The 1963 Luther Norse football team was an American football team that represented Luther College as a member of the Iowa Conference during the 1963 NAIA football season. In their 12th year under head coach Edsel Schweizer, the Norse compiled a perfect 9–0 record (8–0 against conference opponents), won the IC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 315 to 53.
1963 Luther Norse football | |
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Iowa Conference champion | |
Conference | Iowa Conference |
Record | 9–0 (8–0 Iowa) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luther $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central (IA) | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Upper Iowa | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simpson | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dubuque | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buena Vista | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wartburg | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa Wesleyan | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Penn | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fullback Jerry Wonders ranked second among the country's small-college players with 1,017 rushing yards.[1] Wonders was selected as a second-team back on the Associated Press' 1963 Little All-America college football team.[2]
Seven Luther players were selected to the 1963 All-Iowa Conference football team: bacs Jerry Wonders and Bob Naslund; ends Richard Ashland, Gary Lowmiller and Claude Jacobson; and tackles Charles Stern and Earl Jensen.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 14 | at Dubuque | Dubuque, IA | W 32–0 | [4] | |||
September 21 | Wartburg | Decorah, IA | W 34–7 | 4,200 | [5] | ||
September 28 | at Upper Iowa | Fayette, IA | W 27–0 | 4,000 | [6] | ||
October 5 | William Penn | Decorah, IA | W 54–6 | [7] | |||
October 12 | at Central (IA) | Pella, IA | W 14–7 | [8] | |||
October 19 | Buena Vista | Decorah, IA | W 27–7 | [9] | |||
October 26 | at Parsons* | Fairfield, IA | W 34–14 | [10] | |||
November 2 | at Iowa Wesleyan | Mount Pleasant, IA | W 45–6 | [11] | |||
November 9 | Simpson | Decorah, IA | W 48–6 | [1] | |||
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Personnel
The following players won varsity letters:[12]
- Tom Altmeler
- Mel Ashland
- Richard Ashland
- Kenneth Belanger
- Harold Bendicsen
- John Benn
- James Boyce
- David Chellevold
- John Cutting
- Howard Dettloff
- Dean Ellingson
- Joseph Fillman
- Harold Fish
- Jay Geerdes
- Dale Halverson
- Richard Hemp
- Gerald Holmmes
- Dennis Ibbotson
- George Indestad
- Claude Jacobson
- Earl Jensen
- Peter Johnson
- Steven Johnson
- Francis Koch
- John Lee
- Gary Lowmiller
- Robert Melcher
- Steven Messer
- Darryl Meyer
- David Miller
- Dennis Mitchell
- Robert Naslund
- David Nesset
- Lowell Olsen
- Paul Olsen
- Steven Olson
- Thomas Precious
- David Sandeno
- Stephen Schach
- Russ Schneider
- David Schreiber
- Robert Schroeder
- Ronald Schultz
- David Solberg
- Larry Staffon
- John Stark
- Charles Stern
- Robert Thompson
- Leallyn Turvold
- Craig Williams
- Jerry Wonders