Everybody is glad Tim Swaney is back, except perhaps for Augustana's opponents. Brian Lester has more on Swaney and the 5-1 Vikings in a D3football.com feature.
North Park won a fourth game for the first time in 30 years, while Augustana beat Wash U in another CCIW showdown, King's handed Lebanon Valley its first conference loss and Middlebury snapped Trinity (Conn.)'s 15-game winning streak.
Every fan hopes to watch more than ten games this season. But, if you want to pay attention beyond just your favorite team, these are the marquee regular season matchups that columnist Clyde Hughes is excited about.
Rose-Hulman is off to another fast start, but the Fightin' Engineers know that they have to get past Franklin to claim their first outright HCAC crown. The arm of Austin Swenson and an improved defense might be enough to get Rose-Hulman to the promised land this year.
At Augustana, Rowan and Emory & Henry, a little change has done the program some good. New offenses have helped spur these programs back into familiar territory, so far.
Steve Bell, the winningest coach in Monmouth history, will try to turn around Augustana, which won four consecutive titles in the '80s but hasn't been to the playoffs since 2005 and hasn't finished above .500 since 2010.
After three consecutive .500 seasons, Augustana coach Rob Cushman is stepping down. The Vikings, who won four consecutive national titles in the 1980s, last went to the playoffs in 2005.
Augustana rode a punishing ground attack in the first half and smothering defensive effort in the second to post a 20-10 win over Mount St. Joseph in the inaugural Austin E. Knowlton Kickoff Classic Saturday night at Lindberg Stadium. Senior Eric Chandler rushed for 167 yards in barely more than a half of action and the Viking defense held the Lions without a second-half first down until the final minute of the game.
Dubuque rode its high-powered offense to a 39-21 win over Augustana Saturday night at Chalmers Field in the season opener for both teams. The key stretch in the game came late in the first half and early in the second, when the Spartans scored four touchdowns in a span of less than five and a half minutes and went from down 14-7 to up 33-14.
The Augustana football facility is undergoing an extreme makeover and will sport a new look upon scheduled completion in August of 2013. Thanks to a multi-year gift from the Knowlton Foundation, the facility, which will be home to the school’s football and track & field programs, will be known as the Austin E. Knowlton Outdoor Athletic Complex.
A pair of long David Lee touchdown passes less than five minutes apart in the second half spelled the difference Saturday as Augustana came away with a 27-24 Homecoming win over North Park at Ericson Field. With the win, the Vikings improve to 2-5 on the year and 2-2 in the CCIW, while North Park falls to 3-4 overall and 0-4 in the conference.
Defense and special teams were the keys Saturday night at Ericson Field as Augustana defeated Carthage 19-13 in College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin play. The win snaps a string of heartbreaking setbacks for the Vikings and improves the team's record to 1-5 on the year and 1-2 in conference action. Carthage falls to 4-2 overall and 1-2 in the league.
Austin Brettschneider’s 37-yard field goal with :00.9 seconds left Saturday provided the margin of victory as Millikin defeated Augustana at Ericson Field by a score of 30-27.
Logan Mitseff’s 45-yard field goal at the final gun Saturday gave Adrian a 17-14 win over Augustana at Ericson Field. The loss drops the Vikings to 0-3 on the season while the Bulldogs improve to 3-0.
Trine rode its defense to an opening-night win, as did Baldwin-Wallace. Dubuque held on, while McMurry got steamrolled in its first trip up the ladder.
It didn’t take Rob Cushman very long to make an accurate assessment of the Augustana football program that he will be in charge of. Cushman, who spent the last three years as the defensive coordinator for the Vikings, was named the head coach following the resignation of Jim Barnes at the end of the 2010 campaign.
Junior quarterback David Lee scored on a one yard run with just :30 left in the game to lift Augustana to a 20-17 victory over Illinois Wesleyan on Saturday, November 13 at Ericson Field. The victory gave the Vikings a 6-4 overall record for the season and clinched their 31st winning season in the last 32 years.
Looking for its first home win of the season, the Augustana football team outgained 17th-ranked Wheaton by nearly 200 yards Saturday, but was unable to overcome four turnovers and a pair of missed field goals, falling to the Thunder 20-14 at Ericson Field. Wheaton improves to 8-0 on the year and 5-0 in the CCIW while the Vikings are now 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the league.
Augustana moved to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin with a 21-0 shutout over North Park on Saturday, October 23. It was the 39th straight win by Augustana in this series.
Each week during the regular season we look at some of the key statistical performances from the weekend in Division III football, highlighting one per region.
Augustana continued its long domination of Carthage in football with a 43-16 win over the Red Men on Saturday, October 16 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Vikings have now won 34 of the last 36 meetings between the two schools that share affiliation with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Augustana leads the series by a whopping 61-14-5 margin.
Augustana defeated Millikin for the 10th consecutive season as the Vikings scored a late touchdown to defeat the Big Blue 28-24 in the CCIW opener for both teams in Decatur, Illinois on Saturday, October 2.
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — School-record tying performances from David Lee and Ben Hall weren’t quite enough Saturday night as Augustana fell to Central 28-23 at Ericson Field. Lee tied his own school record for completions in a game with 28 and Hall came away with three interceptions. The loss evens Augustana’s record at 1-1 while Central—the 7th-ranked team in NCAA Division III—improves to 2-0.
Augustana making noise
October 19, 2023Everybody is glad Tim Swaney is back, except perhaps for Augustana's opponents. Brian Lester has more on Swaney and the 5-1 Vikings in a D3football.com feature.
