acusports.com Overall Conference Year Head Coach Conference W L T W L T Post-Season Result 1987 John Payne Lone Star 5 6 0 2 3 0 1988 John Payne Lone Star 3 7 0 3 4 0 1989 John Payne Lone Star 5 5 0 5 2 0 1990 John Payne Lone Star 1 9 0 1 6 0 1991 Ronnie Peacock Lone Star 1 9 0 1 5 0 1992 Ronnie Peacock Lone Star 3 6 0 2 4 0 1993 Dr. Bob Strader Lone Star 7 3 0 3 2 0 1994 Dr. Bob Strader Lone Star 3 7 0 0 5 0 1995 Dr. Bob Strader Lone Star 4 7 0 2 5 0 1996 Jack Kiser Lone Star 6 4 0 4 3 0 1997 Jack Kiser Lone Star 7 4 0 5 4 0 1998 Jack Kiser Lone Star 4 6 0 3 6 0 1999 Jack Kiser Lone Star 4 6 0 4 5 0 2000 Gary Gaines Lone Star 1 9 0 1 7 0 2001 Gary Gaines Lone Star 3 8 0 3 6 0 2002 Gary Gaines Lone Star 6 4 0 6 2 0 Lone Star Conference South Division champions 2003 Gary Gaines Lone Star 6 4 0 5 3 0 2004 Gary Gaines Lone Star 5 5 0 5 4 0 2005 Chris Thomsen Lone Star 4 6 0 4 5 0 2006 Chris Thomsen Lone Star 8 3 0 7 2 0 Lost, first round of NCAA Division II playoffs * 2007 Chris Thomsen Lone Star 0 3 0 0 1 0 Lost, second round of NCAA Division II playoffs 2008 Chris Thomsen Lone Star 11 1 0 9 0 0 Lone Star Conference champions Lost, quarterfinals of NCAA Division II playoffs 2009 Chris Thomsen Lone Star 9 4 0 6 3 0 Lost, second round of NCAA Division II playoffs 2010 Chris Thomsen Lone Star 11 1 0 10 0 0 Lone Star Conference champions Lost, second round of NCAA Division II playoffs 2011 Chris Thomsen Lone Star 8 3 0 7 1 0 Lost, first round of NCAA Division II playoffs 2012 Ken Collums Lone Star 7 4 0 4 4 0 2013 Ken Collums independent 6 5 0 0 0 0 2014 Ken Collums Southland 6 6 0 4 4 0 Totals 481 394 32 260 226 18 * 10 wins from season (including 8 in Lone Star Conference play) vacated because of NCAA violations
All-Time Conference Records W L T Texas.................................................................................... 57 42 8 Lone Star........................................................................... 162 128 2 TIAA.................................................................................... 23 22 6 Gulf Coast ............................................................................. 3 4 1 Southland............................................................................ 15 30 2 TOTAL.................................................................................260 226 18
Pct. .570 .560 .510 .438 .432 .534
ACU Head Football Coaches Name Seasons Years W L T Pct. Sewell Jones...................................... 1 1920 4 0 1 .900 Dewitt Jones..................................... 2 1977-78 18 4 1 .804 Victor Payne...................................... 2 1922-23 12 3 0 .800 * Chris Thomsen............................... 7 2005-11 51 21 0 .708 Garvin Beauchamp........................... 6 1950-55 39 18 4 .672 Wally Bullington............................... 9 1968-76 62 32 2 .656 A.M. (Tonto) Coleman..................... 5 1942, 46-49 28 15 2 .644 Ken Collums...................................... 3 2012-present 19 15 0 .559 Ted Sitton.......................................... 6 1979-84 33 28 1 .540 Les Wheeler...................................... 6 1962-67 30 27 0 .526 Jack Kiser........................................... 4 1996-99 21 20 0 .512 Vernon McCasland........................... 1 1919 2 2 0 .500 N.L. Nicholson................................... 6 1956-61 28 30 1 .483 A.B. Morris....................................... 18 1924-41 67 78 18 .469 Dr. Bob Strader................................. 3 1993-95 14 17 0 .452 John Payne........................................ 6 1985-90 26 34 2 .435 Gary Gaines....................................... 5 2000-2004 21 30 0 .412 Russell Lewis..................................... 1 1921 2 5 0 .286 Ronnie Peacock................................. 2 1991-92 4 15 0 .211 TOTALS............................................. 93 1919-2014 481 394 32 .549 * 10 wins from 2007 season vacated from both Thomsen’s individual record and school’s all-time record because of NCAA violations
ACU Championship Teams Year Championships 1939.......................................Texas Conference co-champions 1940.......................................Texas Conference tri-champions
1948.......................................Texas Conference co-champions 1950.......................................Texas Conference champions Refrigerator Bowl champions 1951........................................Texas Conference tri-champions 1952.......................................Texas Conference champions 1953.......................................Texas Conference champions 1955.......................................Gulf Coast Conference co-champions 1973........................................Lone Star Conference champions NAIA Division I national champions 1976........................................Shrine Bowl champions 1977.......................................Lone Star Conference champions NAIA Division I national champions 2002.......................................Lone Star Conference South Division co-champions 2008.......................................Lone Star Conference champions Lone Star Conference South Division champions 2010.......................................Lone Star Conference champions Lone Star Conference South Division champions
ACU Wildcats in All-Star Games AFCA All-America Game, Lubbock, Texas 1974 – Richard Williams, wr 1977 – Chuck Sitton, db Senior Bowl, Mobile, Ala. 1977 – Johnny Perkins, wr 2011 – Edmond Gates, wr Valero Cactus Bowl, Kingsville 2002 – Brad Raphelt, P 2004 – Colby Freeman, qb Britt Lively, ot 2005 – Dawon Gentry, db 2006 – Clayton Farrell, de 2008 – Jerale Badon, wr Chris Johnson, te Nathan Young, og 2009 – Jonathan Ferguson, wr Joseph Thompson, ot 2010 – Tony Harp, db Major Culbert, db 2011 – Trevis Turner, ol
Blue Gray Game, Montgomery, Ala. 1976 – Johnny Perkins, wr 1979 – Greg Feasel, ol Shrine North-South Game, Miami, Fla. 1970 – Jim Lindsey, qb East-West Shrine Game, San Antonio 2006 – Danieal Manning, db Texas vs. The Nation Game, El Paso 2009 – Bernard Scott, rb Johnny Knox, wr 2013 – Mitchell Gale, qb Morgan Lineberry, pk Players All-Star Classic Little Rock, Ark. 2012 – Aston Whiteside, dl Daryl Richardson, rb Medal of Honor Bowl, Charlotte, N.C. 2014 – Taylor Gabriel, wr Charcandrick West, rb
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