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Year-by-Year Records

Year

 W L T NAIA Win PCT
1956-57 - - - - -
1957-58 0 4 1 - .100
1958-59 2 1 1 - .625
1959-60 2 2 - .500
1960-61 1 3 - .250
1961-62 9 2 - .818
1962-63 7 4 - .636
1963-64 2 7 - .222
1964-65 5 5 - .500
1965-66 7 4 - .636
1966-67 6 5 1 - .542
1967-68 8 6 - .571
1968-69 7 6 1 - .536
1969-70 7 7 - .500
1970-71 11 2 - .846
1971-72 10 3 9th .769
1972-73 13 3 7th .813

1973-74

 11 3 1 8th .767

1974-75

 11 2 9th .846

1975-76

 12 2 15th .857

1976-77

 11 6 4th .647

1977-78

 10 4 1st .714

1978-79

 11 2 8th .846

1979-80

 11 3 12th .786

1980-81

 10 6 12th .625

1981-82

 10 3 4th .769

1982-83

 12 0 1 1st .962

1983-84

 12 3 3rd .800

1984-85

 11 4 1 5th .719

1985-86

 13 3 2nd .813

1986-87

 13 1 3rd .929

1987-88

 15 0 3rd 1.000

1988-89

 10 2 8th .833

1989-90

 10 3 5th .769

1990-91

 10 3 5th .769

1991-92

 8 2 7th .800

1992-93

 7 3 4th .700

1993-94

 6 2 1st .750

1994-95

 7 1 4th .875

1995-96

 9 2 5th .818

1996-97

 6 5 6th .545

1997-98

 7 3 7th .700

1998-99

 7 3 3rd .700

1999-2000

 9 5 9th .643

2000-01

 9 4 1st .692

2001-02

 7 3 3rd .700

2002-03

 7 3 5th .700

2003-04

 7 4 4th .636

2004-05

 6 4 11th .600

2005-06

 13 5 6th .722

2006-07

 7 3 11th .700

2007-08

 11 9 11th .550

2008-09

 18 1 2nd .947

2009-10

 15 7 2nd .682

2010-11

 9 5 9th .643
2011-12 11 3 2nd .786
2012-13 12 3 2nd .800
2013-14 8 3 4th .727
2014-15 14 2 2nd .875
2015-16 11 2 10th .846
2016-17 9 7 5th .563
2017-18 12 5 16th .706
2018-19 6 8 24th .429
2019-20 5 8 44th .385
2020-21 0 0 39th COVID
2021-22 5 6 19th .455
2022-23 11 4 25th .733
2023-24 14 3 11th .824

TOTALS

 603 249 7 4 Titles .706

Coaching Records

Coach

Record

Win PCT

Year(s)

Al Akins

2-5-2

.333

1956-59
Bob Bennett

21-18

.538

1959-64

Ralph Walter

33-26-2

.557

1964-69

Bob Riehm

270-71-2

.784

1969-94

Bob Bergen

7-1

.875

1994-95
Mike Ritchey 235-107 .687 1995-2020
Joel Gibson 30-13 .698 2020-

Totals

603-249-7

.706

1956-Present

Postseason History

1947-48

NAIA National Tournament
Southern Illinois def. SOU, 54-50

1967-68

NAIA National Tournament
Hanover def. SOU, 107-59

1998-99

NAIA Division II National Tournament
Bluefield def. SOU, 88-87

2004-05

NAIA Division II National Tournament
SOU def. Saint Ambrose, 85-74
SOU def. Newman, 70-67
Cedarville def. SOU, 66-64
2005-06

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Series Records

Opponent

 Record Win PCT

Air Force

 3-1 .750

Alaska Pacific

 3-0 1.000

Alumni

 6-1 .000
Arizona Christian 3-0 1.000

Arizona State

 0-2 .000

Athletes in Action

 0-1 1.000

Augsburg

 0-1 .000
Baker 2-0 1.000
Bethany 1-0 1.000

Biola

 3-0 1.000

Boise State

 4-0-1 .9000

British Columbia

 2-0 1.000

California

 0-1 .000

California - Davis

 23-6 .793

California Baptist

 2-1 .667

California Poly - Pomona

 0-1 .000

California Poly - SLO

 0-1 .000

California State - Bakersfield

 0-2 .000

California State - Fullerton

 2-1 .667

California State - Hayward

 2-0 1.000

California State - Pueblo

 1-0 1.000

California State - Sacramento

 1-0 1.000
Campbellsville 1-2 .333
Central Methodist 1-0 1.000

Central Washington

 20-1 .952

Chico State

 23-8-2 .727
Corban 7-1 .875

Cumberland

 5-0 1.000

Cumberlands

 2-0 1.000

Dana

 1-1 .500

Dickinson State

 3-0 1.000
Doane 2-0 1.000

Eastern Oregon

 15-11 .577

Eastern Washington

 2-0 1.000

Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)

 23-7 .767
Evergreen 1-0 1.000

Findlay

 0-1 .000
Fresno Pacific 0-1 .000

Fresno State

 0-1 .000

George Fox

 5-0 1.000

Grand Canyon

 2-1 .667

Grand View

 1-4 .200

Humboldt State

 19-7 .731
Indiana Tech 1-0 1.000

King

 1-0 1.000

Lewis & Clark

 9-1 .900

Lindenwood

 1-3 .250

Linfield

 14-1 .933

Long Beach State

 0-1 .000
Marian 1-0 1.000

McKendree

 2-1 .667

Menlo

 27-12 .692

Mesa State

 1-0 1.000

Minnesota

 0-1 .000
Missouri Baptist 1-0 1.000

Missouri Valley

 1-3 .250

Montana

 1-0 1.000

Montana State-Northern

 10-11 .476

Nebraska - Kearney

 0-1 .000

Nevada

 0-1 .000

Nevada - Reno

 4-0 1.000
New Mexico - Highlands 2-0 1.000

Northwest Nazarene

 1-0 1.000

Northwestern (Iowa)

 3-0 1.000

Notre Dame

 1-0 1.000

Ohio State

 0-1 .000

Oklahoma City

 3-2 .600

Oregon

 8-26 .235

Oregon State

 2-36-1 .051

Oregon Tech

 38-14-1 .726
Pacific 56-6 .903

Pacific Lutheran

 33-0 1.000

Portland

 0-1 .000

Portland State

 23-11 .676
Providence 9-9 .500

Puget Sound

 6-0 1.000

San Diego State

 1-0 1.000

San Francisco State

 21-7 .750

San Jose State

 3-1-1 .700
Seattle Pacific 0-1 .000
Simon Fraser 24-3-1 .875
Simpson 17-0 1.000
Sonoma State 1-0 1.000
Southeastern 0-3 .000
Southern Colorado 1-0 1.000
Stanford 5-3 .625
Stanislaus State 2-0 1.000
University of the Pacific 1-0 1.000
Vanguard 1-0 1.000
Warner Pacific 15-1 .938
Washington 0-2 .000
Washington State 4-4 .500
Wayland Baptist 1-0 1.000
Western Oregon 19-5 .792
Western Washington 7-1 .875
Whitman 1-0 1.000
Willamette 12-0 1.000
York 1-0 1.000
Missing Duals 7-2 .778

Totals

 603-249-7 .706
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