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492:Wartburg
457:Standing
251:2005–2021
209:1991–1996
196:2008–2020
186:1997–2005
171:1990–1996
156:1988–1989
110:1985–1988
95:1984–1987
1735:(2021– )
1366:Overall
1350:Softball
1171:Overall
1155:Baseball
1092:COVID-19
1090:No team—
1059:Wartburg
1028:Wartburg
996:Wartburg
971:Wartburg
945:Wartburg
913:Wartburg
881:Wartburg
856:Wartburg
831:Wartburg
799:Wartburg
744:Wartburg
451:Overall
436:Football
382:softball
378:baseball
374:football
350:Baseball
341:Football
329:Softball
325:IIAC/ARC
321:Football
304:Baseball
300:Softball
296:Football
265:Wartburg
255:Wartburg
228:Wartburg
219:Softball
204:Baseball
199:Wartburg
190:Wartburg
160:Illinois
151:Football
105:Baseball
90:Football
41:Wartburg
1725:No team
1621:No team
1360:Season
1165:Season
1086:2020–21
281:Overall
1727:(2020)
1695:(1996)
1655:(1951)
1639:(1946)
1623:(1943)
1437:Total:
1393:(2003)
1341:150–85
1337:Total:
1326:150–85
1128:185–46
1124:Total:
1116:144–28
1113:185–46
380:, and
336:Awards
80:, U.S.
1441:38–10
1426:38–10
1405:38–10
1399:2003
1363:Team
1329:78–39
1308:26–10
1302:1996
1289:27–13
1283:1995
1267:29–12
1261:1994
1254:T–5th
1248:16–18
1242:1993
1229:25–16
1223:1992
1210:25–16
1204:1991
1168:Team
1069:T–1st
866:T–2nd
841:T–2nd
681:T–1st
622:T–1st
501:T–3rd
448:Team
445:Year
29:Title
1514:2020
1482:2023
1429:14–3
1408:14–3
1311:16–3
1292:14–9
1270:11–5
1232:14–6
1213:16–7
1063:10–2
1054:2019
1023:2018
1000:12–1
991:2017
966:2016
940:2015
917:12–1
908:2014
876:2013
851:2012
826:2011
803:10–1
794:2010
771:2009
748:10–3
739:2008
697:2005
668:2004
645:11–1
638:2003
616:10–2
609:2002
586:2001
563:2000
544:10–0
541:10–1
534:1999
511:1998
488:1997
353:NCAC
345:IIAC
267:(VP)
224:2003
62:Born
37:Team
1411:2nd
1314:2nd
1295:4th
1273:4th
1251:7–9
1235:2nd
1216:4th
1080:14
1066:7–1
1038:1st
1035:7–1
1032:8–3
1017:10
1006:1st
1003:8–0
981:4th
978:5–3
975:6–4
960:24
955:2nd
952:6–1
949:9–1
923:1st
920:7–0
902:15
891:1st
888:6–1
885:9–3
863:4–3
860:6–4
838:6–2
835:8–2
820:12
809:1st
806:8–0
784:3rd
781:5–3
778:6–4
765:10
754:1st
751:7–1
710:3rd
707:6–2
704:7–3
678:6–2
675:8–3
651:1st
648:8–0
619:8–1
599:2nd
596:7–2
593:8–2
576:2nd
573:9–1
570:9–1
547:1st
524:2nd
521:9–1
518:9–1
498:5–3
495:7–3
463:D3
423:in
404:in
392:in
388:at
343:5×
323:11
51:ARC
1752::
1504:.
1498:.
1473:.
1467:.
934:4
662:4
412:.
376:,
242:AD
179:DC
164:GA
143:HC
70:)
1575:e
1568:t
1561:v
1527:.
1484:.
1390:)
1386:(
1195:)
1191:(
1073:L
1042:L
1010:L
927:L
895:L
813:L
758:L
729:)
725:(
685:L
655:L
626:L
551:L
478:)
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