Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football
First season1891
Athletic directorDwight Merilatt
Head coachBrian Keller
28th season, 129–143 (.474)
StadiumAbel Stadium
(capacity: 2,500)
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationLincoln, Nebraska
NCAA divisionDivision III
ConferenceA-R-C
Past conferencesNCC
NCC
NCAC
GPCA
GPAC
All-time record51547842 (.518)
Playoff appearances5
Conference titles22
RivalriesDoane[1]
ColorsGold and black[2]
   
MascotPrairie Wolves
Websitenwusports.com

The Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football team represents Nebraska Wesleyan University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Prairie Wolves are members of the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C), fielding its team in the A-R-C since 2016 when it was named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). The Prairie Wolves play their home games at Abel Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.[3]

Their head coach is Brian Keller, who took over the position for the 1996 season.

Conference affiliations

NAIA / pre-NCAA

NCAA

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, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 Frank Crawford 1896 5 3 2 0 0.600
2 Charley Thomas[7] 1897 7 5 2 0 0.714
3 Zora Clevenger[8] 1908; 1910 9 2 7 0 0.222
4 William Kline[9] 1909; 1911–1917 62 37 19 6 0.645
5 William Norris 1918 5 2 3 0 0.400
6 Benjamin Beck[10] 1919 9 7 2 0 0.778
7 Ray McCandless[11] 1920–1922 29 17 9 3 0.638
8 Glenn Preston 1923–1924 17 8 5 4 0.588
9 Clarence Dow[12] 1925–1926 18 12 4 2 0.722
10 Howard Durham[13] 1927 9 0 8 1 0.056
11 Francis Alabaster[14] 1928–1929 18 5 10 3 0.361
12 John Waldorf[15] 1930–1932 25 14 9 2 0.600
13 John Roberts 1933–1934 18 9 7 2 0.556
14 George Farley[16] 1935; 1941–1942 27 13 11 3 0.537
15 Dwight Thomas 1936–1940 42 14 26 2 0.357
16 Allen Stroh 1945 5 3 2 0 0.600
17 George Knight[17] 1946–1949 37 24 9 4 0.703
18 Roy Roberston[18] 1950–1953 39 14 22 3 0.397
19 Keith Skogman[19] 1954–1959 56 21 32 3 0.402
20 Raymond Westover[20] 1960–1968 78 36 40 2 0.474
21 Harold Chaffee[21] 1969–1981 118 55 61 2 0.475
22 Orson Christensen[22] 1982–1986 49 29 20 0 0.592
23 Jim Svoboda[23] 1987–1993 71 51 20 0 0.718
24 Steve Stanard[24] 1994–1995 20 6 14 0 0.300
25 Brian Keller[25] 1996–present 272 129 143 0 0.474

Year-by-year results

National Champions Conference Champions Bowl game berth Playoff berth

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Season Year Head
Coach
Association Division Conference Record Postseason Final ranking
Overall Conference
Win Loss Tie Finish Win Loss Tie
Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves
1896 1896 Frank Crawford 320
1897 1897 Charley Thomas 520
No team from 1888 to 1907
1908 1908 Zora Cleavenger 120
1909 1909 William Kline 013
1910 1910 Zora Cleavenger 150
1911 1911 William Kline Nebraska 7001st Conference champions
1912 1912 5211st Conference champions
1913 1913 431T-1st Conference co-champions
1914 1914 7101st Conference champions
1915 1915 6301st Conference champions
1916 1916 NIC 5412nd
1917 1917 3503rd
1918 1918 William Norris 2301st Conference champions
1919 1919 Benjamin Beck 7202nd
1920 1920 Roy McCandless 6221st Conference champions
1921 1921 7301st Conference champions
1922 1922 4413rd
1923 1923 Glenn Preston 6122nd
1924 1924 NCC 242T-5th120
1925 1925 Clarence Dow 6021st301 Conference champions
1926 1926 Nebraska 6402nd
1927 1927 Howard Durham 08113th
1928 1928 Francis Alabaster NCAC 5223rd212
1929 1929 3515th230
1930 1930 John Waldorf 632nd410
1931 1931 4311st401 Conference champions
1932 1932 431T-1st401 Conference co-champions
1933 1933 John Roberts 3512nd310
1934 1934 6211st400 Conference champions
1935 1935 George Farley 5312nd211
1936 1936 Dwight Thomas 532nd310
1937 1937 2514th030
1938 1938 4414th121
1939 1939 2704th130
1940 1940 NAIA 1704th130
1941 1941 George Farley 2613rd220
1942 1942 6212nd310
No team from 1943 to 1944
1945 1945 Allen Stroh NAIA 320
1946 1946 George Knight NCC 7032nd402 Playoff berth
1947 1947 711T-1st511 Conference co-champions
1948 1948 6302nd520
1949 1949 450T-4th440
1950 1950 Roy Robertson 5506th430
1951 1951 2806th250
1952 1952 550T-3rd430
1953 1953 2437th142
1954 1954 Keith Skogman 3616th241
1955 1955 2716th241
1956 1956 3705th340
1957 1957 350T-4th340
1958 1958 5404th530
1959 1959 5315th431
1960 1960 Raymond Westover 0807th060
1961 1961 0907th060
1962 1962 242
1963 1963 GPCA 7201st300 Conference champions
1964 1964 7101st300 Conference champions
1965 1965 720
1966 1966 720
1967 1967 540
1968 1968 180
1969 1969 Harold Chaffee 540
1970 1970 Division II NIAC 6 4 0 4th 2 3 0
1971 1971 720T-2nd320
1972 1972 4504th230
1973 1973 4312nd311
1974 1974 3605th140
1975 1975 5504th230
1976 1976 630T-1st410 Conference co-champions
1977 1977 270T-4th230
1978 1978 540T-3rd320
1979 1979 3515th131
1980 1980 360T-3rd230
1981 1981 2705th140
1982 1982 Orson Christensen 4505th230
1983 1983 730T-1st410 Conference co-champions
1984 1984 6403rd320
1985 1985 650T-3rd230
1986 1986 6301st500 Conference champions
1987 1987 James Svoboda 640T-2nd320
1988 1988 7301st500 Playoff berth
1989 1989 10201st500 Playoff berth
1990 1990 720T-1st410 Conference co-champions
1991 1991 8302nd410 Playoff berth
1992 1992 6303rd420
1993 1993 7303rd420
1994 1994 Steve Standard 3705th240
1995 1995 3706th240
1996 1996 Brian Keller 2806th150
1997 1997 550T-3rd440
1998 1998 6404th440
1999 1999 4607th150
2000 2000 GPAC 8301st620 Playoff berth
2001 2001 550T-5th350
2002 2002 640T-5th440
2003 2003 640T-3rd640
2004 2004 640T-5th640
2005 2005 5505th550
2006 2006 7304th730
2007 2007 7304th730
2008 2008 730T-3rd730
2009 2009 5506th550
2010 2010 4607th460
2011 2011 5507th450
2012 2012 640T-4th540
2013 2013 6404th630
2014 2014 460T-6th450
2015 2015 4607th360
2016 2016 NCAA Division III IIAC 460T-5th350
2017 2017 280T-7th260
2018 2018 A-R-C 3707th260
2019 2019 370T-7th170
2020–21 2020–21 010T-6th010
2021 2021 4607th260
2022 2022 190080
2023 2023

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]

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