Northwestern Red Raiders football

Northwestern Red Raiders football
2023 Northwestern Red Raiders football team
First season1950
Athletic directorTony Hoops
Head coachMatt McCarty
8th season, 81–19 (.810)
StadiumDe Valois Stadium
(capacity: 3,100)
FieldKorver Field
Year built2003
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationOrange City, Iowa
ConferenceGPAC
Past conferencesTri-State (1960–1980)
NAIA D-II independent (1981–1987, 1991)
Tri-State Athletic (1988–1990)
All-time record457–195–7 (.699)
Playoff appearances24
Playoff recordNAIA D-II: 19–23
NAIA: 14–11
Claimed national titles2 NAIA D-II (1973, 1983)
1 NAIA (2022)
Conference titles10 Tri-State (1971–1980)
1 Tri-State Athletic (1988)
5 Nebraska-Iowa / GPAC (1994, 1996, 2000, 2014, 2022)
Heisman winnersNAIA: 1 (2020)
ColorsRed and white[1]
   
MascotRed Raiders
Websitenwcraiders.com

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]

The school's head coach is Matt McCarty, who took over the position for the 2016 season.[3]

Conference affiliations

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
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

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records and conference records
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

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 — —

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Notes

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]

References

  1. ^ "HOME OF NORTHWESTERN RED RAIDERS ATHLETICS". Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Facilities". Northwestern College Athletics. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  3. ^ Dreeszen, Dave (January 11, 2023). "Northwestern Football's Matt McCarty wins national Coach of the Year award". College Football Warehouse. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ staff, Journal (June 7, 2023). "Storied Northwestern coach Larry Korver makes college football hall of fame ballot". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  8. ^ "Otten to no longer serve as football coach". www.nwciowa.edu. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "NWC names Achterhoff head football coach". www.nwciowa.edu. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  10. ^ "Matt McCarty Named NAIA-AFCA Coach of the Year". NAIA. January 9, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  11. ^ "Past Seasons". Northwestern College Athletics. Retrieved August 31, 2023.