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, fielding its team in the ARC since 1923 when it was named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Dutch play their home games at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium in Pella, Iowa. The stadium was known as Kuyper Stadium from 1977 to 2005.
Their head coach is Jeff McMartin, who took over the position for the 2004 season.
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Conference affiliations

Unknown

Championships

Conference championships

Central claims 32 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2021.
1939†Iowa Conference7–25–2Richard Tysseling
1946†Iowa Conference7–16–0Richard Tysseling
1956Iowa Conference7–17–1Richard Tysseling
1964†Iowa Conference8–17–1Ron Schipper
1965Iowa Conference8–17–0Ron Schipper
1966Iowa Conference9–17–0Ron Schipper
1967Iowa Conference9–07–0Ron Schipper
1974Iowa Conference11–07–0Ron Schipper
1977Iowa Conference9–17–0Ron Schipper
1978†Iowa Conference5–45–2Ron Schipper
1981Iowa Conference6–2–16–1Ron Schipper
1983†Iowa Conference7–26–1Ron Schipper
1984Iowa Conference11–17–0Ron Schipper
1985Iowa Conference11–17–0Ron Schipper
1986Iowa Conference11–18–0Ron Schipper
1987Iowa Conference11–27–1Ron Schipper
1989Iowa Conference10–18–0Ron Schipper
1990Iowa Conference10–28–0Ron Schipper
1992Iowa Conference10–18–0Ron Schipper
1994Iowa Conference10–18–0Ron Schipper
1995Iowa Conference10–18–0Ron Schipper
1998Iowa Conference10–110–0Rich Kacmarynski
2000Iowa Conference12–110–0Rich Kacmarynski
2001Iowa Conference9–28–1Rich Kacmarynski
2002†Iowa Conference8–28–1Rich Kacmarynski
2005†Iowa Conference9–27–1Jeff McMartin
2006Iowa Conference10–18–0Jeff McMartin
2007Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference12–18–0Jeff McMartin
2009Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference10–18–0Jeff McMartin
2019†American Rivers Conference10–27–1Jeff McMartin
2021American Rivers Conference12–18–0Jeff McMartin

† Co-champions

Postseason games

NCAA Division III playoff games

The Dutch have made twenty-two appearances in the Division III playoffs with an overall record of 24–21. They finished as national champions in the NCAA Division III Championship Game in 1974, and as national runner-ups in 1984 and 1988.
1974Ron SchipperSemifinals
National Championship Game		Evansville
Ithaca		W 17–16
W 10–8
1977Ron SchipperSemifinalsWidenerL 0–19
1984Ron SchipperQuarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Occidental
Washington & Jefferson
Augustana (IL)		W 23–22
W 20–0
L 12–21
1985Ron SchipperFirst round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals		Coe
Occidental
Augustana (IL)		W 27–7
W 71–0
L 7–14
1986Ron SchipperFirst round
Quarterfinals		Buena Vista
Concordia–Moorhead		W 37–0
L 14–17
1987Ron SchipperFirst round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals		Menlo
Saint John's (MN)
Dayton		W 7–3
W 13–3
L 0–34
1988Ron SchipperFirst 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
1989Ron SchipperFirst round
Quarterfinals		St. Norbert
Saint John's (MN)		W 55–7
L 24–27
1990Ron SchipperFirst round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals		Redlands
St. Thomas (MN)
Allegheny		W 24–14
W 33–32
L 7–24
1992Ron SchipperFirst round
Quarterfinals		Carleton
Wisconsin–La Crosse		W 20–8
L 9–34
1994Ron SchipperFirst roundWartburgL 21–22
1995Ron SchipperFirst roundWisconsin–River FallsL 7–10
1998Rich KacmarynskiFirst roundWisconsin–Eau ClaireL 21–28
1999Rich KacmarynskiFirst round
Second round		Wisconsin–La Crosse
Saint John's (MN)		W 38–17
L 9–10
2000Rich KacmarynskiFirst round
Second round
Quarterfinals		St. Norbert
Linfield
Saint John's (MN)		W 29–14
W 20–17
L 18–21
2001Rich KacmarynskiFirst roundPacific LutheranL 21–27
2005Jeff McMartinFirst roundWisconsin–WhitewaterL 14–34
2006Jeff McMartinFirst roundSaint John's (MN)L 13–21
2007Jeff McMartinFirst round
Second round
Quarterfinals		Olivet
Saint John's (MN)
Bethel (MN)		W 38–17
W 37–7
L 7–27
2009Jeff McMartinFirst roundMary Hardin–BaylorL 40–42
2019Jeff McMartinFirst round
Second round		Wisconsin–Oshkosh
Wheaton		W 38–37
L 13–49
2021Jeff McMartinFirst round
Second round
Quarterfinals		Bethel (MN)
Wheaton
Wisconsin–Whitewater		W 61–35
W 30–28
L 21–51