Colorado Mines Orediggers football

The Colorado School of Mines Orediggers football team represents the Colorado School of Mines in the sport of American football. Brandon Moore has been the head coach since 2022, succeeding Gregg Brandon after the latter announced his retirement in January 2022. The football team has played in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference since 1909. They have won 23 conference titles, with 10 of them occurring prior to joining the RMAC (1888, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1897, 1898, 1904, 1906, 1907). They have won 15 conference titles in the RMAC (1912, 1914, 1918, 1939, 1942, 1951, 1958, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022). They have made the NCAA Tournament five times in this century. As of the end of the 2022 season, the Orediggers have an all-time record of 507–557–30.

Colorado Mines Orediggers football
First season	1888 (1888)
Head coach	Pete Sterbick 1st season,
Stadium	Marv Kay Stadium at Campbell Field (capacity: 4,000)
Year built	1893
Location	Golden, Colorado
NCAA division	Division II
Conference	RMAC
All-time record	507–557–30 (.477)
Conference titles	25
Colors	Silver and blue

Playoff appearances

NCAA Division II

Colorado Mines has made eight appearances in the NCAA Division II football playoffs, with a combined record of 9–8.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2004	First Round Second Round	Midwestern State Pittsburg State	W, 52–33 L, 35–70
2010	First Round	Grand Valley State	L, 13–35
2014	First Round	Ohio Dominican	L, 23–34
2016	First Round Second Round	Southwest Baptist Ferris State	W, 63–35 L, 17–38
2018	First Round	CSU Pueblo	L, 17–37
2019	First Round Second Round	Sioux Falls Texas A&M–Commerce	W, 24–21 L, 3–23
2021	Second Round Regional Finals Semifinals	Bemidji State Angelo State Valdosta State	W, 55–6 W, 34–26 L, 31–34
2022	First Round Second Round Regional Finals Semifinals Championship	CSU Pueblo Minnesota State Mankato Angelo State Shepherd Ferris State	W, 45–24 W, 48–45 W, 42–24 W, 44–13 L, 14–41

All-time coaching records

Head coach	Period	Record	Win %	Conference championships
Unknown	1888–1895	33–6–2	.805	5
Louis Mein Whitehouse	1896	3–3	.500	0
Conrad F. Goss	1897	6–3	.667	1
Thomas Beadle	1898–1903	21–14–2	.595	1
Shorty Ellsworth	1904–1907	15–1–4	.850	3
Clarence W. Russell	1908	2–3	.400	0
Joe Curtis	1909	3–3	.500	0
Theodore M. Stuart	1910–1911	4–9	.308	0
William E. Johnston & Erle Kristler	1912	8–1	.889	1
Erle Kristler & Harry G. Buckingham	1913	5–1	.833	0
William J. Hanley	1914–1915	9–2	.818	1
Fred G. Carter	1916	3–3	.500	0
Charles "Poss" Parsons	1917	5–3	.625	0
Irving J. Barron	1918	4–0	1.000	1
Ralph Glaze	1919–1920	0–10–3	.115	0
Elmer Capshaw	1921	1–5	.167	0
Elmer Capshaw & Tim Callahan	1922	4–2–1	.643	0
Tim Callahan	1923	2–5	.286	0
Ray Courtright	1924–1926	7–17–1	.300	0
George H. Allen	1927–1930	7–20	.259	0
George H. Allen & Elmer Wynne	1931–1932	2–12–1	.167	0
Dutch Clark	1933	1–5	.167	0
George W. Scott	1934–1935	2–12	.143	0
A. F. White	1936	2–6	.250	0
John Mason	1937–1946	22–25–2	.469	2
Fritz S. Brennecke	1947–1968	78–113–8	.412	2
Marvin L. Kay	1969–1994	84–157–6	.340	0
Versie Wallace	1995–1999	11–41	.212	0
Bob Stitt	2000–2014	110–62	.640	3
Gregg Brandon	2015–2021	59–15	.797	4
Brandon Moore	2022	13–3	1.000	1
Pete Sterbick	2023–present	0–0	.000	0
Totals	1888–present	507–556–30	.480	25

Source: Colorado School of Mines Football Media Guide

External links

• Official website