CCIW Football History CCIW NCAA Football Playoff Participation 1976 2001 St. John’s (Minn.) 46, Augustana 7, first round Augustana 54, Defiance 14, first round Buena Vista 20, Carroll 14 (OT), first round Mount Union 32, Augustana 7, second round 1981 2002 Dayton 19, Augustana 7, first round Wheaton 42, Alma 14, first round Mount Union 42, Wheaton 21, second round 1982 Augustana 28, Baldwin-Wallace 22, first round 2003 Augustana 14, St. Lawrence 0, semifinals Wheaton 55, Hope 45, first round West Georgia 14, Augustana 0, championship Wheaton 16, Baldwin Wallace 12, second round Mount Union 56, Wheaton 10, quarterfinals 1983 Augustana 22, Adrian 21, first round 2004 Augustana 21, Wisconsin-La Crosse 15, semifinals Wheaton 31, Mt. St. Joseph 7, first round Augustana 21, Union 17, championship Mount Union 27, Wheaton 6, second round Carthage 31, Alma 28, first round 1984 Carthage 14, Wooster 7, second round Augustana 14, Dayton 13, first round Mount Union 38, Carthage 20, quarterfinals Augustana 23, Union 6, semifinals Augustana 21, Central 12, championship 2005 Capital 21, North Central 19, first round 1985 Augustana 49, Lakeland 22, first round Augustana 26, Albion 12, first round Mount Union 44, Augustana 7, second round Augustana 21, Mount Union 14, quarterfinals Augustana 14, Central (Iowa) 7, semifinals 2006 Augustana 20, Ithaca 7, championship Wheaton 42, Mt. St. Joseph 28, first round Mount Union 35, Wheaton 3, second round 1986 North Central 35, Concordia (Wis.) 6, first round Augustana 34, Hope 10, first round Capital 41, North Central 13, second round Augustana 16, Mount Union 7, quarterfinals Augustana 41, Concordia (Moorhead) 7, semifinals 2007 Augustana 31, Salisbury St. 3, championship North Central 44, Franklin (Ind.) 42, first round UW-Whitewater 59, North Central 28, second round 1987 Augustana 53, Hiram 0, first round 2008 Dayton 38, Augustana 36, quarterfinals North Central 44, Thomas More 23, first round Franklin 38, North Central 28, second round 1988 Wheaton 14, Trine 0, first round Augustana 25, Adrian 7, first round Wheaton 59, Wabash 28, second round Augustana 28, Wittenberg 14, quarterfinals Wheaton 45, Franklin 28, quarterfinals Central (Iowa) 23, Augustana 17 (2OT), semifinals Mount Union 45, Wheaton 24, semifinals 1989 2009 Millikin 21, Augustana 12, first round Illinois Wesleyan 41, Wabash 35 (2 OTs), first round Dayton 28, Millikin 16, quarterfinals UW-Whitewater 45, Illinois Wesleyan 7, second round 1990 2010 Dayton 24, Augustana 14, first round Wheaton 31, Coe 21, first round Bethel 15, Wheaton 10, second round 1992 North Central 57, St. Norbert 7, first round Illinois Wesleyan 21, Aurora 12, first round North Central 28, Ohio Northern 9, second round Mount Union 49, Illinois Wesleyan 27, quarterfinals UW-Whitewater 20, North Central 10, quarterfinals 1994 2011 Albion 28, Augustana 21, first round Monmouth 33, Illinois Wesleyan 27 (3 OTs), first round North Central 59, Dubuque 13, first round 1995 Wabash 29, North Central 28, second round Wheaton 63, Wittenberg 41, first round Mount Union 40, Wheaton 14, quarterfinals 2012 North Central 41, California Lutheran 21, first round 1996 Linfield 30, North Central 14, second