CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football
College football team
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The CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football program represent Colorado State University Pueblo in college football at the NCAA Division II level. They have fielded a football team every year since 1938 with the exceptions of 1943–1945 and 1985–2007.
History
Championships
National championships
CSU Pueblo has won one NCAA Division II Football Championship.
Year | Division | Coach | Overall record | Conference record |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | NCAA Division II | John Wristen | 14–1 | 8–1 |
1 National Championship |
Conference championships
CSU Pueblo has won eight conference titles.[2]
Year | Conference | Coach | Overall record | Conference record | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | RMAC | Mike Friedman | 9–1 | 7–1 | |
2011 | RMAC | John Wristen | 11–1 | 9–0 | |
2012 | RMAC | John Wristen | 12–1 | 9–0 | |
2013 | RMAC | John Wristen | 11–1 | 9–0 | |
2014 | RMAC | John Wristen | 14–1 | 8–1 | |
2016 | RMAC | John Wristen | 8–3 | 8–2 | |
2017 | RMAC | John Wristen | 9–3 | 9–1 | |
2018 | RMAC | John Wristen | 11–2 | 9–1 | |
8 conference championships |
- CSU Pueblo vacated their RMAC Championship from the 2015 season due to an administrative oversight which resulted in the use of an ineligible player.[3]
Seasons
Head coaches
- Dale Rea (1938–1940)
- Jack Johnson (1941)
- Dan Lawrence (1942)
- No team (1943–1945, 1985–2007)
- Maurice Elder (1946–1951)
- Harry Simmons (1952–1955)
- Joe Prater (1956–1973)
- Mike Friedman (1974–1983)
- Gary Richardson (1984)
- John Wristen (2008–2022)
- Phil Vigil (2023– )
Notes and references
- ^ CSU Pueblo did not sponsor football from 1985 through the 2007, it was reinstated in 2008; 16 years ago (2008).
- ^ "CSU–Pueblo Web Style, Standards, and Best Practices". March 1, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ "Colorado State University Pueblo - Official Athletics Website".
- ^ "Oversight by CSU-Pueblo Athletics Administration leads to NCAA violation for Pack Football". Pueblo, Colorado: Colorado State University–Pueblo. October 31, 2016. Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
External links
- Official website
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CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football
- Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl (2008–present)
- Head coaches
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943–1945
- 1946
- 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985–2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
National championship seasons in bold