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Central passes by Dubuque for football victory
October 26, 2024DUBUQUE— Spreading the ball around to its offensive talent, the Central College football team secured a 38-21 win on the road at the University of Dubuque Saturday afternoon. -
First-half frenzy overwhelms Simpson in Dutch football win
October 05, 2024Six touchdowns and three turnovers forced in the first half by the Central College football team propelled it to a 59-14 romp over Simpson College Saturday afternoon.
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Dutch ground attack, defense clobbers Beavers in football victory
September 28, 2024STORM LAKE— Outgaining Buena Vista University by 424 yards, the Central College football team was dominant in a 52-0 road win Saturday.
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Finding a scheduling fit
September 19, 2024Filling out a schedule with non-conference games, which is something almost every Division III head coach needs to do, presents a variety of challenges. Greg Thomas looks at it through the lens of one unusual non-conference game in this week's Around the Nation.
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Dutch football team bags California win
September 14, 2024PELLA—An 89-yard touchdown catch by Ryan Neu (fifth year, wide receiver, West Des Moines, Valley HS) in the third quarter swung the game in favor of the Central College football team in a 35-10 win over California Lutheran University Saturday.
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Central aims for eight-win season
November 09, 2023PELLA, Iowa—Saturday marks the end of the Central College football season but work remains as the Dutch travel to Simpson College.
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Seven touchdown passes carry Central past Buena Vista
November 04, 2023PELLA, Iowa - Seven touchdown strikes helped keep the shine on an occasionally unsteady performance as the Central College football team put a bow on the home season with a 56-22 runaway over Buena Vista University Saturday.
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Central closes out home slate Saturday
November 02, 2023PELLA, Iowa - Saluting its 21 seniors, the Central College football team makes its final home appearance of the season Saturday with an American Rivers game against Buena Vista University.
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No. 3 Wartburg holds off Central
October 28, 2023WAVERLY, Iowa—Quarterback Hunter Hoffman (sophomore, Pecatonica, Ill.) threw for 267 yards but it was a one-dimensional Central College football attack and a bid for title contention was turned away by No. 3-ranked Wartburg College Saturday.
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Central takes on No. 3 Wartburg
October 25, 2023PELLA, Iowa - For Central College to remain in the American Rivers football race, the Dutch must do what no other team has done since 2018 and that's defeat Wartburg College in Waverly.
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10 Central TDs in windblown blowout
October 21, 2023PELLA, Iowa - Unleashing a blizzard of touchdowns, the Central College football team erupted for 51 points in two periods in overwhelming Nebraska Wesleyan University 72-0 on a windy Saturday at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium.
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24-0 second half carries Central to 38-14 road win
October 07, 2023DUBUQUE, Iowa - Some second-half adjustments and better execution helped Central break away from a halftime tie in a 38-14 win at Loras Saturday.
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Central throws 7 TD passes in runaway win over Dubuque
September 30, 2023PELLA, Iowa - The offensive potential the Central College football team hinted was possible surfaced in a big way with seven touchdown passes and 552 yards total offense Saturday, overwhelming the University of Dubuque 55-16
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Central notches win No. 150 for McMartin
September 23, 2023DECORAH, Iowa - Like so many that preceded it, career football win No. 150 for Central College coach Jeff McMartin Saturday was a textbook performance.
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Fourth-quarter stops preserve Central win at Dubuque
November 12, 2022DUBUQUE, Iowa—In a season filled with flashy offensive numbers from a young squad, it was the Central College football defense that was able to secure a gritty, bone-chilling 24-21 victory in the season finale Saturday at the University of Dubuque.
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Central eyes season-ending win
November 10, 2022PELLA, Iowa—Authoring a happy ending to the 2022 campaign story tops the week's agenda for the Central College football team.
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Central scores in first 9 seconds, races past Luther 61-13
November 05, 2022PELLA, Iowa—It was perhaps the sign of a good day for the Central College football team Saturday at windswept Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium when Luther College's opening kickoff made an abrupt U-turn and bounded backwards 5 yards.
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No. 20 Wartburg holds off hard-charging No. 24 Central
October 08, 2022PELLA, Iowa-No. 24 Central College's resilient second-half effort pushed No. 20 Wartburg College to the brink before the No. 24 Dutch surrendered a last-minute touchdown in a 35-28 homecoming football defeat Saturday.
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Central names Shepherd as defensive coordinator
March 30, 2022PELLA, Iowa - After two seasons as defensive coordinator at Lakeland University (Wis.), Mitch Shepherd has been named defensive coordinator for Central College’s defending American Rivers champion football team.
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Hawkins named Gagliardi Trophy winner
December 17, 2021Blaine Hawkins, who led Central to the national quarterfinals and was named D3football.com Offensive Player of the Year, learned on Friday afternoon that he had won the 2021 Gagliardi Trophy.
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Gagliardi Trophy names its finalists
December 09, 2021Three quarterbacks, one wide receiver and a safety make up the five finalists for the 2021 Gagliardi Trophy, an award presented by Jostens to the most outstanding football player in NCAA Division III.
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Central playoff run ends as Hawkins breaks NCAA record
December 04, 2021WHITEWATER, WIS.—This dizzying ride of a Central College football season, with each week's performance seemingly surpassing the last, finally came to a halt in the frosty chill of a December afternoon in southern Wisconsin Saturday with a 51-21 NCAA Division III playoff loss to the No. 3-ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Saturday, but not before etching still more remarkable numbers into the record books.
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Central football playoff path heads to Wisconsin
December 01, 2021PELLA, Iowa—Making its first NCAA Division III quarterfinal round appearance since 2007, the Central College football team will search for a win Saturday in a place where few visitors have found one.
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Central's Hawkins delivers walkoff NCAA playoff winner
November 27, 2021PELLA, Iowa- Already the author of one of the best offensive seasons in NCAA Division III history, Central College quarterback Blaine Hawkins punctuated it Saturday with one of the tradition-rich program's most memorable finishes.
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Central tries to solve fierce Wheaton defense
November 26, 2021PELLA, Iowa—It's a playoff rematch but the Central College football team hopes it's not a repeat when Wheaton College (Ill.) visits Saturday for a second-round NCAA Division III playoff game.
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Hawkins sets NCAA mark as Central moves on, 61-35
November 20, 2021PELLA, Iowa-Bethel University (Minn.) threw some of the season's biggest blows at the Central College football team Saturday but quarterback Blaine Hawkins answered with seven touchdown passes and yet another record day in a 61-35 first-round NCAA Division III playoff victory.
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Daunting opening draw for No. 8 Central
November 18, 2021PELLA, Iowa - The first NCAA Division III playoff game promises to be the season’s stiffest challenge for the undefeated Central College football team.
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November 13, 2021STORM LAKE--Central capped its 17th unbeaten season by blitzing Buena Vista 65-6 Saturday.
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Central clinches record 32nd league crown outright with 56-7 win
November 06, 2021PELLA, Iowa—The championship that a pandemic denied in 2020 and that 15 of last year's Central College seniors returned to claim was decisively secured with a 56-7 football triumph over the University of Dubuque Saturday before an approving Legacy Day crowd.
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Dubuque is obstacle to Central title bid
November 05, 2021PELLA, Iowa - The last team to defeat the Central College football squad in a regular-season game is the opponent Saturday as the Dutch look to clinch an outright American Rivers title.
