The History of Wheaton Football
Every season. Every game. Every player.
All-time record 607-360-29 · 62.4% · 1914–2025 · 2025 finished 11-3 (8-1 CCIW)
What these count: seasons are the 110 the college lists officially since 1914 (two earlier single games, 1900 and 1912, are in the game log but are not seasons); players are everyone with a statistic, a record-book line or a roster spot; games are those with a known result; individual statistics begin in 1997. How the archive counts →
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1,073 players by name, position, era or jersey number — with official records, season statistics and photographs.
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Every season since 1914 and 940 games, 304 of them with a full box score.
Explore the history
The program decade by decade and era by era, in photographs, records and schedules.
Follow this season
The 2026 schedule, kickoff times and where to watch.
The 1921 Wheaton team, coached by R. S. Woodruff and captained by Orland Stockton
Stories
Wheaton College Remembers Former Head Football Coach J.R. Bishop (1938-2022)
Former Wheaton College head football coach J.R. Bishop died Tuesday, June 21. He was 84. In 1982, he was named head coach of the Crusaders' football program. He served as head coach from 1982-1995, retiring as head football coach in 1995 following Wheaton's fi…
The ninth-ranked Wheaton football team defeats No. 5 North Central in an epic "Battle for the Little Brass Bell", 35-21
Wheaton, Ill. - The ninth-ranked Wheaton Thunder football team earned a hard-fought, 35-21 victory at home against fifth…
Mike Swider to join the Wheaton Athletics Hall of Honor as a part of festivities on September 4
Wheaton, Ill. - As announced earlier this summer , Wheaton College and the Wheaton Athletics department will honor longt…
Aiden Byrne, Zeke Harris, Colin Moore and Josiah Smith named to the D3football.com Preseason All-America Team
Wheaton, Ill. – Wheaton College guard Aiden Byrne , linebacker Zeke Harris , safety Colin Moore , and punter Josiah Smit…
Wheaton Over the Decades
Winning percentage by decade
Program eras
The history divided where the head coach changed, alongside the Crusader and Thunder identities. All eras →
This Season
Saturday, September 26, 2026 — at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill.. Kickoff 1:00 PM Central.
Watch ↗ · Tickets ↗ · Live stats ↗ · Full schedule → · Record Watch →
Fixtures as published by Wheaton College Athletics when the archive was last built (Sep 20, 2026). 3 2026 results have not reached the archive yet.
Every Game Since 1914
The Little Brass Bell
Wheaton and North Central have played for the Little Brass Bell since 1938. The record here is the whole series as the game log holds it, from the first meeting in 1900; the trophy page has the college's own account of the Bell.
All-Time Career Leaders
Rushing Yards
All →| 1 | Giovanni Weeks 2021-24 | 5,339 | |
| 2 | Sola Olateju 2014-17 | 3,194 | |
| 3 | Pedro Arruza 1992-95 | 3,179 | |
| 4 | Garrett Granberg 2001-04 | 2,963 | |
| 5 | Stevie Holland 1986-89 | 2,713 |
Passing Yards
All →| 1 | Keith Bishop 1983-85 | 9,413 | |
| 2 | Jeff Brown 1992-95 | 7,090 | |
| 3 | Sean Norris 2006-09 | 6,534 | |
| 4 | Jeremy Chupp 2003-06 | 6,211 | |
| 5 | Jordan Roberts 2009-13 | 6,128 |
Receiving Yards
All →| 1 | Brad Musso 2001-04 | 4,287 | |
| 2 | Mark Loeffler 1993-96 | 3,601 | |
| 3 | Ben Bonga 2021-24 | 3,037 | |
| 4 | Jim Jorden 1982-85 | 3,022 | |
| 5 | Bart Moseman 1989-92 | 2,920 |
Tackles
All →| 1 | Chip Parrish 1993-96 | 435 | |
| 2 | Chad Thorson 1986-89 | 433 | |
| 3 | Matt Stier 1991-94 | 347 | |
| 4 | Adam Dansdill 2012-15 | 318 | |
| 5 | Brad Benson 1982-84 | 280 |
Scoring
All →| 1 | Giovanni Weeks 2021-24 | 488 | |
| 2 | Mark Loeffler 1993-96 | 286 | |
| 3 | Chuck Schoenherr 1946-49 | 271 | |
| 4 | Andrew Day 2002-05 | 262 | |
| 5 | Tim Ellingsen 2005-08 | 249 |
Quarterback Sacks
All →| 1 | Jeff Peltz 1977-80 | 37 | |
| 2 | Peter Johanik 2022-25 | 32 | |
| 3 | Chase Greenlee 2015-17 | 31.5 | |
| 4 | Andy Studebaker 2004-07 | 30 | |
| 5 | David Hoover 1992-95 | 28 |
From the official Wheaton College record book, which covers every era (tackles and sacks since 1973). The sortable season-by-season tables in the Statistical Archive are computed from the complete season statistics that survive for 1997–2025, and are labelled as such wherever they appear.
Titles and Postseason
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The 1930s has no photograph here yet, and nothing before 1997 has a box score. A team picture, a game programme, a yearbook page or a fix to something that is wrong all make the archive better — every submission is reviewed before it appears.