List of Emporia State Hornets football seasons

This is a list of Emporia State Hornets football season records. The Emporia State Hornets football team is the football team of Emporia State University, located in the American city of Emporia, 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 1893, they have been known as the Normals, the Teachers, the Yaps, and the Hornets.[2] Since 1937, Emporia State's football team has played in Francis G. Welch Stadium, named after the long-time coach and athletic director at Emporia State.[3]

Emporia State has won 16 conference championships: six in the Kansas Conference, six in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, two in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, one in the Central States Intercollegiate Conference, and one in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.[4]

Seasons

As of December 28, 2024, the records are up-to-date.

Year Coach Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
No Coach (None) (1893–1896)
1893 No coach 1–1–0
1894 No coach 0–2–0
1895 No coach 0–2–0
1896 No coach 0–2–0
No team (Discontinued) (1897–1898)
No Coach (None) (1899)
1899 No coach 2–3–0
John Lamb (None) (1900)
1900 John Lamb 5–3–1
Fred Williams (None) (1901)
1901 Fred Williams 3–4–1
Horace Botsford (Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1902)
1902 Botsford 3–8–0
Paul Samson (Kansas Conference) (1903–1906)
1903 Paul Samson 3–4–3
1904 Paul Samson 6–5–0
1905 Paul Samson 4–5–0
1906 Paul Samson 4–4–0
Owen Samuels (Kansas Conference) (1907)
1907 Owen Samuels 1–6–0
Paul Samson (Kansas Conference) (1908)
1908 Paul Samson 3–5–0
Fred Honhart (Kansas Conference) (1909–1911)
1909 Fred Honhart 2–4–2
1910 Fred Honhart 5–2–0
1911 Fred Honhart 6–2–0
George Crispin (Kansas Conference) (1912–1913)
1912 George Crispin 5–3–0
1913 George Crispin 4–6–0
Homer Woodson Hargiss (Kansas Conference) (1914–1917)
1914 Homer Woodson Hargiss 5–1–1
1915 Homer Woodson Hargiss 5–2–2
1916 Homer Woodson Hargiss 6–3–1
1917 Homer Woodson Hargiss 5–3–1
H. D. McChesney (Kansas Conference) (1918)
1918 H. D. McChesney 2–2–0
George McLaren (Kansas Conference) (1919)
1919 George McLaren 1–6–2
Homer Woodson Hargiss (Kansas Conference) (1920–1927)
1920 Homer Woodson Hargiss 0–6–2
1921 Homer Woodson Hargiss 7–0–0
1922 Homer Woodson Hargiss 6–2–0
1923 Homer Woodson Hargiss 5–1–1
1924 Homer Woodson Hargiss 4–4–1
1925 Homer Woodson Hargiss 4–3–1
1926 Homer Woodson Hargiss 7–0–0
1927 Homer Woodson Hargiss 7–0–1
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Fran Welch (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1928–1954)
1928 Fran Welch 6–1–1
1929 Fran Welch 6–2–0
1930 Fran Welch 4–2–3
1931 Fran Welch 4–4–0
1932 Fran Welch 2–6–1
1933 Fran Welch 3–5–1
1934 Fran Welch 7–2–0
1935 Fran Welch 5–4–0
1936 Fran Welch 6–4–0
1937 Fran Welch 5–2–2
1938 Fran Welch 3–6–0
1939 Fran Welch 6–3–0
1940 Fran Welch 6–2–0
1941 Fran Welch 4–3–2
1942 Fran Welch 3–4–1
No team (WWII) (1943–1945)
1946 Fran Welch 4–5–0
1947 Fran Welch 7–1–1
1948 Fran Welch 8–2–0 W Missouri-Kansas Bowl
1949 Fran Welch 6–4–0
1950 Fran Welch 6–2–1
1951 Fran Welch 5–3–1
1952 Fran Welch 7–3–0
1953 Fran Welch 2–5–1
1954 Fran Welch 2–7–0
Keith Caywood (CIAC) (1955–1966)
1955 Keith Caywood 0–10–0
1956 Keith Caywood 2–6–1
