The 1969 Football Team won Northern's 24th conference championship in the sport, going 9-0 in their first season under the direction of Jim Kretchman. The Wolves finished the season ranked No. 12 in the NAIA national poll, while Kretchman earned District 12 Coach of the Year honors. The team is just one of four in Northern State history to go undefeated. Northern tallied wins over Valley City State, Eastern Montana, Black Hills State, Dakota State, Southern State, South Dakota Tech, Dakota Wesleyan, Huron College and Kearney State. The 64-19 victory over Black Hills State held the single game school record for points scored for 43 years. Gordon Groos earned All-American honors that season as a defensive tackle, defensive end and tight end.
Members of the 1969 team included: Rich Andrzejewski, Jerome Appl, Benjamin Bachman*, Mike Breidenbach, Gregory Brewer, Richard Carlson, Joseph Carolan, William Doucette, Gordon Fliehe, Marlin Forman, Michael Frey, Gregory Gabler, Mark Gauer, Gordon Goodrich, Gordon Groos, Randy Hermansen, Monte Hillestad, Joe Hoff, John Hoover, Barry Huitema*, Carlton Hupke, John Hurley, James Jensen, Chester Jones, R. Kerry Johnston*, Ron Kaaz, Dennis Kalisek*, William Kiewiet, Joe Kramer, Richard Larson, Roger Larson, Earl Lindell, Jerry Lohrenz*, Robert Luce, Richard Maynes, Patrick Murphy, Randy Nelson, Dan Ott, James Parker, Dave Pastian, Michael Pritchard, Wayne Schlekeway, Timothy Schliebe, Gary Schumacher, David Schwab, Larry Sutton, Steven Swartos, Donn Voorhees, Robert Warwick, Mike Wengler, Henry Wiedrich, Edward Wilkinson, Lee Wilson, Michael Wilson, and Greg Youngman. Coaches of the 1969 team included: Jim Kretchman, Carl Iverson, Robert Wachs*, Clark Swisher*, Bart Berndt, and Albert Sahli*. (* denotes in memoriam)Â
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