The Geneva Golden Tornadoes football team represents Geneva College in collegiate level football. The team competes in NCAA Division III and is affiliated with the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC). The team is also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association. Since its initial season in 1890, the team has won over 500 games. Home games are currently played at Reeves Field, in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
Results
Yearly results The Geneva Golden Tornadoes football team's first season of football was in 1890, and as of 2010, has completed 117 seasons of football. (Geneva did not field a team during the 1906, 1943, 1944, and 1945 seasons). YearConferenceCoachOverall ConferenceNotes Win Loss Tie Pct. Win Loss Tie Pct.1890NoneWilliam McCracken010.0001891NoneWilliam McCracken420.6671892NoneWilliam McCracken330.5001893NoneWilliam McCracken221.5001894NoneWilliam McCracken510.8331895NoneWilliam McCracken050.0001896NoneWilliam McCracken340.4291897NoneRoss Fiscus341.4381898NoneRoss Fiscus141.2501899NoneRoss Fiscus210.667.1890–99 Totals23273.46253 Total Games1900NoneJ.B. Craig511.7861901NoneJ.B. Craig512.7501902NoneJ.B. Craig7001.0001903NoneJ.B. Craig910.9001904NoneSmith Alford142.2861905NoneArchibald Leech460.4001906No Football Team1907NoneArthur McKean452.4551908NoneArthur McKean062.0001909NoneArthur McKean420.667.1900-09 Totals39269.58874 Total Games1910NoneArthur McKean252.3331911NoneArthur McKean061.0711912NoneGraydon Long340.4291913NoneC.B. Metheny430.5711914NoneC.B. Metheny530.6251915NoneC.B. Metheny530.6251916NoneC.B. Metheny252.3331917NoneP.H. Bridenbaugh531.6111918NoneP.H. Bridenbaugh420.6671919NoneP.H. Bridenbaugh422.6251910–19 Totals34368.48778 Total Games1920NoneP.H. Bridenbaugh521.6881921NoneP.H. Bridenbaugh531.6111922NoneRobert Park460.4001923NoneTom Davies621.7221924NoneJack Sack342.4441925NoneBo McMillin630.6671926NoneBo McMillin820.800Defeated Oglethorpe in the Orange Blossoms Football Classic.1927NoneBo McMillin801.9441928NoneMack Flenniken550.5001929NoneMack Flenniken261.2781920–29 Totals52337.60392 Total games1930NoneHoward Harpster910.9001931NoneHoward Harpster622.7001932NoneHoward Harpster730.7001933NoneJimmy Robertson730.7001934NoneDwight V. Beede252.3331935NoneDwight V. Beede810.8891936NoneDwight V. Beede441.5001937NoneEdgar P. Weltner342.4441938NoneEdgar P. Weltner550.5001939NoneEdgar P. Weltner540.5561930–39 Totals56327.62695 Total Games1940NoneEdgar P. Weltner360.3331941NoneA.C. Ransom432.5561942NoneCal Hubbard630.6671943No Football Team1944No Football Team1945No Football Team1946NoneA.C. Ransom710.8751947NoneA.C. Ransom720.7781948NoneA.C. Ransom260.2501949NoneWalter J. West721.7501940–49 Totals36233.60562 Total Games1950NoneWalter J. West810.8891951NoneWalter J. West250.2861952NoneWalter J. West161.1881953NoneByron Morgan450.4441954NoneByron Morgan621.7221955NoneByron Morgan630.6671956NoneByron Morgan531.6111957NoneByron Morgan432.5561958NoneByron Morgan531.6111959NoneByron Morgan720.7781950–59 Totals48336.58687 Total Games1960NoneByron Morgan450.4441961NoneByron Morgan440.5001962NoneByron Morgan151.2141963NoneDonald Lederick170.1251964NoneDonald Lederick161.1881965NoneDonald Lederick350.3751966NoneDonald Lederick080.0001967NoneJoe Banks170.1251968NoneJoe Banks071.0631969NoneDan Fraiser161.1881960–69 Totals16604.22580 Total Games1970NoneDan Fraiser180.1111971NoneDan Fraiser720.7781972NoneMax Holm810.8891973NoneMax Holm450.4441974NoneDick Lasse180.1111975NoneDick Lasse090.0001976NoneGene Sullivan180.1111977NoneGene Sullivan180.1111978NoneGene Sullivan370.3001979NoneGene Sullivan360.6671970–79 Totals29620.31991 Total Games1980NoneGene Sullivan450.4441981NoneGene Sullivan531.6111982NoneGene Sullivan450.4441983NoneGene Sullivan540.5561984NoneGene Sullivan360.3331985NoneGene Sullivan540.5561986NoneGene Sullivan460.4001987NoneGene Sullivan1120.846Reached NAIA Semi-Finals1988NoneGene Sullivan820.8001989NoneGene Sullivan630.6671980–89 Totals55401.57896 Total Games1990NoneGene Sullivan550.6671991NoneGene Sullivan361.3501992NoneGene Sullivan450.4441993NoneGeno DeMarco450.4441994NoneGeno DeMarco630.6671995NoneGeno