round Illinois Wesleyan 23, Albion 20, first round *Elmhurst 27, Coe 24, first round Mount Union 49, Illinois Wesleyan 14, quarterfinals St. Thomas (Minn.) 24, Elmhurst 17, second round *win vacated due to NCAA sanctions 1998 Wittenberg 13, Millikin 10, first round 2013 Wartburg 41, Illinois Wesleyan 7, first round 1999 North Central 63, Albion 7, first round Augustana 39, St. Norbert 32, first round North Central 52, UW-Platteville 24, second round Mount Union 42, Augustana 33, second round North Central 41, Bethel (Minn.) 17, quarterfinals Mount Union 41, North Central 40, semifinals 2000 Ohio Northern 47, Millikin 21, first round 2014 Wheaton 43, Benedictine 14, first round John Carroll 14, Wheaton 12, second round CCIW Football History 2015 Wheaton 55, Lakeland 6, first round UW-Whitewater 31, Wheaton 17, second round 2016 North Central 41, Rose-Hulman 7, first round Wheaton 45, Huntingdon 10, first round Wheaton 31, North Central 14, second round Mary Hardin-Baylor 38, Wheaton 16, quarterfinals 2017 Case Western Reserve 28, Illinois Wesleyan 0, first round North Central 17, St. John (Minn.) 7, first round UW-Oshkosh 42, North Central 21, second round 2018 North Central 52, Hanover 0, first round Bethel (Minn.) 27, North Central 24, second round 2019 Wheaton 51, Martin Luther 7, first round Wheaton 49, Central 13, second round Saint John’s (Minn.) 34, Wheaton 33, quarterfinals North Central 51, Wabash 15, first round North Central 59, Mount Union 52, second round North Central 31, Delaware Valley 14, quarterfinals North Central 45, Muhlenberg 14, semifinals North Central 41, UW-Whitewater 14, championship 2020 NCAA Division III Championship Canceled - COVID-19 CCIW Football History Past CCIW Champions Year Champion W-L-T Head Coach Year Champion W-L-T Head Coach 1946 North Central 7-1-0 Herb Heilman 2003 Wheaton 7-0 Mike Swider 1947 North Central 5-1-0 Herb Heilman 2004 Carthage 6-1 Tim Rucks 1948 Illinois Wesleyan 5-0-0 Bob Morrow Wheaton 6-1 Mike Swider 1949 Augustana 5-0-0 A.J. Stolfa 2005 Augustana 7-0 Jim Barnes Wheaton 5-0-0 Harve Chrouser 2006 Wheaton 6-1 Mike Swider 1950 Wheaton 5-0-0 Harve Chrouser Augustana 6-1 Jim Barnes 1951 Illinois Wesleyan 5-0-0 Libero Bertagolli North Central 6-1 John Thorne 1952 Lake Forest 3-0-1 Wally Lemm 2007 North Central 6-1 John Thorne Millikin 3-0-1 Bob Appleby Illinois Wesleyan 6-1 Norm Eash 1953 Wheaton 4-0-0 Harve Chrouser 2008 North Central 7-0 John Thorne 1954 Millikin 5-1-0 Jack Allen 2009 Illinois Wesleyan 6-1 Norm Eash Wheaton 5-1-0 Harve Chrouser North Central 6-1 John Thorne 1955 Wheaton 5-0-1 Harve Chrouser 2010 North Central 7-0 John Thorne 1956 Wheaton 7-0-0 Harve Chrouser 2011 North Central 7-0 John Thorne 1957 Lake Forest 6-1-0 Wally Lemm 2012 North Central 6-1 John Thorne Wheaton 6-1-0 Harve Chrouser Wheaton 6-1 Mike Swider 1958 Wheaton 7-0-0 Harve Chrouser 2013 North Central 7-0 John Thorne 1959 Wheaton 6-0-1 Harve Chrouser 2014 Wheaton 7-0 Mike Swider 1960 North Central 4-1-0 Jesse Vail 2015 Wheaton 7-0 Mike Swider 1961 Millikin 6-0-0 Don Shroyer 2016 North Central 8-0 Jeff Thorne 1962 Carthage 7-0-0 Art Keller 2017 North Central 7-1 Jeff Thorne 1963 Carthage 4-1-1 Art Keller