# Loras Duhawks football

The Loras Duhawks football team represents Loras College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Duhawks are members of the American Rivers Conference (ARC), fielding its team in the ARC since 1986 when it was named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). The Duhawks play their home games at Rock Bowl Stadium in Dubuque, Iowa. The team was also previously known as the St. Joseph's Duhawks, Dubuque Duhawks, and the Columbia Duhawks.
Their head coach is Steve Helminiak, who took over the position for the 2013 season.

## Conference affiliations

* Independent (1907–1925; 1948–1949; 1953–1954)
* Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1926–1947; 1950–1952; 1986–2017)
* Club team (1955–1985)
* American Rivers Conference (2018–present)

## Championships
### Conference championships

Loras claims 1 conference title, which came in 1948.
| Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
| 1948† | Midlands Conference | 7–1 | 2–1 | Wally Fromhart |
† Co-champions

### Division championships

| Year | Division | Coach | Overall | Conf. | Opponent | CG result |
| 1950 | IIAC Northern Division | Wally Fromhart | 8–3 | 5–0 | St. Ambrose | 6–27 |
| 1951 | IIAC Northern Division | Richard Friend | 6–4 | 5–0 | St. Ambrose | 0–44 |

## List of head coaches
### Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | Order of coaches | 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 | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

### 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% | DC | CC |
| 1 | John Chalmers | 1907–1913 | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 0.625 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Gus Dorais | 1914–1917 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0.643 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Walter Martin | 1918–1919 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Ira Davenport | 1920–1921 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Eddie Anderson | 1922–1924 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0.708 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Elmer Layden | 1925–1926 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0.600 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Johnny Armstrong | 1927–1931 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Jerry Jones | 1932–1933 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0.393 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.409 | – | – |
| 9 | John Niemiec | 1934–1937 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0.400 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0.333 | – | – |
| 10 | Len A. Winter | 1938–1940 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Vince Dowd | 1941–1942; 1945–1946 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Wally Fromhart | 1947–1950 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0.750 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Richard Friend | 1951–1952 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Mike Scarry | 1953 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.688 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Ed Murphy | 1954 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Charles Toole | 1955–1957 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Robert Zahren | 1958–1959 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Don Hendricks | 1970–1974 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Steve McGrath | 1975 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Bob Bucko | 1976 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Claude Maddox | 1977 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Dave Ostrander | 1978–1979 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0.211 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Bob Bierie | 1980–2004 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Chris Klieman | 2005 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – |
| 25 | Steve Osterberger | 2006–2010 | 50 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 0.380 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0.400 | – | – |
| 26 | Paul Mierkiewicz | 2011–2013 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0.133 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0.045 | – | – |
| 27 | Steve Helminiak | 2013–present | 92 | 33 | 59 | 0 | 0.359 | 21 | 37 | 0 | 0.362 | – | – |

## Year-by-year results since 1986

| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie |
| 1986 | 1986 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1987 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1988 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1989 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1990 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1991 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1992 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1993 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1994 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1995 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1996 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1997 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1998 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8th | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1999 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2000 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2001 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2002 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2003 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2004 | Bob Bierie | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2005 | Chris Klieman | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2006 | Steve Osterberger | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2007 | Steve Osterberger | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8yh | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2008 | Steve Osterberger | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2009 | Steve Osterberger | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2010 | Steve Osterberger | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2011 | Paul Mierkiewicz | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2012 | Paul Mierkiewicz | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2013 | Paul Mierkiewicz (games 1–7) / Steve Helminiak (final 3) | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2014 | Steve Helminiak | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2015 | Steve Helminiak | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016 | Steve Helminiak | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017 | Steve Helminiak | NCAA | Division III | IIAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018 | Steve Helminiak | NCAA | Division III | A-R-C | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019 | Steve Helminiak | NCAA | Division III | A-R-C | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | Steve Helminiak | NCAA | Division III | A-R-C | 2 | 0 | 0 | T–2nd | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021 | Steve Helminiak | NCAA | Division III | A-R-C | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022 | Steve Helminiak | NCAA | Division III | A-R-C | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023 | Steve Helminiak | NCAA | Division III | A-R-C | | | | | | | |