Central Dutch football

The Central Dutch football team represents Central College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Dutch are members of the American Rivers Conference (ARC), fielding its team in the ARC since 1923 when it was named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). The Dutch play their home games at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium in Pella, Iowa.^[3] The stadium was known as Kuyper Stadium from 1977 to 2005.^[3]

Central Dutch football
First season	1892; 133 years ago (1892)
Athletic director	Eric Van Kley
Head coach	Jeff McMartin 22nd season, 163–50 (.765)
Stadium	Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (capacity: 1,000)
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Pella, Iowa
NCAA division	Division III
Conference	ARC
All-time record	641–326–26 (.659)
Claimed national titles	1
Playoff appearances	22
Playoff record	24–21
Conference titles	32
Rivalries	Simpson[1]
Colors	Red and white[2]
Mascot	Dutch
Website	central.edu/football

Their head coach is Jeff McMartin, who took over the position for the 2004 season.^[4]

Conference affiliations

• Unknown (1892–1893; 1903–1905; 1909–1916; 1920–1922)
• Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1923–2017; rebranded)^[5]
• American Rivers Conference (2018–present)^[6]

Championships

Conference championships

Central claims 32 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2021.

Year	Conference	Overall Record	Conference Record	Coach
1939†	Iowa Conference	7–2	5–2	Richard Tysseling
1946†		7–1	6–0
1956		7–1	7–1
1964†		8–1	7–1	Ron Schipper
1965		8–1	7–0
1966		9–1	7–0
1967		9–0	7–0
1974		11–0	7–0
1977		9–1	7–0
1978†		5–4	5–2
1981		6–2–1	6–1
1983†		7–2	6–1
1984		11–1	7–0
1985		11–1	7–0
1986		11–1	8–0
1987		11–2	7–1
1989		10–1	8–0
1990		10–2	8–0
1992		10–1	8–0
1994		10–1	8–0
1995		10–1	8–0
1998		10–1	10–0	Rich Kacmarynski
2000		12–1	10–0
2001		9–2	8–1
2002†		8–2	8–1
2005†		9–2	7–1	Jeff McMartin
2006		10–1	8–0
2007	Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	12–1	8–0
2009		10–1	8–0
2019†	American Rivers Conference	10–2	7–1
2021		12–1	8–0

† Co-champions

Postseason games

NCAA Division III playoff games

The Dutch have appeared in the Division III playoffs twenty-two times with an overall record of 24–21.

Season	Coach	Playoff	Opponent	Result
1974	Ron Schipper	Semifinals National Championship Game	Evansville Ithaca	W 17–16 W 10–8
1977		Semifinals	Widener	L 0–19
1984		Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Occidental Washington & Jefferson Augustana (IL)	W 23–22 W 20–0 L 12–21
1985		First round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Coe Occidental Augustana (IL)	W 27–7 W 71–0 L 7–14
1986		First round Quarterfinals	Buena Vista Concordia–Moorhead	W 37–0 L 14–17
1987		First round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Menlo Saint John's (MN) Dayton	W 7–3 W 13–3 L 0–34
1988		First round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship Game	Concordia–Moorhead Wisconsin–Whitewater Augustana (IL) Ithaca	W 7–0 W 16–13 W 23–17 L 24–39
1989		First round Quarterfinals	St. Norbert Saint John's (MN)	W 55–7 L 24–27
1990		First round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Redlands St. Thomas (MN) Allegheny	W 24–14 W 33–32 L 7–24
1992		First round Quarterfinals	Carleton Wisconsin–La Crosse	W 20–8 L 9–34
1994		First round	Wartburg	L 21–22
1995		First round	Wisconsin–River Falls	L 7–10
1998	Rich Kacmarynski	First round	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	L 21–28
1999		First round Second round	Wisconsin–La Crosse Saint John's (MN)	W 38–17 L 9–10
2000		First round Second round Quarterfinals	St. Norbert Linfield Saint John's (MN)	W 29–14 W 20–17 L 18–21
2001		First round	Pacific Lutheran	L 21–27
2005	Jeff McMartin	First round	Wisconsin–Whitewater	L 14–34
2006		First round	Saint John's (MN)	L 13–21
2007		First round Second round Quarterfinals	Olivet Saint John's (MN) Bethel (MN)	W 38–17 W 37–7 L 7–27
2009		First round	Mary Hardin–Baylor	L 40–42
2019		First round Second round	Wisconsin–Oshkosh Wheaton	W 38–37 L 13–49
2021		First round Second round Quarterfinals	Bethel (MN) Wheaton Wisconsin–Whitewater	W 61–35 W 30–28 L 21–51

