The Eureka Red Devils football team represents Eureka College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Red Devils are members of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC), fielding its team in the NACC since 2018. The Red Devils play their home games at the Pete FioRito Stadium in Eureka, Illinois.[2]
| Eureka Red Devils football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1891 |
| Athletic director | Sara Shaw |
| Head coach | Randy Starks 1st season, 0–3 (.000) |
| Stadium | Pete FioRito Stadium (capacity: 2,500) |
| Field | McKinzie Field |
| Year built | 1930 |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Eureka, Illinois |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | NACC |
| Past conferences | UMAC SLIAC IBFC NAIA Division II independent Gateway NAIA independent PCC Independent IIAC |
| All-time record | 337–605–39 (.363) |
| Playoff appearances | 4 |
| Playoff record | 0–4 |
| Conference titles | 4 |
| Colors | Maroon and gold[1] |
| Mascot | Red Devils |
| Website | eurekareddevils.com |
Their head coach is Randy Starks, who took over the position in 2024.
Conference affiliations
edit- Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1921–1942)
- Independent (1949–1952)
- Prairie College Conference (1953–1957)
- NAIA independent (1957–1961)
- Gateway Conference (1962–1969)
- NAIA Division II independent (1970–1975)
- Illini–Badger Football Conference (1976–2007)
- St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2008)
- Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (2009–2017)
- Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (2018–present)
List of head coaches
editKey
edit| 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
edit| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | 1891–1893; 1895–1902 | 64 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 0.523 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | George Dygert | 1894 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.688 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | No coach | 1913–1914 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.308 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Thomas O'Neal | 1915–1916 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0.563 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | George H. Pritchard | 1917–1919 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0.417 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Eugene L. Dersnah | 1920 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.688 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Ralph McKinzie | 1921–1937 | 126 | 36 | 80 | 10 | 0.325 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | O. A. Hankner | 1938 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Harold Ave | 1939–1942 | 29 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0.241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Harold Barrow | 1946–1948 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0.450 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Paul LaVinn | 1949–1951 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0.205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Spud Owen | 1952–1955 | 29 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0.259 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Leo Traister | 1956–1966 | 79 | 11 | 62 | 6 | 0.177 | 0 | 19 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | John Dooley | 1967–1968 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0.219 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Ray Urban | 1969–1973 | 42 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 0.357 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Tom Hosier | 1974–1978 | 47 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0.500 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Warner McCollum | 1979–1989 | 100 | 26 | 71 | 3 | 0.275 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 0.365 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | John Tully | 1990–1994 | 52 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 0.596 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0.645 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 19 | Nicholas Fletcher | 1995–1999 | 49 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0.551 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Darrell Crouch | 2000–2004 | 50 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0.180 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0.200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Daniel Sullivan[6] | 2005–2008 | 35 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0.143 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0.167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Matthew Smiley[7] | 2008 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Kurt Barth[8] | 2009–2023 | 147 | 70 | 77 | 0 | 0.476 | 55 | 58 | 0 | 0.505 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 24 | Randy Starks | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results
edit| 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 | ||||||||
| Eureka Red Devils | ||||||||||||||
| 1891 | 1891 | Unknown | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1892 | 1892 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1893 | 1893 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1894 | 1894 | George Dygert | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1895 | 1895 | Unknown | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1896 | 1896 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1897 | 1897 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1898 | 1898 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1899 | 1899 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1900 | 1900 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1901 | 1901 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1902 | 1902 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| No team from 1903 to 1912 | ||||||||||||||
| 1913 | 1913 | No coach | NCAA | — | — | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1914 | 1914 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1915 | 1915 | Thomas O'Neal | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1916 | 1916 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1917 | 1917 | George H. Pritchard | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1918 | 1918 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1919 | 1919 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1920 | 1920 | Eugene L. Dersnah | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1921 | 1921 | Ralph McKinzie | IIAC | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 1922 | 1922 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1923 | 1923 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1924 | 1924 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1925 | 1925 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1926 | 1926 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1927 | 1927 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1928 | 1928 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1929 | 1929 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1930 | 1930 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1938 | 1938 | O. A. Hankner | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1939 | 1939 | Harold Ave | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1942 | 1942 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| No team from 1943 to 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Harold Barrow | NCAA | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1947 | 1947 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1948 | 1948 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1949 | 1949 | Paul LaVinn | Independent | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 1950 | 1950 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1951 | 1951 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1952 | 1952 | Spud Owen | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1953 | 1953 | PCC | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1954 | 1954 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 1 | 6 | 1 | T–3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | Leo Traister | NAIA | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1958 | 1958 | Independent | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1959 | 1959 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1960 | 1960 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1962 | 1962 | Gateway | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1963 | 1963 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | 1964 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4th | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1967 | 1967 | John Dooley | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1968 | 1968 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1969 | 1969 | Ray Urban | 1 | 7 | 0 | T–3rd | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1970 | 1970 | Division II | Independent | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1973 | 1973 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1974 | 1974 | Tom Hosier | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1976 | 1976 | IBFC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1977 | 1977 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | Warner McCollum | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 3 | 5 | 1 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | John Tully | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1991 | 1991 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round | 3 | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round | — | |||||
| 1995 | 1995 | Nicholas Fletcher | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | |||
| 1996 | 1996 | NCAA | Division III | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | 1997 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | Darrell Crouch | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2001 | 2001 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | Daniel Sullivan | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2006 | 2006 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Daniel Sullivan / Matthew Smiley | SLIAC | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | 2009 | Kurt Barth | UMAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3rd (South) | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | – | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | NACC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | – | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | — | ||||
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | — | ||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | Randy Starks | ||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ 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.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[4]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Eureka College". Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "Pete FioRito Stadium at McKinzie Field".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ "Eureka Coaching Records". November 21, 2010. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ^ "Bills name Matthew Smiley special teams coordinator". www.buffalobills.com. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ^ Pannier, Robert (September 23, 2017). "Kurt Barth Has Found Formula for Success at Eureka College". Minor League Sports Report. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ^ "Eureka College" (PDF). Eureka College. Retrieved June 20, 2023.