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Tim Connell threw for 4 TD's in a 37-7 throttling of St. John's in a 2007 NCAA Division III playoff game

All-Americans
NCAA Division III records
NCAA Division III playoff game records
NCAA's winningest teams

NCAA Division III Championship

1974

Playoff history

All-time NCAA Division III playoff record: 24-21
(22 NCAA Division III playoff appearances, one NAIA playoff appearance)

Year	Round	Location	Result
*1966	NAIA semifinal	Whitewater, Wis.	Wis.-Whitewater 41, Central 18
1974	Semifinal	Evansville, Ind.	Central 17, Evansville (Ind.) 16
	Final - Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl	Phenix City, Ala.	Central 10, Ithaca (N.Y. 8
1977	Quarterfinal	Pella	Widener (Pa.) 19, Central 0
1984	Quarterfinal	Pella	Central 23, Occidental (Calif.) 22
	Semifinal	Pella	Central 20, Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 0
	Final - Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl	Mason, Ohio	Augustana (Ill.) 21, Central 12
1985	First round	Pella	Central 27, Coe 7
	Quarterfinal	Pella	Central 71, Occidental (Calif.) 0
	Semifinal	Rock Island, Ill.	Augustana (Ill.) 14, Central 7
1986	First round	Storm Lake	Central 37, Buena Vista 0
	Quarterfinal	Pella	Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) 17, Central 14
1987	First round	Pella	Central 17, Menlo (Calif.) 0
	Quarterfinal	Pella	Central 13, Saint John's (Minn.) 3
	Semifinal	Dayton, Ohio	Dayton (Ohio) 34, Central 0
1988	First round	Moorhead, Minn.	Central 7, Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) 0
	Quarterfinal	Whitewater, Wis.	Central 16, Wis.-Whitewater 13
	Semifinal	Pella	Central 23, Augustana (Ill.) 17 (2 OT)
	Final - Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl	Phenix City, Ala.	Ithaca (N.Y.) 39, Central 24
1989	First round	Pella	Central 55, St. Norbert (Wis.) 7
	Quarterfinal	Pella	Saint John's (Minn.) 27, Central 24
1990	First round	Pella	Central 24, Redlands (Calif.) 14
	Quarterfinal	St. Paul, Minn.	Central 33, St. Thomas (Minn.) 32
	Semifinal	Pella	Allegheny (Pa.) 24, Central 7
1992	First round	Pella	Central 20, Carleton (Minn.) 8
	Quarterfinal	Ames	Wis.-La Crosse 34, Central 9
1994	First round	Pella	Wartburg 22, Central 21
1995	First round	Pella	Wis.-River Falls 10, Central 7
1998	First round	Pella	Wis.-Eau Claire 28, Central 21
1999	First round	La Crosse, Wis.	Central 38, Wis.-La Crosse 17
	Second round	Collegeville, Minn.	Saint John's (Minn.) 10, Central 9
2000	First round	Pella	Central 29, St. Norbert (Wis.) 14
	Second round	McMinnville, Ore.	Central 20, Linfield (Ore.) 17 (OT)
	Quarterfinal	Pella	Saint John's (Minn.) 21, Central 18
2001	First round		Bye
	Second round	Pella	Pacific Lutheran (Wis.) 27, Central 21 (OT)
2005	First round	Whitewater, Wis.	Wis.-Whitewater 34, Central 14
2006	First round	Pella	Saint John's 21, Central 13
2007	First round	Pella	Central 38, Olivet (Mich.) 17
	Second round	Pella	Central 37, Saint John's (Minn.) 7
	Quarterfinal	Pella	Bethel (Minn.) 27, Central 13
2009	First round	Pella	Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 42, Central 40
2019	First round	Pella	Central 38, Wis.-Oshkosh 37 (OT)
	Second round	Wheaton, Ill.	Wheaton (Ill.) 49, Central 13
2021	First round	Pella	Central 61, Bethel (Minn.) 35
	Second round	Pella	Central 30, Wheaton (Ill.) 28
	Quarterfinal	Whitewater, Wis.	Wis.-Whitewater 51, Central 21

NCAA history

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Playoff history

All-time NCAA Division III playoff record: 24-21 (22 NCAA Division III playoff appearances, one NAIA playoff appearance)

All-Americans
NCAA Division III records
NCAA Division III playoff game records
NCAA's winningest teams

NCAA Division III Championship

All-time NCAA Division III playoff record: 24-21
(22 NCAA Division III playoff appearances, one NAIA playoff appearance)