1957 Keith Caywood 2–7–0
1958 Keith Caywood 5–4–1 L Mineral Water Bowl
1959 Keith Caywood 2–7–0
1960 Keith Caywood 3–5–0
1961 Keith Caywood 2–7–0
1962 Keith Caywood 3–5–1
1963 Keith Caywood 2–5–2
1964 Keith Caywood 0–9–0
1965 Keith Caywood 1–8–0
1966 Keith Caywood 3–6–0
Ron Blaylock (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1967–1968)
1967 Ron Blaylock 1–9–0
1968 Ron Blaylock 5–2–2
Jim Lance (RMAC) (1969–1970)
1969 Jim Lance 5–4–0
1970 Jim Lance 1–8–0 L Boot Hill Bowl
Harold Elliott (RMAC) (1971–1974)
1971 Harold Elliott 3–6–1
Great Plains Athletic Conference
1972 Harold Elliott 7–4–0
1973 Harold Elliott 7–2–0
Dave Hoover (GPAC) (1974–1978)
1974 Dave Hoover 2–7–0
1975 Dave Hoover 1–9–0
Central States Intercollegiate Conference
1976 Dave Hoover 0–10–0
1977 Dave Hoover 3–7–0
1978 Dave Hoover 2–8–0
Bob Seaman (Central States Intercollegiate Conference) (1979–1982)
1979 Bob Seamen 4–6–0
1980 Bob Seamen 2–8–0
1981 Bob Seamen 1–9–0
1982 Bob Seamen 3–7–0
Larry Kramer (CSIC) (1983–1994)
1983 Larry Kramer 2–8–0
1984 Larry Kramer 3–7–0
1985 Larry Kramer 6–4–0
1986 Larry Kramer 8–2–0
1987 Larry Kramer 7–4–0 L NAIA playoffs
1988 Larry Kramer 8–3–0
Independent
1989 Larry Kramer 11–2–0 L NAIA Championship Game
1990 Larry Kramer 6–4–0
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
1991 Larry Kramer 5–5–0 4–5
1992 Larry Kramer 7–3–0 6–3
1993 Larry Kramer 3–7–0 3–6
1994 Larry Kramer 5–5–0 4–5
Manny Matsakis (MIAA) (1995–1998)
1995 Manny Matsakis 5–6 4–5
1996 Manny Matsakis 5–6 5–4
1997 Manny Matsakis 8–3 5–4
1998 Manny Matsakis 9–2 7–2
Jerry Kill (MIAA) (1999–2000)
1999 Jerry Kill 5–6 4–5
2000 Jerry Kill 6–5 5–4
Dave Wiemers (MIAA) (2001–2006)
2001 Dave Wiemers 5–6 2–6
2002 Dave Wiemers 9–3 6–3 W Mineral Water Bowl
2003 Dave Wiemers 9–3 7–3 T–1st L NCAA Div. II Playoffs
2004 Dave Wiemers 5–6 4–5
2005 Dave Wiemers 4–6 3–5
2006 Dave Wiemers 3–8 2–6
Garin Higgins (MIAA) (2007–present)
2007 Garin Higgins 3–8 1–8 9th
2008 Garin Higgins 4–7 2–7 8th
2009 Garin Higgins 2–9 1–8 9th
2010 Garin Higgins 5–6 3–6 7th
2011 Garin Higgins 5–6 3–6 6th
2012 Garin Higgins 10–2 9–2 2nd W Kanza Bowl
2013 Garin Higgins 9–2 9–1 2nd L NCAA Div. II Playoffs
2014 Garin Higgins 4–7 4–7 T–7th
2015 Garin Higgins 11–3 9–2 2nd L NCAA Regionals Final
2016 Garin Higgins 11–2 10–1 2nd L NCAA Playoffs
2017 Garin Higgins 6–5 6–5 T-6th
2018 Garin Higgins 8–4 7–4 T-4th L Corsicana Bowl
2019 Garin Higgins 4–7 4–7 9th
2020 Season suspended due to COVID-19
2021 Garin Higgins 6–6 6–5 T-5th L Live United Texarkana Bowl
2022 Garin Higgins 9–3 8–3 T-3rd W Live United Texarkana Bowl
2023 Garin Higgins 9–3 7-3 T-3rd W Fun Town RV Heritage Bowl RV
Total: 559–554–43
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Sources: [5][6]

References

  1. ^ The MIAA - ESU Archived October 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "The Legend of Corky the Hornet" (PDF). The Spotlight. No. 34. ESU Alumni Association. 2004. p. 32. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  3. ^ Francis G. Welch Stadium
  4. ^ DeLassus, David (2014). "Emporia State Composite Championship Listing". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  5. ^ ESU 2012 Football Media Guide
  6. ^ DeLassus, David (2014). "Emporia State Seasons". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.