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list

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

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards

No.	Name	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DC	CC	NC	Awards
1	Herman Severan[10]	1903–1904	7	2	5	0	0.286	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2	George H. Cavanaugh[10]	1905	6	4	2	0	0.667	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	George H. Kenney[10]	1909	5	1	3	1	0.300	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	William Johnson[10]	1910–1912	17	4	10	3	0.324	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	Elbert Warren[10]	1913–1915	12	3	8	1	0.292	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	Mark McWilliams[10]	1915–1916; 1920	16	2	14	0	0.125	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	William R. Cruse[10]	1921	5	2	2	1	0.500	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	Karl Kettering[10]	1922–1924	9	2	6	1	0.278	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	John Pence[10]	1924–1926	20	7	10	3	0.425	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	William Douthirt[10]	1927	8	1	7	0	0.125	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	Len Winter[10]	1928–1937	84	34	44	6	0.440	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	Richard Tysseling[11][12]	1938–1960	173	83	87	7	0.489	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	Ron Schipper[13]	1961–1996	357	287	67	3	0.808	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	–	–
14	Rich Kacmarynski[14][15]	1997–2003	77	62	15	0	0.805	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
15	Jeff McMartin[16]	2004–present	193	147	46	0	0.762	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–

Year-by-year results

National champions

Conference champions

Bowl game berth

Playoff berth

Season	Year	Head coach	Association	Division	Conference	Record							Postseason	Final ranking
						Overall			Conference
						Win	Loss	Tie	Finish	Win	Loss	Tie
Central Dutch
1892	1892	—	—	—	—	0	1	0	–				—	—
1893	1893					0	1	0	–				—	—
No record 1894–1902
1903	1903	Herman Severan	—	—	—	1	2	0	–				—	—
1904	1904					1	3	0	–				—	—
1905	1905	G. Gavanaugh	IAAUS			4	2	0	–				—	—
Sport dropped 1906–1908
1909	1909	G. Kenney	IAAUS	—	—	1	3	1	–				—	—
1910	1910	Wm. Johnson	NCAA			0	5	1	–				—	—
1911	1911					1	2	0	–				—	—
1912	1912					3	3	2	–				—	—
1913	1913	Elbert Warren				2	4	1	–				—	—
1914	1914					1	4	0	–				—	—
1915	1915	Mark McWilliams				0	6	0	–				—	—
1916	1916					2	4	0	–				—	—
No record 1917–1919
1920	1920	Mark McWilliams	NCAA	–	–	0	4	0	–				—	—
1921	1921	Wm. R. Cruse				2	2	1	–				—	—
1922	1922	Karl Kettering				1	4	1	–				—	—
1923	1923				IIAC	1	2	0	8th	1	1	0	—	—
1924	1924	John Pence				2	4	1	8th	1	2	0	—	—
1925	1925					2	3	1	10th	1	2	1	—	—
1926	1926					3	3	1	8th	2	2	0	—	—
1927	1927	Wm. Douthirt				1	7	0	12th	1	6	0	—	—
1928	1928	L.A. Winter				0	8	0	14th	0	8	0	—	—
1929	1929					3	4	1	8th	2	4	0	—	—
1930	1930					6	2	0	7th	3	2	0	—	—
1931	1931					5	1	2	3rd	3	1	2	—	—
1932	1932					6	2	0	6th	5	2	0	—	—
1933	1933					2	6	1	11th	1	5	1	—	—
1934	1934					1	6	1	12th	1	6	1	—	—
1935	1935					4	5	0	6th	3	3	0	—	—
1936	1936					4	5	0	7th	4	3	0	—	—
1937	1937					3	5	1	7th	3	2	1	—	—
1938	1938	Richard Tysseling				2	6	0	10th	2	4	0	—	—
1939	1939					7	2	0	T-1st	5	2	0	Conference Champions	—
1940	1940					6	3	0	5th	5	3	0	—	—
1941	1941					6	3	0	4th	6	2	0	—	—
1942	1942					3	4	1	8th	2	3	1	—	—
1943	1943					4	3	0	–				—	—
1944	1944					2	2	0	–				—	—
