Southwestern Moundbuilders football

Southwestern Moundbuilders football
First season	1903
Location	Winfield, Kansas
League	NAIA
Conference	KCAC
Bowl record	2–2 (.500)
Conference titles	12
Consensus All-Americans	40
Colors	Purple and White

The Southwestern Moundbuilders football team represents Southwestern College in college football.

The team began in 1903 with 9 wins, 5 losses, and 1 tie under coach J. J. Thiel. Since then the Builders have posted three undefeated seasons: 1913, 1918, and 1967. There has never been a season of Southwestern College Football without at least one victory.

The current head football coach is Ken Crandall, who took over the program in 2007. His teams have compiled a record of 18 wins and 44 losses as of completion of the 2012 season at Southwestern. Other coaches during the program's history include Art Kahler, Harold Elliott, and Dennis Franchione.

Southwestern football teams have won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference ten times since 1929: 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1997, 1998, and 1999. They also were declared the Kansas State Champions in 1913.

Southwestern has participated in 4 bowl games with an overall record of 2 wins and 2 losses. The team has also advanced to the NAIA Football National Championship four times, with a record of 2 wins and 4 losses. The Moundbuilder's total post-season record is 4 wins and 5 losses in 10 post-season games.

In 1982, head coach Dennis Franchione led the Moundbuilders to 9 wins and 2 losses, with a conference championship and a win in the Sunflower Bowl. Charlie Cowdrey followed up the next year with an appearance in the Sunflower bowl, and then again in 1985.

1984 was the first year that Southwestern qualified for the NAIA Football National Championship. The first round the team defeated conference rival Bethel 17–14, but then lost to Northwestern College by a score of 45-23.

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