| Adams State Grizzlies football | |
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| First season | 1930; 95 years ago (1930) |
| Athletic director | Katelyn Smith |
| Head coach | Levi Gallas 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | Rex Stadium (capacity: 1,500) |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Alamosa, Colorado |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | RMAC |
| Past conferences | Independent (1930–1945, 1956) NMIC (1946–1955) |
| All-time record | 381–437–19 (.467) |
| Bowl record | 2–0 (1.000) |
| Playoff appearances | 2 |
| Playoff record | 2–2 |
| Conference titles | 8 |
| Division titles | 2 |
| Rivalries | Fort Lewis[1] |
| Colors | Green and white[2] |
| Mascot | Grizzly bear |
| Website | asugrizzlies.com/football |
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TheAdams State Grizzlies football team representsAdams State University incollege football at theNCAA Division II level. The Grizzlies are members of theRocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), fielding its team in the RMAC since 1957. The Grizzlies play their home games at Rex Stadium inAlamosa, Colorado. The team was formally known as theAdams State Indians.
Their current head coach is Levi Gallas, who has held the position since 2024.[3]
| 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 theCollege Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overallwinning percentage[A 4] | ||||
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clifton White[7] | 1930–1937 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0.392 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Henry Canine[8] | 1938 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Vernon Hopper[7] | 1939–1942 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0.316 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Neal Mehring[7] | 1946–1947 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.733 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 5 | William C. Heiss[7] | 1948–1949 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0.676 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.722 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Orval Steffen[7] | 1950–1951 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0.333 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Michael Stimack[7] | 1952–1956 | 44 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0.330 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0.521 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 8 | Ernie Smith[9] | 1957–1958 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0.079 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.150 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Darrell Mudra[10] | 1959–1962 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0.878 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0.938 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Donald McKillip[7] | 1963–1967, 1969 | 57 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 0.684 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Gene Carpenter[11] | 1968 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0.889 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Ron Harms[7] | 1970–1973 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0.611 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0.750 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Bill Schade[7] | 1974–1976 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0.519 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0.545 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | James Paronto[12] | 1977–1980 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0.537 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0.576 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 15 | Richard Ulrich[7] | 1981 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.389 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Joel Swisher[7] | 1982–1983 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0.421 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Jeff Geiser[7] | 1984–1996 | 135 | 65 | 68 | 2 | 0.489 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 0.506 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 |
| 18 | David Elsenrath[13] | 1997–1999 | 31 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0.290 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | Wayne McGinn[7] | 2000–2007 | 87 | 35 | 52 | 0 | 0.402 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 0.438 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Marty Heaton[14] | 2008–2014 | 77 | 42 | 35 | 0 | 0.545 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 0.540 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Timm Rosenbach[15] | 2015–2017 | 32 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0.281 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0.310 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Josh Blankenship[16] | 2018–2020 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0.364 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0.400 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Jarrell Harrison[17] | 2021–2024 | 44 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0.136 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0.139 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Adams State Indians | ||||||||||||||
| 1930 | 1930 | Clifton White | NCAA | — | Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||
| 1931 | 1931 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1932 | 1932 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1933 | 1933 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1934 | 1934 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1935 | 1935 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1936 | 1936 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1937 | 1937 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1938 | 1938 | Henry Canine | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||||||
| 1939 | 1939 | Vernon Hopper | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1940 | 1940 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1941 | 1941 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1942 | 1942 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| No team from 1943 to 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Neal Mehring | NCAA | — | NMIC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | William C. Heiss | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1949 | 1949 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1950 | 1950 | Orval Steffen | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1951 | 1951 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1952 | 1952 | Michael Stimack | 2 | 5 | 1 | T–3rd | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1953 | 1953 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1954 | 1954 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 4 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | — | ||||
| 1956 | 1956 | College Division | Independent | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | Ernie Smith | RMAC | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6th | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | 1958 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | 1959 | Darrell Mudra | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1960 | 1960 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1962 | 1962 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | WMineral Water | — | ||||
| 1963 | 1963 | Donald McKillip | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1964 | 1964 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 8 | 2 | 0 | WMineral Water | — | ||||||||
| 1967 | 1967 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1968 | 1968 | Gene Carpenter | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1969 | 1969 | Donald McKillip | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1st(Mountain) | 6 | 1 | 0 | L Conference championship | — | |||
| 1970 | 1970 | Ron Harms | NAIA | Division I | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3rd(Mountain) | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |
| 1971 | 1971 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–1st(Mountain) | 5 | 1 | 0 | L Conference championship | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference champion | — | ||||
| 1973 | 1973 | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1974 | 1974 | Bill Schade | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | No. 15 | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | James Paronto | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1978 | 1978 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | Conference co-champion | No. 10 | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | Richard Ulrich | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1982 | 1982 | Joel Swisher | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | |||
| 1983 | 1983 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | Jeff Geiser | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | No. 20 | |||
| 1985 | 1985 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2nd[a] | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | LNAIA Seminfinals | No. 16 | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | LNAIA First Round | No. 1 | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | No. 16 | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | NCAA | Division II | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | 1993 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 3 | 7 | 1 | T–5th | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
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| 1997 | 1997 | David Elsenrath | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | Wayne McGinn | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2001 | 2001 | 2 | 9 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | Marty Heaton | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2009 | 2009 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | Timm Rosenbach | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2016 | 2016 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | Josh Blankenship | 4 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| No team in 2020 due toCOVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Jarrell Harrison | NCAA | Division II | RMAC | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
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