Pine Bluffs Hornets football: Year by year

2025 conference: Class 1A nine-man East
Colors: Purple and yellow
Stadium: Carlstrum Field

Program highlights

Records and superlatives

All-time record (since 1939): 362-316-6 (.534) All-time playoff record (since 1939): 20-16 Best season(s): 1941 (7-0), 1950 (7-0), 2017 (11-0) and 2022 (11-0) Worst season(s): 1945 (0-4), 1986 (0-8), 1996 (0-7), 2005 (0-8), 2013 (0-8) and 2014 (0-7) Best-ever state finish: State champions, 2016, 2017, 2022 and 2024

Scoring records

Most points scored, game: 85, vs. University Prep (0), O13/1950 Largest margin of victory: 85, vs. University Prep (85-0), O13/1950 Most points allowed, game: 68, at Pinedale (Pine Bluffs 0), S6/1996, and at Big Horn (Pine Bluffs 13), N2/2018 Largest margin of defeat: 68, at Pinedale (68-0), S6/1996

Streaks

Longest winning/unbeaten streak: 19 games, 2016-18 Longest winless/losing streak: 18 games, 2012-14

All records through the end of last season. Columns are sortable. Click on the top of each column to sort by that column.

Year	Class	Conference	Coach	W	L	T	Pct	PO W-L	State	TPS	TPA	APS	APA
1939	six-man	Southeast	Thomas Nipper	1	2	0	0.333		DNP	31	110	10.33	36.67
1940	six-man	Southeast	Herb Rector	6	1	0	0.857		DNP	190	88	27.14	12.57
1941	six-man	Southeast	Talbot Rudolph	7	0	0	1.000		DNP	221	93	31.57	13.29
1942	six-man	Southeast	Frank Supon	2	2	0	0.500		DNP	132	101	33.00	25.25
1943	six-man	Southeast	Frank Supon	2	4	0	0.333		DNP	67	117	11.17	19.50
1944	six-man	Southeast	Frank Supon	4	2	0	0.667		DNP	108	106	18.00	17.67
1945	six-man	Southeast	Frank Supon	0	4	0	0.000		DNP	29	138	7.25	34.50
1946	six-man	Southeast	Frank Supon	1	0	0	1.000		DNP	19	12	19.00	12.00
1947	six-man	Southeast	Ed Rich	5	2	0	0.714		DNP	197	108	28.14	15.43
1948	B six-man	Southeast	Ed Rich	6	1	0	0.857	1-1	RU	272	81	38.86	11.57
1949	B	Independent	Ed Rich	3	4	1	0.438		NB	113	134	14.13	16.75
1950	B	Independent	Ed Rich	7	0	0	1.000		NB	264	27	37.71	3.86
1951	B 11-man	Independent	Ed Rich	4	3	0	0.571		NB	144	86	20.57	12.29
1952	B 11-man	Independent	Ed Rich	3	2	0	0.600		NB	90	58	18.00	11.60
1953	B 11-man	Independent	Ed Rich	7	2	0	0.778		NB	182	41	20.22	4.56
1954	B 11-man	Independent	Ed Rich	3	4	0	0.429		NB	130	104	18.57	14.86
1955	B 11-man	Independent	Ed Rich	2	5	0	0.286		NB	52	131	7.43	18.71
1956	B six-man	Texas Trail	Ed Rich	2	4	0	0.333		DNQ2	101	156	16.83	26.00
1957	B eight-man	Texas Trail	Ed Rich	2	5	1	0.313		DNQ2	179	174	22.38	21.75
1958	B eight-man	Texas Trail	Fred Weishoff	4	5	0	0.444		DNQ3	128	238	14.22	26.44
1959	B eight-man	Independent	Richard Greathouse	5	3	0	0.625		INE	174	110	21.75	13.75
1960	B eight-man	Texas Trail	Richard Greathouse	4	4	0	0.500		DNQ2	124	142	17.71	20.29
1961	B eight-man	Texas Trail	Don Rounds	8	2	0	0.800		NB	270	136	27.00	13.60
1962	B eight-man	Texas Trail	Don Rounds	4	4	0	0.500		NO	161	155	20.13	19.38
1963	B	Texas Trail (eight-man)	Don Rounds	7	1	0	0.875		NO	190	129	23.75	16.13
1964	B	Nebraska Minuteman	Don Rounds	5	4	1	0.550		DNP	186	119	18.60	11.90
1965	none	Nebraska Minuteman	Don Rounds	6	2	0	0.750		DNP	244	69	30.50	8.63
1966	none	Nebraska Minuteman	Don Rounds	6	4	0	0.600		9th	205	138	20.50	13.80
1967	B	Texas Trail	Alex McDougall	6	3	0	0.667		8th	281	136	31.22	15.11
1968	B	Texas Trail	Alex McDougall	7	3	0	0.700		DNP	280	133	28.00	13.30
1969	B	Texas Trail	Alex McDougall	8	2	0	0.800		9th	261	57	26.10	5.70
1970	B	Texas Trail	Dennis Talich	6	2	0	0.750		7th	132	71	16.50	8.88
1971	B	Texas Trail	Syd Kaschkle	6	3	0	0.667		6th	183	100	20.33	11.11
1972	B	Texas Trail	Syd Kaschkle	4	4	2	0.500		DNP	87	98	8.70	9.80
