The Northwestern Eagles football program is a college football team that represents University of Northwestern – St. Paul in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference, a part of the NCAA Division III. The team has had 6 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1973.[1] The current coach is Matt Moore, who first took the position for the 2017 season.[2]
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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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] |
Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 college football season.
No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | CCs | NCs | Awards |
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1 | Duane Christopherson | 1973 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2 | Mel Boehland | 1974–1988 | 134 | 77 | 56 | 1 | .578 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
3 | Chub Reynolds | 1989–1990 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Jimmy Miller | 1991–2000 | 96 | 46 | 50 | 0 | .479 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
5 | Kirk Talley | 2001–2016 | 164 | 112 | 52 | 0 | .683 | 96 | 21 | 0 | .811 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
6 | Matt Moore | 2017–present | 53 | 25 | 28 | — | .472 | 25 | 13 | — | .658 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — |
table reference[6]