Simpson (IA) Storm

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2026: 3–⁠3 (2–⁠1 American Rivers). Last: lost to Dubuque 56–⁠27 at home. Next: Coe, Saturday, Oct 24, 3 p.m. ET.

  1. L 14–⁠42at Augustana (IL)
  2. W 52–⁠0Crown
  3. L 28–⁠52Howard Payne
  4. W 51–⁠20at Buena Vista
  5. W 38–⁠21at Loras
  6. L 27–⁠56Dubuque
  7. Oct 24Coe
  8. Oct 31at Wartburg
  9. Nov 7at Nebraska Wesleyan
  10. Nov 14Central College

Simpson (IA) has played football since at least 1899 and is 25–⁠77–⁠3 in the 105 games on record. The most-played rival is Drake: 25 meetings, Drake leads 21–⁠2–⁠2. This season, they’re 3–⁠3.

Résumé

Record on file
25–⁠77–⁠3 .252; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1013
Best season by Elo
1904 rated 1349
Seasons
37 since 1899, 105 games

2026 season 3–⁠3

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Simpson (IA)‘s Elo through 2026: 1022 going into the opener, 1013 after the latest game.975100010251050Elo 1022 going in; lost to Augustana (IL) 42–14Elo 998 going in; beat Crown 52–0Elo 1025 going in; lost to Howard Payne 52–28Elo 990 going in; beat Buena Vista 51–20Elo 1020 going in; beat Loras 38–21Elo 1052 going in; lost to Dubuque 56–27Now: Elo 1013 after the latest game1013
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1899

Best seasons ever
Simpson (IA) end-of-season Elo from 1899 to 2026, best in 1904 at 1349.130015001700190019001920194019601980200020201904 peak: Elo 1349
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesSCIA record
Drake252–⁠21–⁠2
Iowa State151–⁠13–⁠1
Grinnell92–⁠7
Dubuque51–⁠4
Missouri52–⁠3
Central College50–⁠5
Loras53–⁠2
Buena Vista54–⁠1
Every opponent (18)

Every program Simpson (IA) has played, A to Z, with Simpson (IA)‘s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1902–⁠1903
  2. American Rivers Conference since 2014

Simpson (IA)‘s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20263–⁠32–⁠11013
20256–⁠45–⁠31033
20245–⁠54–⁠4981
20233–⁠72–⁠6908
20221–⁠81–⁠7932
20200–⁠11129
19380–⁠11170
19360–⁠11171
19350–⁠11172
19340–⁠1–⁠11170
19330–⁠11171
19320–⁠21166
19310–⁠21172
19290–⁠11176
19280–⁠11172
19270–⁠21171
19260–⁠11173
19250–⁠11169
19230–⁠11161
19210–⁠11149
19200–⁠21151
1919few games on file0–⁠11177
1918few games on file0–⁠11171
1917few games on file0–⁠1–⁠11174
1916few games on file0–⁠11166
Every season back to 1899 (12 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
1915few games on file0–⁠21171
1912few games on file0–⁠21186
1911few games on file0–⁠11196
1910few games on file0–⁠11207
1909few games on file0–⁠11215
1905few games on file0–⁠41232
1904few games on file1–⁠31349
19031–⁠41313
19022–⁠31267
1901few games on file3–⁠11285
1900few games on file0–⁠2–⁠11185
1899few games on file0–⁠21182

No season on file for 1906–⁠08, 1913–⁠14, 1922, 1924, 1930, 1937, 1939–⁠2019, 2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 37 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.