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Hillsdale College

All-Americans | All-Great Midwest Players | All-GLIAC Players | All-MIAA Players | All-MIFC Players | Chargers in the NFL 

All-time game by game results | All-time records vs. opponents | Championship seasons | Single game records

Single season records | Career records | All-time coaching records | NCAA Division II Record Book | NAIA Football Records

MIAA Most Valuable Player: Burt Manby, 1942; Bill Young, 1946; Tom Ward, 1947; Marv Frankel, 1954; Doug Maison, 1957; Duke Davis, 1960

G-MAC Player of the Year: Chance Stewart, 2018; Michael Herzog, 2023
G-MAC Coach of the Year: Keith Otterbein, 2018
G-MAC Offensive Player of the Year: Isaac TeSlaa, 2022
G-MAC Offensive Lineman of the Year: Drew Callahan, 2018; Mark Konkle, 2019; Nick Affholter, 2024
G-MAC Defensive Lineman of the Year: Zach VanValkenburg, 2018
G-MAC Defensive Back of the Year: Wyatt Batdorff, 2018; Drake Temple, 2019
G-MAC Special Teams Player of the Year: Shea Ruddy, 2024
G-MAC Freshman of the Year: Luke Keller, 2019

GLIAC Player of the Year: Scott Schulte, 1992; Mark Nicolet, 2007; Troy Weatherhead, 2010; Joe Glendening, 2011
GLIAC Coach of the Year: Dick Lowry, 1988; Keith Otterbein, 2009, 2011 
GLIAC Offensive Back of the Year: Scott Schulte, 1992, 1993
GLIAC Offensive Lineman of the Year: Brad Affholter, 1996
GLIAC Defensive Lineman of the Year: Todd DeVree, 2000
GLIAC Defensive Back of the Year: Scott Elwer, 1994, 1995; Scott Duncan, 1997; Tim Mustapha, 2000 
GLIAC Freshman of the Year: Joe Reverman, 2015 

AFCA NCAA DII Assistant Coach of the Year: Nate Shreffler, 2022

GLIAC Commissioner's Award Winners*: Mark Nicolet, 2007; Nick Gurica, 2007; Bill Kanitz, 2009; Phil Doerfler 2010; David Bakker 2011
* - the GLIAC Commissioner's Award goes to student-athletes who maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or better and are First-Team All-GLIAC caliber players on their teams.

NCAA Division II Statistical Champions: Kevin Clive, All-Purpose Yards, 2002 (2,093); Josh Mott, Solo Tackles, 2003 (93); Troy Weatherhead, Passing Efficiency, 2010 (171.59); Troy Weatherhead, Pass Completion Percentage, 2010 (76.9, NCAA all-division record); Joe Glendening, Points Per Game, 2011 (18.6).

NCAA Division II Playoff Appearances: 2009, 2010, 2018

NAIA Academic All-Americans: Mark Kellogg, 1981; Mike Buonocore, 1983; Steve Cook, 1984, 1985; Chris Foote, 1984; MIke Gatt, 1984, 1985; Jeff Gatt, 1985, 1986; Jeff Lantis, 1985; Steve Ferguson, 1985, 1986, 1987; Brian Boyse, 1986, 1987; Mark Meares, 1988.

NAIA Coach of the Year: Dick Lowry, 1982

Conference Affiliations: G-MAC: 2017-present ; GLIAC: 1975-89; 1999-2017; MIFC: 1990-98; Independent: 1961-74; MIAA: 1888-1960

History of the MIAA

Team Award Winners

Click on each link to view the list of historical team postseason award winners

Roy Beck Most Valuable Player
Outstanding Offensive Back
Outstanding Defensive Back
Outstanding Offensive Lineman
Joseph M. Vijuk Outstanding Defensive Lineman
Ralph Miller III Outstanding Linebacker
Freshman of the Year
One Play Warrior
E.P.E.P Award
Get To Award
Howard "Champ" Messenger Award
Leonard R. Urbanik Award for Scholarship and Leadership

  