1973	B	Texas Trail	Syd Kaschkle	6	2	1	0.722		DNP	180	99	20.00	11.00
1974	B	Texas Trail South	Syd Kaschkle	2	6	0	0.250		DNP	53	104	6.63	13.00
1975	B	Texas Trail West	Syd Kaschkle	4	4	0	0.500		DNQ4	65	147	8.13	18.38
1976	B	Texas Trail West	Syd Kaschkle	5	3	0	0.625		DNQ4	170	95	21.25	11.88
1977	B	Texas Trail West	Keith Kyser	4	4	0	0.500		DNQ4	164	117	20.50	14.63
1978	B	Texas Trail West	Keith Kyser	5	3	0	0.625		DNQ4	219	94	27.38	11.75
1979	B	Texas Trail	Keith Kyser	5	3	0	0.625		DNQ4	129	74	16.13	9.25
1980	B	Southeast	Mike Loose	3	4	0	0.429		DNQ4	64	142	9.14	20.29
1981	B	Southeast	Mike Loose	4	4	0	0.500		DNQ4	108	129	13.50	16.13
1982	B	Southeast	Mike Loose	4	3	0	0.571		DNQ4	136	97	19.43	13.86
1983	2A	Southeast	Mike Loose	1	6	0	0.143		DNQ4	70	172	10.00	24.57
1984	2A	Southeast	Dennis Talich	2	5	0	0.286		DNQ4	105	193	15.00	27.57
1985	2A	Southeast	Dennis Talich	7	2	0	0.778		DNQ4	210	77	23.33	8.56
1986	2A	Southeast	Tom Watson	0	8	0	0.000		DNQ4	98	236	12.25	29.50
1987	2A	Southeast	Tom Watson	2	6	0	0.250		DNQ4	107	217	13.38	27.13
1988	2A	Southeast	Tom Watson	6	3	0	0.667	0-1	SF	153	141	19.13	17.63
1989	2A	Southeast	Tom Watson	2	6	0	0.250		DNQ4	134	148	16.75	18.50
1990	1A 11-man	Southeast	Tom Watson	7	2	0	0.778	0-1	SF	266	206	29.56	22.89
1991	1A 11-man	Southeast	Tom Watson	5	4	0	0.556	2-1	RU	189	167	21.00	18.56
1992	1A 11-man	Southeast	Tom Watson	3	5	0	0.375	0-1	QF	169	165	21.13	20.63
1993	1A 11-man	Southeast	Tom Watson	3	4	0	0.429		DNQ8	70	142	10.00	20.29
1994	1A 11-man	Southeast	Tom Watson	8	2	0	0.800	2-1	RU	287	98	28.70	9.80
1995	1A Division II	Southeast	Tom Watson	4	4	0	0.500	0-1	QF	147	171	18.38	21.38
1996	1A Division II	Southeast	Tom Watson	0	7	0	0.000		DNQ8	66	295	9.43	42.14
1997	1A Division II	Southeast	Tom Watson	1	6	0	0.143		DNQ8	93	212	13.29	30.29
1998	1A Division II	Southeast	Tom Watson	3	4	0	0.429		DNQ8	131	138	18.71	19.71
1999	1A Division II	Southeast	Tom Watson	2	5	0	0.286		DNQ8	45	163	6.43	23.29
2000	1A Division II	Southeast	Ron Fuson	1	5	0	0.167		DNQ8	69	264	11.50	44.00
2001	2A	none	Ron Fuson	5	4	0	0.556	0-1	QF	210	158	23.33	17.56
2002	2A	none	Ron Fuson	4	5	0	0.444	0-1	QF	176	176	19.56	19.56
2003	2A	none	Ron Fuson	5	5	0	0.500	1-1	SF	200	211	20.00	21.10
2004	2A	none	Ron Fuson	2	6	0	0.250		DNQ8	95	216	11.88	27.00
2005	2A	Southeast	Fuson/Thurin	0	8	0	0.000		DNQ8	77	288	9.63	36.00
2006	2A	Southeast	Tom Watson	2	6	0	0.250		DNQ8	82	229	10.25	28.63
2007	2A	East	Dale Gilbert	2	6	0	0.250		DNQ8	93	215	11.63	26.88
2008	2A	East	Dale Gilbert	2	6	0	0.250		DNQ8	126	182	15.75	22.75
2009	1A 11-man	East	Dale Gilbert	5	4	0	0.556	0-1	QF	258	222	28.67	24.67
2010	1A 11-man	East	Dale Gilbert	4	4	0	0.500	0-1	QF	267	191	33.38	23.88
2011	1A 11-man	East	Will Gray	5	4	0	0.556		DNQ8	196	84	21.78	9.33
2012	1A 11-man	East	Will Gray	3	4	0	0.429		DNQ8	103	218	14.71	31.14
2013	1A 11-man	East	Will Gray	0	8	0	0.000		DNQ8	60	327	7.50	40.88
2014	1A 11-man	East	Will Gray	0	7	0	0.000		DNQ8	78	244	11.14	34.86
2015	1A 11-man	East	Will Gray	3	4	0	0.429		DNQ8	201	167	28.71	23.86
2016	1A 11-man	East	Will Gray	9	2	0	0.818	3-0	CH	332	136	30.18	12.36
2017	1A 11-man	East	Will Gray	11	0	0	1.000	3-0	CH	374	92	34.00	8.36
2018	1A 11-man	East	Will Gray	6	4	0	0.600	1-1	SF	259	171	25.90	17.10
2019	1A 11-man	East	Will Gray	1	7	0	0.125		DNQ8	61	282	7.63	35.25
2020	1A nine-man	East	Will Gray	5	4	0	0.556	0-1	QF	258	258	28.67	28.67
2021	1A nine-man	East	Will Gray	9	1	0	0.900	1-1	SF	436	102	43.60	10.20
2022	1A nine-man	East	Will Gray	11	0	0	1.000	3-0	CH	526	151	47.82	13.73
2023	1A nine-man	East	Will Gray	6	3	0	0.667	0-1	QF	297	141	33.00	15.67
2024	1A nine-man	East	Will Gray	10	1	0	0.909	3-0	CH	541	144	49.18	13.09