DeMarco920.818Lost to Malone University in First Round of NAIA Playoffs.1996NoneGeno DeMarco730.700Lost to Findlay University in First Round of NAIA Playoffs.1997NoneGeno DeMarco1120.846 Lost to Findlay University in Second Round of NAIA Playoffs.1998NoneGeno DeMarco830.727 Defeated Maranatha Baptist College in 1998 Victory Bowl.1999NoneGeno DeMarco830.727Defeated MidAmerican Nazarene in the 1999 Victory Bowl.1990–99 Totals65371.636103 Total Games2000NoneGeno DeMarco730.7002001NoneGeno DeMarco460.4002002NoneGeno DeMarco750.583Defeated Northwestern in the 2002 Victory Bowl.2003NoneGeno DeMarco740.636Defeated North Greenville in the 2003 Victory Bowl.2004NoneGeno DeMarco550.5002005NoneGeno DeMarco840.667Lost to Georgetown College in First Round of NAIA Playoffs.2006NoneGeno DeMarco450.4442007PACGeno DeMarco830.727710.875 Lost to Malone University in the 2007 Victory Bowl2008PACGeno DeMarco550.500530.6252009PACGeno DeMarco830.727530.625Defeated Greenville University in the 2009 Victory Bowl..2000-09 Totals63430.594106 Total Games2010PACGeno DeMarco550.500440.500 Totals 521 457 49 .531 21 12 0 .656 1027 Total Games
Postseason bowl results Geneva has appeared in seven post season bowl games. The Golden Tornadoes have had good success, going 6–1 all-time in bowl games. The Golden Tornadoes have also decline two bowl invitations. (2000 Victory Bowl and 2007 ECAC Bowl).
+ Geneva College Bowl GamesDateBowl GameHomeVisitorOutcomeStadiumLocationJan. 1 1927Orange Blossom Football ClassicGeneva CollegeOlgethorpe UniversityW 9-7Fairfield Stadium (neural site)Jacksonville, FL1998Victory BowlGeneva CollegeMaranatha Baptist Bible CollegeW 27-6Fawcett Stadium (neural site)Canton, OH1999Victory BowlGeneva CollegeMidAmerica NazareneW 31-26Fawcett Stadium (neutral site)Canton, OH2002Victory BowlNorthwestern(MN)Geneva CollegeW 19-9Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN2003Victory BowlGeneva CollegeNorth Greenville CollegeW 37-14Reeves FieldBeaver Falls, PA2007Victory BowlGeneva CollegeMalone UniversityL 45-17Reeves FieldBeaver Falls, PA2009Victory BowlGreenville CollegeGeneva CollegeW 29-28Francis FieldGreenville, IL
Postseason playoff results Prior to joining NCAA Division-III, Geneva competed in eight NAIA playoff games, finishing with a record of 4–4 (including forfeit victory) and reaching the national semi-finals in 1987. The Golden Tornadoes joined the Presidents' Athletic Conference in 2007 and had to undergo a four-year provisional period, where they were ineligible for the NCAA Division-III playoffs, and conference awards. In 2007, the Golden Tornadoes would have finished second in the PAC, with a 7–1 record against PAC opponents. Had they not been provisional members, the GTs might have qualified for the NCAA Division-III playoffs.
+ Geneva College Playoff GamesDatePlayoff GameOpponentOutcomeNote1987NAIA First-RoundBluffton UniversityW 16-131987NAIA Second-RoundWestminster CollegeW 16-151987NAIA Semi-FinalsWisconsin-Stevens PointW 25-48UW-SP forfeited the victory for use of an ineligible player.1995NAIA First RoundMalone UniversityL 23-241996NAIA First RoundFindlay UniversityL 13-381997NAIA First RoundCampbellsville UniversityW 34-131997NAIA Second RoundFindlay UniversityL 7-282005NAIA First RoundGeorgetown CollegeL 35-36
Milestones
Wins 1st – 42-0 vs Westminster (1891) 100th – 31-0 vs Thiel (1920) 200th – 13-7 vs Drexel (1939) 300th – 30-26 vs Juniata (1965) 400th – 44-28 vs Wilmington (1992) 500th – 29-7 vs LaSalle (2007)
Games 1st – 1890 vs Pitt (L 4-10) 100th – 1905 vs Penn State (L 0-73) 200th – 1919 vs Muskingum (W 32-0) 300th – 1930 vs Canisius (W 33-7) 400th – 1940 vs Washington & Jefferson (L 0-10) 500th – 1955 vs Washington & Jefferson (W 46-6) 600th – 1967 vs Westminster (L 0-26) 700th – 1978 vs Westminster (L 7-34) 800th – 1989 vs Frostburg State (L 6-12) 900th – 1998 vs Maranatha Baptist (W 27-6) 1000th – 2008 vs Washington & Jefferson (L 14-43)
Statistics
Best decades 1990s .636 1930s .626 1940s .605 1920s .603 2000s .594
Worst decades 1960s .225 1970s .319 1890s .462 1910s .487 1980s .578
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