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 | GLIAC History | 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
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 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
Team Award Winners
Click on each link to view the list of historical team postseason award winners
Hillsdale College Football: Year by year
| Season (Team Stats) |
Record (Schedule/Results) |
Roster | Head Coach | News |
| 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 | 6-2 | 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 |
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| 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 | 4-3 | Dwight Harwood | ||
| 1939 | 6-1 | Dwight Harwood | ||
| 1938 | 8-0 (4-0 MIAA) | Dwight Harwood | MIAA Champions | |
| 1937 | 3-6 | Roster | Dwight Harwood | |
| 1936 | 5-5 | Dwight Harwood | ||
| 1935 | 4-6 | Dwight Harwood | ||
| 1934 | 3-5 | Dwight Harwood | ||
| 1933 | 8-0 (4-0 MIAA) | Dwight Harwood | MIAA Champions | |
| 1932 | 7-1 (4-0 MIAA) | Dwight Harwood | MIAA Champions | |
| 1931 | 8-0 | Dwight Harwood | MIAA Champions - Beat then-Big Ten member University of Chicago (only Hillsdale win vs Big Ten school) | |
| 1930 | 4-3 | Dwight Harwood | ||
| 1929 | 5-3 | Dwight Harwood | ||
| 1928 | 4-3 | Dwight Harwood | ||
| 1927 | 5-4 | Dwight Harwood | ||
| 1926 | 6-2 | Elroy Guckert | ||
| 1925 | 5-3 | Elroy Guckert | ||
| 1924 | 7-1 (5-0 MIAA) | Howard Jefferson | MIAA Champions | |
| 1923 | 4-4 | Howard Jefferson | ||
| 1922 | 3-5 | Louis Ost | ||
| 1921 | 5-3 | William J. Rennie | ||
| 1920 | 6-1-1 | William J. Rennie | ||
| 1919 | 3-4 | Samuel Taylor | ||
| 1918 | 1-5 | Lawrence Mason | ||
| 1917 | 0-5 | Leroy Buchheit | ||
| 1916 | 4-2 | Leroy Buchheit | ||
| 1915 | 5-3 | Leroy Buchheit | ||
| 1914 | 4-3 (3-1 MIAA) | Leroy Buchheit | MIAA Champions | |
| 1913 | 2-3-1 (2-1-1 MIAA) | Charles Firth | ||
| 1912 | 5-1-2 | Claude Hunt | ||
| 1911 | 3-2 | Claude Hunt | ||
| 1910 | 1-4-2 | Herbert C. Reed | ||
| 1909 | 3-3 | Herbert C. Reed | ||
| 1908 | 5-3 | James Whipple | ||
| 1907 | 4-2 | James Whipple | ||
| 1906 | 0-7 | William Boone | ||
| 1905 | 4-5 | Jon A. Dalrymple | ||
| 1904 | 0-7 | 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.