Illinois Wesleyan 7-1 Norm Eash 1964 Illinois Wesleyan 5-0-1 Don Larson 2018 North Central 8-1 Jeff Thorne 1965 Illinois Wesleyan 6-0-0 Don Larson Illinois Wesleyan 8-1 Norm Eash 1966 Augustana 5-1-0 Ralph Starenko 2019 Wheaton 9-0 Mike Swider 1967 Carthage 6-0-0 Art Keller 2020 No Champion (COVID-19) 1968 Augustana 6-1-0 Ralph Starenko 1969 Carthage 7-0-0 Art Keller Note: Elmhurst share of 2012 CCIW title vacated due to 1970 Carthage 7-0-1 Art Keller NCAA sanctions 1971 Carthage 8-0-0 Art Keller 1972 Carthage 7-1-0 Art Keller 1973 Carthage 8-0-0 Art Keller 1974 Illinois Wesleyan 7-1-0 Don Larson Millikin 7-1-0 Skip Mathieson 1975 Augustana 6-2-0 Ben Newcomb 1976 Carroll 7-0-1 Steve Miller 1977 Illinois Wesleyan 6-2-0 Don Larson Millikin 6-2-0 Merle Chapman 1978 Elmhurst 7-1-0 Tom Beck Millikin 7-1-0 Merle Chapman 1979 Millikin 7-1-0 Merle Chapman 1980 Elmhurst 6-2-0 Tom Beck Illinois Wesleyan 6-2-0 Don Larson 1981 Augustana 8-0-0 Bob Reade 1982 Augustana 8-0-0 Bob Reade 1983 Augustana 8-0-0 Bob Reade 1984 Augustana 8-0-0 Bob Reade 1985 Augustana 8-0-0 Bob Reade 1986 Augustana 7-0-1 Bob Reade 1987 Augustana 8-0-0 Bob Reade 1988 Augustana 7-1-0 Bob Reade Carroll 7-1-0 Merle Masonholder 1989 Millikin 8-0-0 Carl Poelker 1990 Augustana 7-1-0 Bob Reade Millikin 7-1-0 Carl Poelker 1991 Augustana 7-1-0 Bob Reade 1992 Illinois Wesleyan 7-0-0 Norm Eash 1993 Augustana 7-0-0 Bob Reade 1994 Augustana 6-1-0 Bob Reade Illinois Wesleyan 6-1-0 Norm Eash 1995 Wheaton 7-0-0 J.R. Bishop 1996 Illinois Wesleyan 7-0-0 Norm Eash 1997 Augustana 6-1-0 Tom Schmulbach 1998 Millikin 6-1-0 Doug Neibuhr 1999 Augustana 6-1-0 Tom Schmulbach 2000 Illinois Wesleyan 6-1-0 Norm Eash Millikin 6-1-0 Doug Neibuhr Wheaton 6-1-0 Mike Swider 2001 Augustana 6-1-0 Jim Barnes Illinois Wesleyan 6-1-0 Norm Eash 2002 Wheaton 7-0 Mike Swider CCIW Football History Art Keller Offensive Player of the Year 1992 George Annang, Augustana, DL 1993 Kermit Ellison, Wheaton, DB 1962 Ervin Olson, Carthage, RB 1994 Rusty VanWetzinga, Augustana, LB 1963 Vic Armstron, Illinois Wesleyan, QB 1995 Rusy Vanwetzinga, Augustana, LB 1966 Steve Laub, Illinois Wesleyan, QB 1996 John Munch, Illinois Wesleyan, LB 1970 Ken Anderson, Augustana, QB Chip Parrish, Wheaton, LB 1971 Craig Deaton, Carthage, QB 1997 John Munch, Illinois Wesleyan, LB 1975 Jim Jodat, Carthage, RB 1998 Carlos Burns, Millikin, DL 1976 Joe Thompson, Augustana, RB 1999 Bob Meyer, Millikin, LB Steve Thompson, Carroll, QB Norm Robinson, North Central, DB 1977 John Boettcher, Augustana, OL 2000 J.D. Leman, Wheaton, LB 1978 Pete Thompson, Carthage, WR Jeff Heinzl, Illinois Wesleyan, DL 1979 Mike Jakovich, North Central, RB 2001 Mike Lindsey, Millikin, DL 1980 George Donald, Elmhurst, RB 2002 Justin Knapp, Wheaton, LB 1981 Steve Finch, Elmhurst, WR 2003 Mike Hansen, Augustana, DL 1982 Lance Hofer, Augustana, QB 2004 Lenny Radtke, North Central, LB Dave McCarrell, Wheaton, QB 2005 Tom Anthony, Augustana, DB 1983 Steve Thonn, Wheaton, WR 2006 Andy Studebaker, Wheaton, DL 1984 John Rooney, Illinois Wesleyan, RB 2007 Pete Ittersagen, Wheaton, DB Keith Bishop, Wheaton, RB 2008 Matt Wenger, North Central, LB Greg King, Augustana, OL 2009 Nick Nikolich, Illinois