Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings football

Not to be confused with Augustana (Illinois) Vikings football.

The Augustana Vikings football team represents Augustana University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Vikings are members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), fielding its team in the NSIC since 2008. The Vikings play their home games at Kirkeby–Over Stadium in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.^[3][4]

Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings football
First season	1920; 105 years ago (1920)
Athletic director	Josh Morton
Head coach	Jerry Olszewski 11th season, 82–45 (.646)
Stadium	Kirkeby–Over Stadium (capacity: 6,500)
Year built	2009
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
NCAA division	Division II
Conference	NSIC
Past conferences	Independent (1920–1921) SDIC (1922–1941) NCC (1942–2007)
All-time record	459–497–15 (.480)
Bowl record	1–1 (.500)
Playoff appearances	NCAA D-II: 8
Playoff record	NCAA D-II: 2-8
Conference titles	8 SDIC (1932–1937, 1939, 1941) 2 NCC (1942, 1959) 2 NSIC (2023, 2024)
Division titles	2 NSIC South Division (2010, 2021)
Rivalries	Sioux Falls[1]
Colors	Navy and gold[2]
Mascot	Vikings
Website	goaugie.com

The team's head coach is Jerry Olszewski, who took over the position for the 2013 season.^[5]

Conference affiliation

• Independent (1920–1921)
• South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (1922–1941)
• North Central Conference (1942–2007)
• Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (2008–present)

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	Jorgen A. Johnson	1920–1921	7	3	3	1	0.500	–	–	–	–
2	Carl Anderson	1922–1924	23	13	9	1	0.587	10	6	1	0.618
3	Martin Cole	1925–1926	16	5	11	0	0.313	4	10	0	0.286
4	H. Paul Dee	1927–1930	31	11	19	1	0.371	10	9	0	0.526
5	Leonard A. Olson	1931–1942	96	74	21	1	0.776	46	5	1	0.894
6	Harry Lackey	1945	4	1	3	0	0.250	0	0	0	–
7	Leonard A. Olson	1946	7	0	6	1	0.071	0	4	0	.000
8	Bob Fitch	1947	8	3	5	0	0.375	2	3	0	0.400
9	Jerry Thompson	1948–1950	26	7	19	0	0.269	4	14	0	0.222
10	Linn Wells	1951–1952	17	3	14	0	0.176	1	10	0	0.091
11	Vic Pederson	1953	9	1	8	0	0.111	0	6	0	.000
12	Pinky Falgren	1954–1955	18	3	13	2	0.222	1	10	1	0.125
13	Bob Burns	1956–1961	50	28	20	2	0.580	24	10	1	0.700
14	Jim Malmquist	1962–1968	63	21	41	1	0.341	11	30	1	0.274
15	Ralph Starenko	1969–1976	79	31	46	2	0.405	16	35	1	0.317
16	Joel Swisher	1977–1980	39	17	21	1	0.449	10	16	0	0.385
17	Lyle Eidsness	1981–1984	43	13	30	0	0.302	8	24	0	0.250
18	Jim Heinitz[9]	1985–1992, 1996–2004	185	79	105	1	0.430	51	93	1	0.355
19	Denny Moller	1993–1995	31	11	19	1	0.371	8	18	1	0.903
20	Brad Salem[10]	2005–2009	57	31	26	0	0.544	21	21	0	0.500
21	Mike Aldrich[11]	2010–2012	35	22	13	0	0.629	20	11	0	0.645
22	Jerry Olszewski[12]	2013–present	115	82	45	0	0.646	80	39	0	0.672

