Wheaton Over the Decades
Wheaton football era by era, from the leather-helmet squads of the 1910s to the Thunder of today. Every decade opens its photographs, the season-by-season record and the schedule and result of every game.
1910s
Jasper Turnbull, Bob Robinson, No Coach and 1 more
1920s
Rex Gary, Bob Woodruff, Jack Conley and 3 more
Vic Gustafson, Wendel Smith, Fred Walker
1940s
Harve Chrouser, Albert Graf, Carl DeVries · 1 CCIW title
1960s
Harve Chrouser, Jack Swartz, Mal Pearson
1970s
Mal Pearson, Gary Taylor, Dewey King
1980s
C. Schimmels, Jim Rexilius, J.R. Bishop
1990s
J.R. Bishop, Mike Swider · 1 CCIW title
2000s
Mike Swider · 5 CCIW titles
2010s
Mike Swider · 4 CCIW titles
2020s
Jesse Scott
Every decade at a glance
Records from the seasons data, points from the game log| Decade | Seasons | Record | Pct | Games | PF | PA | CCIW titles | Archive photos | Game frames | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 5 | 48-12 | .800 | 60 | 2,706 | 1,165 | 0 | 17 | 750 | Decade · Seasons · Games |
| 2010s | 10 | 95-17 | .848 | 112 | 4,272 | 1,530 | 4 | 14 | 264 | Decade · Seasons · Games |
| 2000s | 10 | 89-24 | .788 | 113 | 3,954 | 2,198 | 5 | 14 | Decade · Seasons · Games | |
| 1990s | 10 | 66-29-1 | .693 | 92 | 2,994 | 1,559 | 1 | 3 | Decade · Seasons · Games | |
| 1980s | 10 | 47-43 | .522 | 90 | 1,946 | 1,769 | 0 | 6 | Decade · Seasons · Games | |
| 1970s | 10 | 32-57-1 | .361 | 90 | 1,804 | 1,965 | 0 | 4 | Decade · Seasons · Games | |
| 1960s | 10 | 48-40-1 | .545 | 86 | 1,494 | 1,369 | 0 | 12 | Decade · Seasons · Games | |
| 1950s | 10 | 69-12-3 | .839 | 83 | 2,454 | 710 | 8 | 9 | Decade · Seasons · Games | |
| 1940s | 10 | 47-26-8 | .630 | 79 | 1,410 | 781 | 1 | 19 | Decade · Seasons · Games | |
| 1930s | 10 | 25-40-9 | .399 | 63 | 501 | 803 | 0 | 0 | Decade · Seasons · Games | |
| 1920s | 10 | 30-40-6 | .434 | 47 | 402 | 695 | 0 | 1 | Decade · Seasons · Games | |
| 1910s | 6 | 11-21 | .344 | 24 | 156 | 611 | 0 | 1 | Decade · Seasons · Games | |
| 1900s | 1 | 0-1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | Decade · Seasons · Games |
Photographs are gathered from the Tower yearbooks, the Wheaton College Archives, Wheaton College Athletics and Wikimedia Commons; each photo lists its source. Older yearbook pages are low-resolution previews for now.