1945	1945					7	1	0	T-1st	5	0	0	Conference Champions	—
1946	1946					7	1	0	1st	6	0	0	Conference Champions	—
1947	1947					7	1	1	5th	5	0	1	—	—
1948	1948					5	2	1	5th	3	2	0	—	—
1949	1949					4	4	1	4th	3	1	0	—	—
1950	1950					2	7	0	6th	1	4	0	—	—
1951	1951					3	6	0	5th	1	4	0	—	—
1952	1952					1	7	0	5th	0	4	0	—	—
1953	1953					4	3	1	2nd	3	1	0	—	—
1954	1954					3	5	0	7th	1	5	0	—	—
1955	1955			College Division		3	5	0	8th	1	5	0	—	—
1956	1956					7	1	0	1st	7	1	0	Conference Champions	—
1957	1957					3	4	1	7th	2	4	1	—	—
1958	1958					0	8	1	9th	0	7	1	—	—
1959	1959					3	6	0	7th	2	6	0	—	—
1960	1960					3	6	0	7th	3	5	0	—	—
1961	1961	Ron Schipper				6	3	0	3rd	5	3	0	—	—
1962	1962					7	2	0	2nd	7	1	0	—	—
1963	1963					7	1	1	2nd	6	1	1	—	—
1964	1964					8	1	0	T-1st	7	1	0	Conference Champions	—
1965	1965					8	1	0	1st	7	0	0	Conference Champions	—
1966	1966					9	1	0	1st	7	0	0	Conference Champions	—
1967	1967					9	0	0	1st	7	0	0	Conference Champions	—
1968	1968					5	3	1	4th	3	3	1	—	—
1969	1969					6	3	0	T-2nd	5	2	0	—	—
1970	1970					6	2	0	2nd	5	2	0	—	—
1971	1971					6	3	0	T-4th	4	3	0	—	—
1972	1972					6	3	0	3rd	5	2	0	—	—
1973	1973			Division III		7	2	0	2nd	6	1	0	—	—
1974	1974					11	0	0	1st	7	0	0	National Champions[17]	—
1975	1975					5	4	0	3rd	4	3	0	—	—
1976	1976					7	2	0	3rd	5	2	0	—	—
1977	1977					9	1	0	1st	7	0	0	Playoff berth	—
1978	1978					5	4	0	T-1st	5	2	0	Conference Champions	—
1979	1979					6	3	0	3rd	5	2	0	—	—
1980	1980					5	4	0	2nd	5	2	0	—	—
1981	1981					6	2	1	1st	6	1	0	Conference Champions	—
1982	1982					8	2	0	2nd	6	1	0	—	—
1983	1983					7	2	0	1st	6	1	0	Conference Champions	—
1984	1984		11			1	0	1st	7	0	0	Playoff berth	—
1985	1985		11			1	0	1st	7	0	0	Playoff berth	—
1986	1986		11			1	0	1st	8	0	0	Playoff berth	3
1987	1987		11		2	0	1st	7	1	0	Playoff berth	—
1988	1988		11		2	0	2nd	7	1	0	Playoff berth	—
1989	1989		10		1	0	1st	9	0	0	Playoff berth	—
1990	1990		10		2	0	1st	8	0	0	Playoff berth	—
1991	1991		8		1	0	2nd	7	1	0	—	—
1992	1992		10		1	0	1st	8	0	0	Playoff berth	—
1993	1993		8		1	0	2nd	7	1	0	—	—
1994	1994		10		1	0	1st	8	0	0	Playoff berth	—
1995	1995		10		1	0	1st	8	0	0	Playoff berth	—
1996	1996		7		3	0	2nd	7	1	0	—	—
1997	1997	Rich Kacmarynski	8		2	0	2nd	7	1	0	—	—
1998	1998		10		1	0	1st	10	0	0	Playoff berth	—
1999	1999		10		2	0	2nd	9	1	0	Playoff berth	—
2000	2000		12		1	0	1st	10	0	0	Playoff berth	—
2001	2001		9		2	0	1st	8	1	0	Playoff berth	—
2002	2002		8		2	0	T-1st	8	1	0	Conference Champions	—
2003	2003		5		5	0	T-6th	3	5	0	—	—
2004	2004	Jeff McMartin	6		4	0	T-3rd	5	3	0	—	—
2005	2005		9		2	0	T-1st	7	1	0	Playoff berth	20
2006	2006		10		1	0	1st	8	0	0	Playoff berth	11
2007	2007		12		1	0	1st	8	0	0	Playoff berth	6
2008	2008		6		4	0	T-5th	4	4	0	—	—
2009	2009		10		1	0	1st	8	0	0	Playoff berth[18]	8
2010	2010		8		2	0	3rd	6	2	0	—	—
2011	2011		7		3	0	T-2nd	6	2	0	—	—
2012	2012		5		5	0	T-2nd	4	3	0	—	—
2013	2013		6		4	0	T-3rd	4	3	0	—	—
2014	2014		8		2	0	2nd	6	1	0	—	—
2015	2015		6		4	0	3rd	4	3	0	—	—
2016	2016		8		2	0	T-2nd	6	2	0	—	—
2017	2017		7		3	0	2nd	6	2	0	—	—
2018	2018		A-R-C		8	2	0	T-2nd	6	2	0	—	—
2019	2019				10	2	0	T-1st	7	1	0	Playoff berth[19]	17
2020–21	2020–21				2	0	0	–	2	0	0	—	—
2021	2021				12	1	0	1st	7	0	0	Playoff berth[20]	20
2022	2022				7	3	0	T–4th	5	3	0	—	—
2023	2023				8	2	0	3rd	6	2	0	—	—
2024	2024				0	0	0	–	0	0	0	—	—

Notes

1. 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.^[7]
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.
3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[8]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[9]