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
Augustana Vikings
1920	1920	Jorgen A. Johnson	NCAA	—	Independent	1	1	0					—	—
1921	1921					2	2	1					—	—
1922	1922	Carl Anderson			SDIC	3	4	0	6th	1	2	0	—	—
1923	1923					4	3	1	T–5th	3	3	1	—	—
1924	1924					6	2	0	2nd	6	1	0	—	—
1925	1925	Martin Cole				4	4	0	7th	3	4	0	—	—
1926	1926					1	7	0	9th	1	6	0	—	—
1927	1927	H. Paul Dee				2	4	0	T–6th	2	3	0	—	—
1928	1928					3	4	1	5th	3	2	0	—	—
1929	1929					4	4	0	4th	3	1	0	—	—
1930	1930					2	7	0	7th	2	3	0	—	—
1931	1931	Leonard A. Olson				2	5	0	6th	2	2	0	—	—
1932	1932					6	1	0	T–1st	5	0	0	Conference co-champion	—
1933	1933					5	2	0	T–1st	4	0	0	Conference co-champion	—
1934	1934					6	2	0	T–1st	4	0	0	Conference co-champions	—
1935	1935					7	2	0	T–1st	5	0	0	Conference co-champion	—
1936	1936					8	1	0	T–1st	4	0	0	Conference co-champion	—
1937	1937					8	0	0	1st	4	0	0	Conference champion	—
1938	1938					5	2	1	5th	2	2	1	—	—
1939	1939					6	2	0	1st	5	0	0	Conference champions	—
1940	1940					6	2	0	3rd	4	1	0	—	—
1941	1941					7	2	0	T–1st	3	0	0	Conference co-champions	—
1942	1942				NCC	8	0	0	T–1st	4	0	0	Conference co-champion	—
No team from 1943 to 1944
1945	1945	Harry Lackey	NCAA	—	NCC	1	3	0	N/A	0	0	0	—	—
1946	1946	Leonard A. Olson				0	6	1	7th	0	4	0	—	—
1947	1947	Bob Fitch				3	5	0	5th	2	3	0	—	—
1948	1948	Jerry Thompson				3	6	0	T–4th	2	4	0	—	—
1949	1949					2	6	0	6th	1	5	0	—	—
1950	1950					2	7	0	6th	1	5	0	—	—
1951	1951	Linn Wells				3	5	0	7th	1	4	0	—	—
1952	1952					0	9	0	7th	0	6	0	—	—
1953	1953	Vic Pederson				1	8	0	7th	0	6	0	—	—
1954	1954	Pinky Falgren				1	7	1	7th	0	5	1	—	—
1955	1955					2	6	1	6th	1	5	0	—	—
1956	1956	Bob Burns		College Division		6	3	0	T–2nd	4	2	0	—	—
1957	1957					0	7	0	T–6th	5	0	0	—	—
1958	1958					5	3	0	T–3rd	3	3	0	—	—
1959	1959					6	2	1	1st	4	1	1	Conference champion	—
1960	1960					6	2	0	T–2nd	4	2	0	—	—
1961	1961					5	3	1	T–3rd	4	2	0	—	—
1962	1962	Jim Malmquist				6	3	0	3rd	4	2	0	—	—
1963	1963					2	8	0	5th	2	4	0	—	—
1964	1964					1	8	0	7th	0	6	0	—	—
1965	1965					1	6	1	T–5th	1	4	1	—	—
1966	1966					5	4	0	T–4th	2	4	0	—	—
1967	1967					4	5	0	T–4th	2	4	0	—	—
1968	1968					2	7	0	7th	0	6	0	—	—
1969	1969	Ralph Starenko				3	6	0	7th	1	5	0	—	—
1970	1970					4	6	0	4th	3	3	0	—	—
1971	1971					1	8	1	7th	0	6	0	—	—
1972	1972					2	8	0	T–7th	1	6	0	—	—
1973	1973			Division II		6	3	1	5th	3	3	1	—	—
1974	1974					4	6	0	7th	2	5	0	—	—
1975	1975					7	3	0	3rd	5	2	0	—	—
1976	1976					4	6	0	6th	1	5	0	—	—
1977	1977	Joel Swisher				7	4	0	T–2nd	4	3	0	—	—
1978	1978					4	5	0	6th	2	4	0	—	—
1979	1979					4	5	0	6th	2	4	0	—	—
1980	1980					2	7	1	6th	2	5	0	—	—
1981	1981	Lyle Eidsness				3	7	0	T–7th	2	5	0	—	—
1982	1982					4	7	0	7th	2	5	0	—	—
1983	1983					5	6	0	T–4th	4	5	0	—	—
1984	1984					1	10	0	10th	0	9	0	—	—
1985	1985	Jim Heinitz				1	9	0	10th	1	8	0	—	—
1986	1986					5	6	0	T–7th	3	6	0	—	—
1987	1987					2	9	0	10th	1	8	0	—	—
1988	1988					8	4	0	T–2nd	6	3	0	L NCAA Division II First Round	18
1989	1989					8	3	1	T–2nd	6	2	1	L NCAA Division II First Round	11
1990	1990					5	5	0	T–4th	5	4	0	—	—
1991	1991					0	10	0	10th	0	8	0	—	—
1992	1992					8	3	0	T–3rd	6	3	0	—	—
1993	1993	Denny Moller				4	7	0	8th	3	6	0	—	—
1994	1994					4	6	0	T–7th	3	6	0	—	—
1995	1995					3	6	1	8th	2	6	1	—	—
1996	1996	Jim Heinitz				3	8	0	9th	2	7	0	—	—
1997	1997					5	6	0	T–6th	3	6	0	—	—
1998	1998					4	7	0	8th	2	7	0	—	—
1999	1999					5	6	0	T–6th	3	6	0	—	—
2000	2000					7	4	0	5th	5	4	0	—	—
2001	2001					5	5	0	T–6th	3	5	0	—	—
2002	2002					7	4	0	T–4th	4	4	0	—	—
2003	2003					3	8	0	7th	1	6	0	—	—
2004	2004					3	8	0	7th	0	6	0	—	—
2005	2005	Brad Salem				6	5	0	6th	2	4	0	—	—
2006	2006					5	6	0	T–5th	3	5	0	—	—
2007	2007					4	7	0	7th	2	6	0	—	—
2008	2008				NSIC	8	4	0	3rd (South)	7	3	0	W Mineral Water	—
2009	2009		8			4	0	T–2nd (South)	7	3	0	L Mineral Water	—
2010	2010	Mike Aldrich	11			2	0	1st (South)	9	1	0	L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal	6
2011	2011		6			5	0	4th (South)	6	4	0	—	—
2012	2012		5			6	0	5th (South)	5	6	0	—	—
2013	2013	Jerry Olszewski	4			7	0	7th (South)	4	7	0	—	—
2014	2014		6			5	0	4th (South)	6	5	0	—	—
2015	2015		9			3	0	T–2nd (South)	9	2	0	L NCAA Division II First Round	24
2016	2016		8			3	0	T–2nd (South)	8	3	0	—	—
2017	2017		4			7	0	6th (South)	4	7	0	—	—
2018	2018		7			4	0	T–3rd (South)	7	4	0	—	—
2019	2019		9			3	0	2nd (South)	9	2	0	L NCAA Division II First Round	—
No team in 2020 due to COVID-19.
2021	2021	Jerry Olszewski	NCAA	Division II	NSIC	9	3	0	1st (South)	9	2	0	L NCAA Division II First Round	—
2022	2022					7	4	0	5th (South)	7	4	0	—	—
2023	2023					11	2	0	1st	9	1	0	L NCAA Division II Second Round	13
2024	2024					8	4	0	1st	8	2	0	L NCAA Division II First Round	25

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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.^[6]
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.^[7]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[8]