The Loras Duhawks football team represents Loras College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Duhawks are members of the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C), fielding its team in the A-R-C since 1986 when it was named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). The Duhawks play their home games at Rock Bowl Stadium in Dubuque, Iowa. The team was also previously known as the St. Joseph's Duhawks, Dubuque Duhawks, and the Columbia Duhawks.
| Loras Duhawks football | |
|---|---|
 | |
| First season | 1907 |
| Athletic director | Denise Udelhofen |
| Head coach | Steve Helminiak 12th season, 39–65 (.375) |
| Stadium | Rock Bowl Stadium |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Dubuque, Iowa |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | A-R-C |
| Past conferences | Independent |
| All-time record | 180–210–14 (.463) |
| Conference titles | 1 |
| Division titles | 2 |
| Rivalries | Dubuque |
| Colors | Purple, gold, and grey[1] |
| Mascot | Duhawk |
| Website | duhawks.com |
Their head coach is Steve Helminiak, who took over the position for the 2013 season.
Conference affiliations
edit- Independent (1907–1925; 1948–1949; 1953–1954)
- Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1926–1947; 1950–1952; 1986–2017)
- Club team (1955–1985)
- American Rivers Conference (2018–present)
Championships
editConference championships
editLoras claims 1 conference title, which came in 1948.
| Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948† | Midlands Conference | 7–1 | 2–1 | Wally Fromhart |
† Co-champions
Division championships
edit| Year | Division | Coach | Overall | Conf. | Opponent | CG result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | IIAC Northern Division | Wally Fromhart | 8–3 | 5–0 | St. Ambrose | 6–27 |
| 1951 | Richard Friend | 6–4 | 5–0 | St. Ambrose | 0–44 |
List of head coaches
editKey
edit| 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
edit| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | DC | CC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Chalmers | 1907–1913 | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 0.625 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Gus Dorais | 1914–1917 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0.643 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Walter Martin | 1918–1919 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Ira Davenport | 1920–1921 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Eddie Anderson | 1922–1924 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0.708 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Elmer Layden | 1925–1926 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0.600 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Johnny Armstrong | 1927–1931 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Jerry Jones | 1932–1933 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0.393 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.409 | – | – |
| 9 | John Niemiec | 1934–1937 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0.400 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0.333 | – | – |
| 10 | Len A. Winter | 1938–1940 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Vince Dowd | 1941–1942; 1945–1946 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Wally Fromhart | 1947–1950 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0.750 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Richard Friend | 1951–1952 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Mike Scarry | 1953 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.688 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Ed Murphy | 1954 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Charles Toole | 1955–1957 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Robert Zahren | 1958–1959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Don Hendricks | 1970–1974 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Steve McGrath | 1975 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Bob Bucko | 1976 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Claude Maddox | 1977 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Dave Ostrander | 1978–1979 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0.211 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Bob Bierie | 1980–2004 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Chris Klieman | 2005 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – |
| 25 | Steve Osterberger | 2006–2010 | 50 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 0.380 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0.400 | – | – |
| 26 | Paul Mierkiewicz | 2011–2013 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0.133 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0.045 | – | – |
| 27 | Steve Helminiak | 2013–present | 92 | 33 | 59 | 0 | 0.359 | 21 | 37 | 0 | 0.362 | – | – |
Year-by-year results since 1986
edit| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1987 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8th | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | Chris Klieman | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | 2006 | Steve Osterberger | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | 2007 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8yh | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | Paul Mierkiewicz | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 2012 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | Paul Mierkiewicz (games 1–7) / Steve Helminiak (final 3) | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 2014 | Steve Helminiak | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 2015 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | A-R-C | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | T–2nd | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | |||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ 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.[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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Identity Standards Manual" (PDF). Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.