Hillsdale College Football: Year by year 

Season
(Team Stats)
Record
(Schedule/Results)
Roster Head Coach News
2024 6-5 (6-3 G-MAC) Roster Nate Shreffler 2024 News Archives
2023 6-5 (6-3 G-MAC) Roster Keith Otterbein 2023 News Archives
2022 5-6 (4-4 G-MAC) Roster Keith Otterbein 2022 News Archives
Fall 2021 6-6 (5-2 G-MAC) Roster Keith Otterbein America's Crossroads Bowl Qualifier
Led NCAA DII in regular season interceptions (20)
2021 News Archives
Spring 2021 2-2 (2-2 G-MAC) Roster Keith Otterbein 2020-21 News Archives
2019 6-5 (4-3 G-MAC) Roster Keith Otterbein 2019 News Archives
2018 10-3 (8-0 G-MAC) Roster Keith Otterbein G-MAC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Division II Playoffs
2018 News Archives
2017 7-4 (5-2 G-MAC) Roster Keith Otterbein 2017-18 News Archive
2016 5-5 (4-5 GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterbein 2016-17 News Archive
2015 5-6 (5-5 GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterbein 2015-16 News Archive
2014 4-7 (4-6 GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterbein 2014-15 News Archive
2013 5-6 (5-4 GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterben  2013-14 News Archive
2012 7-4 (7-3 GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterbein GLIAC North Division Co-Champions
2012-13 News Archive
2011 8-3 (8-2 GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterbein GLIAC Regular Season Champions
GLIAC South Division Champions
2010 9-3 (8-2 GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterbein GLIAC Co-Champions
GLIAC South Division Champions
NCAA Division II Playoffs
2009 10-3 (8-2 GLIAC)  Roster  Keith Otterbein NCAA Division II Playoffs
2008 7-4 (6-4 GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterbein
2007 8-3 (7-3 GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterbein
2006 5-6 (5-5 GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterbein
2005 6-5* (5-5* GLIAC) Roster Keith Otterbein * - Hillsdale awarded win over Saginaw Valley State via forfeit. 
2004 4-7 (4-6 GLIAC)  Roster  Keith Otterbein
2003 4-7 (4-6 GLIAC)  Roster  Keith Otterbein
2002 4-7 (4-6 GLIAC)  Roster  Keith Otterbein
2001 3-8 (3-7 GLIAC) Roster Dave Dye
2000 3-8 (2-8 GLIAC)  Roster  Dave Dye
1999 8-3 (6-3 GLIAC) Roster Dave Dye
1998 3-8 (3-7 MIFC) Roster Dave Dye
1997 4-7 (4-6 MIFC) Roster Dave Dye
1996 6-5 (6-4 MIFC) Roster Dick Lowry
1995 7-4 (7-3 MIFC) Roster Dick Lowry Chargers were #1 in the League in all Defensive categories
Chargers earn 500th win - first team in NCAA DII history 
1994 7-4 (7-3 MIFC) Roster Dick Lowry
1993 7-3-1 (6-3-1 MIFC) Roster Dick Lowry Led the nation in Turnover Margin
1992 9-2 (8-2 MIFC) Roster Dick Lowry Led the nation in Turnover Margin
MIFC Regular Season Co-Champions
1991 5-6 (5-5 MIFC) Roster Dick Lowry
1990 7-4 (7-3 MIFC) Roster Dick Lowry
1989 6-4 (3-2 GLIAC) Roster Dick Lowry
1988 10-2 (5-0 GLIAC) Roster Dick Lowry GLIAC Champions
NAIA Playoffs 
1987 6-5 (2-3 GLIAC) Roster Dick Lowry
1986 10-2 (5-0 GLIAC) Roster Dick Lowry GLIAC Champions
NAIA National Semi-finals 
1985 11-1-1 (5-1 GLIAC) Roster Dick Lowry GLIAC Champions
NAIA National Champions
The Story of the 1985 Team
1984 6-4 (3-3 GLIAC) Roster Dick Lowry
1983 8-2 (4-2 GLIAC) Roster Dick Lowry
1982 12-1 (6-0 GLIAC) Roster Dick Lowry GLIAC Champions
NAIA National Semi-Finals
1981 10-2 (5-1 GLIAC) Roster Dick Lowry NAIA National Semi-Finals
1980 7-3 (5-1 GLIAC) Roster Dick Lowry GLIAC Champions
1979 3-8 (1-4 GLIAC) Roster Ron Lynch
1978 5-6 (1-4 GLIAC)  Roster  Ron Lynch
1977 6-4 (2-3 GLIAC) Roster Jack McAvoy
1976 5-5 (2-3 GLIAC) Roster Jack McAvoy
1975 7-4 (3-2 GLIAC) Roster Jack McAvoy
1974 6-3-1 (1-2 GLIAC) Roster Jack McAvoy
1973 7-2 Frank "Muddy" Waters
1972 7-2  Roster  Frank "Muddy" Waters
1971 6-5 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters
1970 9-2 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters
1969 9-2 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters NAIA National Semi-Finals
1968 6-3 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters
1967 3-5 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters
1966 3-5-1 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters
1965 6-3 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters
1964 7-2-1 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters
1963 6-3-1 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters
1962 5-3-1 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters
1961 6-3 Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters
1960 9-1 (6-0 MIAA) Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters MIAA Champions
Mineral Water Bowl Champions
1959 8-2 (6-0 MIAA) Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters MIAA Champions
NAIA National Semi-Finals
1958 7-2 (5-1 MIAA) Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters MIAA Champions
1957 9-1 (6-0 MIAA) Roster Frank "Muddy" Waters MIAA Champions
Holiday Bowl Qualifier - NAIA Runners-up
1956 9-0 (6-0 MIAA)  Roster  Frank "Muddy" Waters MIAA Champions
1955 9-0 (6-0 MIAA)  Roster  Frank "Muddy" Waters MIAA Champions
1954 7-1-1 (6-0 MIAA)  Roster  Frank "Muddy" Waters MIAA Champions
1953 4-2-2 (3-1-2 MIAA)  Roster  Charlie Bachman
1952 3-5 (1-4 MIAA)  Roster  Henry Fallon
1951 2-6 (2-3 MIAA)  Roster  Irv Wisniewski
1950 2-6-1 (1-3-1 MIAA)  Roster  Jack Petoskey
1949 9-1 (5-0 MIAA)  Roster  Jack Petoskey MIAA Champions
Refrigerator Bowl Qualifier
1948 5-2-1 (2-2-1 MIAA)  Roster  Gib Holgate
1947 7-0-2 (3-0-2 MIAA)  Roster  Davey Nelson MIAA Champions
1946 7-1 (4-1 MIAA) Davey Nelson MIAA Champions
1945 0-5 Dwight Harwood
1944 x Dwight Harwood 

