korver[7] | 1967–1994 | 295 | 212 | 77 | 6 | 0.729 | 65 | 20 | 2 | 0.759 |
| 3 | Orv Otten[8] | 1995–2008 | 150 | 105 | 45 | 0 | 0.700 | 78 | 36 | 0 | 0.684 |
| 4 | Kyle Achterhoff[9] | 2009–2015 | 75 | 56 | 19 | 0 | 0.747 | 49 | 16 | 0 | 0.754 |
| 5 | Matt McCarty[10] | 2016–present | 85 | 67 | 18 | 0 | 0.788 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 0.813 |
Year-by-year results
edit| 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 | ||||||||
| Northwestern Red Raiders | ||||||||||||||
| 1950 | 1950 | Two year college
(does not reflect in overall record) |
3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1951 | 1951 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1952 | 1952 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1953 | 1953 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1954 | 1954 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1960 | 1960 | Joe Welton | NAIA | — | Tri-State | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 1961 | 1961 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1963 | 1963 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | 1964 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 2 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1967 | 1967 | Larry Korver | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7th | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1968 | 1968 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1969 | 1969 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1970 | 1970 | Division II | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1971 | 1971 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Championship | — | ||||
| 1973 | 1973 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | W NAIA Division II Championship | — | ||||
| 1974 | 1974 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 2 | 1 | T–1st | 3 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Championship | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 12 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Semifinal | — | ||||||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 14 | 0 | 0 | W NAIA Division II Championship | — | ||||||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 11 | 2 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Championship | — | ||||||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 9 | 1 | 1 | L NAIA Division II Semifinal | — | ||||||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1988 | 1988 | Tri-State Athletic | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal | — | |||
| 1989 | 1989 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | Independent | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1992 | 1992 | NIAC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 1 | L NAIA Division II First Round | — | |||
| 1993 | 1993 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Semifinal | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | Orv Otten | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1996 | 1996 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1998 | 1998 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | GPAC | 9 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 2 | 0 | L NAIA Semifinal | 4 | |||
| 2001 | 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 7 | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | 17 | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | 17 | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 6 | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 8 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | 19 | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | Kyle Achterhoff | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | |||
| 2010 | 2010 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 9 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | L NAIA First Round | 12 | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | L NAIA First Round | 13 | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 9 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA First Round | 12 | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | Matt McCarty | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2017 | 2017 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 8 | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA First Round | 12 | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA First Round | 10 | ||||
| 2020 | 2020 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Championship | 2 | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 9 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Semifinal | 4 | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 13 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 9 | 1 | 0 | W NAIA Championship | 1 | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | — | — | |||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[4]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]
References
edit- ^ "HOME OF NORTHWESTERN RED RAIDERS ATHLETICS". Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "Facilities". Northwestern College Athletics. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ Dreeszen, Dave (January 11, 2023). "Northwestern Football's Matt McCarty wins national Coach of the Year award". College Football Warehouse. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ staff, Journal (June 7, 2023). "Storied Northwestern coach Larry Korver makes college football hall of fame ballot". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Otten to no longer serve as football coach". www.nwciowa.edu. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "NWC names Achterhoff head football coach". www.nwciowa.edu. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Matt McCarty Named NAIA-AFCA Coach of the Year". NAIA. January 9, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
- ^ "Past Seasons". Northwestern College Athletics. Retrieved August 31, 2023.