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Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football

Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football

College football team


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). Nebraska Wesleyan plays home games at Abel Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.[3] The team's head coach is Brian Keller, who took over the position for the 1996 season.

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Nebraska Wesleyan's athletic teams were known as the Coyotes in the early 1900s. The nickname was changed to the Plainsmen in 1933 and then to the Prairie Wolves in 2000.[4][5]

Conference affiliations

NAIA / pre-NCAA

NCAA

List of head coaches

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Coaches

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Year-by-year results

National champions Conference champions Bowl game berth Playoff berth

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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]

References

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  2. "Athletic Facilities | Nebraska Wesleyan University". www.nebrwesleyan.edu. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  3. "Nebraska Wesleyan Now "Plainsmen"". Decatur Herald. Decatur, Illinois. Associated Press. October 31, 1933. p. 4. Retrieved January 17, 2024 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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. "Clipped From Lincoln Journal Star". Lincoln Journal Star. November 2, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  8. Huddle, Hoosier. "Hoosier Legacy Player: Halfback Zora Clevenger (1900-03)". Hoosier Huddle. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  9. Scott, Frank William (1918). The Semi-centennial Alumni Record of the University of Illinois. University of Illinois.
  10. "Clipped From The Burlington Free Press". The Burlington Free Press. January 27, 1968. p. 8. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  11. Bethany College (1925). Bethanian, 1925. T. W. Phillips Memorial Library Bethany College. Bethany College.
  12. "Clipped From Lincoln Journal Star". Lincoln Journal Star. August 20, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  13. "Howard Adam Durham (1971) - Hall of Fame". Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  14. "Francis Alabaster (1972) - Hall of Fame". Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  15. "John Waldorf (1991) - Hall of Fame". University of Missouri Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  16. "George Farley instructor for aviation cadets Now stationed at Georgia U". Lincoln State Journal. June 20, 1943. Retrieved October 8, 2019 via NewspaperArchive.
  17. "Clipped From Lincoln Journal Star". Lincoln Journal Star. May 22, 1950. p. 9. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  18. jasondannelly (January 1, 2017). "Former Dana College Football Coach Kieth Skogman". Dana Football. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  19. "Raymond Westover (1971) - Hall of Fame". Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  20. "Harold Chaffee (1990) - Hall of Fame". Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  21. "50 years of coaching: Christensen joins Coupeville football staff". Whidbey News-Times. August 2, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  22. "Jim Svoboda (2013) - Hall of Fame". Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  23. Lyell, Kelly. "Former Colorado State defensive coordinator Steve Stanard takes same job at Wyoming". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  24. Sjuts, Kevin. "Keller, Prairiewolves begin preseason practice". www.1011now.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  25. "Football Year by year (PDF)" (PDF). Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2023.

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