College season canceled due to WWII

Makeshift team went 3-1 in scrimmages against local high schools

1943 x Dwight Harwood Season canceled due to WWII 
1942 3-5 (1-3 MIAA) Dwight Harwood
1941 3-4-1 (1-3-1 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood 
1940 2-4-1 (2-2-1 MIAA) Dwight Harwood
1939 6-1 (5-1 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood 
1938 8-0 (4-0 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood  MIAA Champions
1937 3-6 (2-2 MIAA)  Roster   Dwight Harwood 
1936 4-5-1 (2-5-1 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood 
1935 5-3-1 (1-2-1 MIAA) Dwight Harwood
1934 2-5-1 (1-2-1 MIAA) Dwight Harwood
1933  6-0-2 (4-0 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood  MIAA Champions
1932 7-1 (4-0 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood  MIAA Champions
1931 6-0-2 (3-0-2 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood  MIAA Champions - Beat then-Big Ten member University of Chicago (only Hillsdale win vs Big Ten school)
1930 4-3 (3-2 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood
1929 5-2-1 (2-2-1 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood
1928 1-3-3 (0-2-3 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood 
1927 3-5-1 (2-3 MIAA)  Dwight Harwood 
1926 6-2 (2-2 MIAA) Elroy Guckert 
1925 4-3-1 (2-3 MIAA) Elroy Guckert 
1924  6-0-1 (5-0 MIAA)  Howard Jefferson MIAA Champions
1923 3-4-1 (1-3-1 MIAA)  Howard Jefferson
1922 3-5 (0-3 MIAA)  Louis Ost
1921 6-3  William J. Rennie 
1920 6-1-1 (2-1-1 MIAA) William J. Rennie
1919 3-4 (2-2 MIAA)  Samuel Taylor
1918 1-5   Lawrence Mason 
1917 0-5 (0-4 MIAA)  Leroy Buchheit
1916 3-2-1 (1-2 MIAA)  Leroy Buchheit
1915 4-3-1 (1-3-1 MIAA)  Leroy Buchheit
1914 3-3-1 (3-1 MIAA)  Leroy Buchheit MIAA Champions
1913 2-3-1 (2-1-1 MIAA) Charles Firth
1912 4-1-2 (2-1 MIAA) Claude Hunt
1911 3-2 (0-2 MIAA) Claude Hunt
1910 1-4-2 (0-2-2 MIAA) Herbert C. Reed
1909 2-2-2 (1-1-2 MIAA)  Herbert C. Reed 
1908 4-3-1 (1-2-1 MIAA) James Whipple 
1907 4-2 (2-2 MIAA) James Whipple 
1906 0-7 (0-5 MIAA) William Boone 
1905 4-5 (0-5 MIAA) Jon A. Dalrymple 
1904 0-7 (0-5 MIAA) Harry McRae 
1903 3-4 Frank Woodruff 
1902 2-3  H.B. DePew
1901 0-2  Ben Owens/Student Coaches
1900 1-1  Vern G. Myers (Student Coach)
1899 3-4 Student Coaches 
1898 4-1
1897 1-0-1
1896 1-3
1895 2-0
1894 3-3
1893 4-1 MIAA Champions
1892 2-2-1
1891 0-1

On this page, you will find a year-by-year breakdown of the history of Charger football. Information from each season is entered via the best available sources. If you can provide information that is missing from this page, please contact James Gensterblum, Director of Athletic Communications, here.