List of Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football seasons

The following is a list of seasons completed by the Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team. The Bulldogs compete in the Big South–OVC Football Association of the NCAA Division I FCS. Since the program's inception in 1970, Gardner–Webb has claimed five conference championships, including three in the Big South. The Bulldogs have had eleven head coaches in their history, including current head coach Cris Reisert.^[1] The Bulldogs play their home games out of 9,000-seat Ernest W. Spangler Stadium, as they have since 1969.

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Season	Team	Head coach^[1]	Conference	Division	Regular season results^[2]^[3]^[4]							Postseason results	Final ranking^[5]
					Overall			Conference				Bowl game/Playoff result	TSN/STATS Poll	Coaches' Poll
					Win	Loss	Tie	Win	Loss	Tie	Finish	Bowl game/Playoff result	TSN/STATS Poll	Coaches' Poll
Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
1970	1970	George Litton	NAIA Independent	—	2	8	0					—	—	—

1971	1971				3	7	0					—	—	—

1972	1972				2	8	0					—	—	—

1973	1973	7	5		0					—	—	—

1974	1974	2	5		1					—	—	—

1975	1975	Oval Jaynes	South Atlantic		1	7	0	1	5	0	8th	—	—	—

1976	1976				5	5	0	3	4	0	5th	—	—	—

1977	1977	7			4	0	5	2	0	2nd	—	—	—

1978	1978	Billy Kinard			4	5	1	2	5	0	5th	—	—	—

1979	1979	Tom Moore			2	9	0	1	6	0	8th	—	—	—

1980	1980				3	7	0	2	5	0	7th	—	—	—

1981	1981	5			5	0	3	4	0	4th	—	—	—

1982	1982	7			3	0	5	2	0	2nd	—	—	—

1983	1983	Ellis Johnson			5	6	0	4	3	0	3rd	—	—	—

1984	1984	Woody Fish			4	6	0	2	5	0	6th	—	—	—

1985	1985				6	5	0	2	5	0	6th	—	—	—

1986	1986				6	5	0	4	3	0	3rd	—	—	—

1987	1987^†				11	2	0	6	1	0	1st^†	NAIA Playoffs – Quarterfinal	—	—

1986	1988		4		6	1	2	5	0	6th	—	—	—

1989	1989		7		4	0	4	3	0	2nd	—	—	—

1990	1990		2		8	0	2	5	0	6th	—	—	—

1991	1991	6	5		0	3	4	0	4th	—	—	—

1992	1992^†	12	2		0	7	0	0	1st^†	NAIA Playoffs – Runner-Up	—	—

1993	1993	1	9		0	0	7	0	8th	—	—	—

1994	1994	5	6		0	3	4	0	5th	—	—	—

1995	1995	6	4		0	4	3	0	3rd	—	—	—

1996	1996	2	9		0	2	5	0	6th	—	—	—

1997	1997	Steve Patton	8		3	0	4	3	0	3rd	—	—	—

1998^[a]	1998		6	5		4	3		3rd	—	—	—

1999	1999		7	4		4	4		4th	—	—	—

2000	2000		I-AA Independent	7	4						—	—	—
			I-AA Independent
2001	2001		6	4						—	—	—

2002	2002^†		Big South	9	1		3	0		1st^†	—	22	24

2003	2003^†			8	4		4	0		1st^†	—	—	—

2004	2004	5		6		2	2		3rd	—	—	—

2005	2005	5		6		2	2		3rd	—	—	—

2006	2006	6		5		2	2		2nd	—	—	—

2007	2007	5		6		2	2		3rd	—	—	—

2008	2008	5		6		2	3		4th	—	—	—

2009	2009	6		5		3	3		4th	—	—	—

2010	2010	5		6		3	3		4th	—	—	—

2011	2011	Ron Dickerson, Jr.		4	7		2	4		5th	—	—	—
		Ron Dickerson, Jr.
2012	2012	3		8		2	4		4th	—	—	—
2013	2013	Carroll McCray	7	5		2	3		4th	—	—	—

2014	2014		4	8		0	5		6th	—	—	—

2015	2015		4	7		2	4		5th	—	—	—

2016	2016		5	6		3	2		3rd	—	—	—
2017	2017	1	10		0	5		6th	—	—	—
2018	2018	3	8		2	3		4th	—	—	—
2019	2019	3	9		1	6		5th	—	—	—
2020^[b]	2020	Tre Lamb	2	2		0	2		6th	—	—	—

2021	2021		4	7		2	5		9th	—	—	—

2022	2022^†	7	6		5	0		1st^†	NCAA Division I – Second Round	—	—
2022	2023^†	Big South–OVC	7	5		5	1		T–1st^†	NCAA Division I – First Round	—	—
2024	2024	Big South–OVC	Cris Reisert	4	8		3	5		T–6th		—	—
Totals					All-time: 262–305–3 (.462)			Conference: 131–162 (.447)			–	Playoffs: 4–4 (.500)	–	–

List of Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football seasons

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