Columbus Cardinals

varsity Football

Columbus, WICapitol - North

Season: 2016-17
Overall: 11–1L1
Conference: 5–01st of 6
Division: —
Enrollment: 394WIAA

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Cedar Grove-Belgium#15WI11–235

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Columbus#9WI11–128

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ES Power Rating

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78.8

State: #9 of 406▼3
Peak: #3
Schedule: 54.1
Quality wins: 3
Bad losses: 0

Game performance against this week's ratings
Wk	Opponent	Opp ES	Result	vs rating
1	Ripon	54.5	W 44–7	+8
2	Platteville	62.6	W 44–6	+17
3	Belleville	42.7	W 56–18	-1
4	Wautoma	43.1	W 64–16	+2
5	Poynette	52.3	W 40–6	+6
6	Lakeside Lutheran	52.0	W 42–6	+6
7	Lodi	60.8	W 21–17	-13
8	Lake Mills	62.5	W 34–7	+10
9	Watertown Luther Prep	42.8	W 42–0	-1
10Level 1	Dominican	43.4	W 51–14	-2
11Level 2	Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic	58.9	W 44–16	+6
12Level 3	Cedar Grove-Belgium	74.2	L 28–35	-12

Best win: Platteville (62.6) · Worst loss: Cedar Grove-Belgium (74.2) · How it works

Overall

11–1

.917 win pct

Conference

5–0

1st of 6 ·

Home: 6–1
Away: 5–0

PF: 510
PA: 148
Streak: L1

Schedule & results

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Football 2016-17

11-1 in listed gamesReached Level 3

All times Central · opponent divisions and records are this season’s · shaded rows are WIAA tournament games

Fri, Aug 197:00 PM CDTvs Ripon4–6W 44–7
Fri, Aug 267:00 PM CDTat Platteville8–3W 44–6
Fri, Sep 27:00 PM CDTat Belleville5–3W 56–18
Fri, Sep 97:00 PM CDTvs Wautoma2–6W 64–16
Fri, Sep 167:00 PM CDTat Poynette4–5ConfW 40–6
Fri, Sep 237:00 PM CDTat Lakeside Lutheran4–5ConfW 42–6
Fri, Sep 307:00 PM CDTvs Lodi7–3ConfW 21–17
Fri, Oct 77:00 PM CDTat Lake Mills7–4ConfW 34–7
Fri, Oct 147:00 PM CDTvs Watertown Luther Prep2–7ConfW 42–0
Fri, Oct 21vs Dominican5–5Level 1W 51–14
Fri, Oct 28vs Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic7–4Level 2W 44–16
Fri, Nov 4vs Cedar Grove-Belgium11–2Level 3L 28–35

Capitol - North

2016-17

Capitol - North standings, 2016-17
Team	W	L	PCT	OVR	PF	PA
Columbus	5	0	1.000	11–1	510	148
Lodi	3	2	.600	7–3	257	161
Lake Mills	3	2	.600	7–4	367	331
Lakeside Lutheran	2	3	.400	4–5	226	225
Poynette	1	4	.200	4–5	208	186
Watertown Luther Prep	1	4	.200	2–7	112	249

Conference games only in W, L and PCT, counted from reported results and including tagged crossover games against another conference’s teams, as WIAA counts them. Members as listed on each team’s WIAA page.

Football history

125–95 in 23 seasons

Season	Record	Conf.	PF	PA	Games
2026-27	2–8	Unavailable	132	317	10
2025-26	10–2	6–0	580	196	12
2024-25	10–1	6–0	525	198	11
2023-24	10–2	6–1	455	129	12
2022-23	13–0	7–0	633	126	13
2021-22	11–2	6–1	462	123	13
2020-21	5–1	4–0	217	69	6
2019-20	6–4	3–2	228	196	10
2018-19	1–8	0–5	143	254	9
2017-18	2–7	1–4	120	360	9
2016-17	11–1	5–0	510	148	12
2015-16	8–1	Unavailable	285	125	9
2014-15	7–2	Unavailable	255	102	9
2013-14	6–3	Unavailable	235	126	9
2012-13	3–5	Unavailable	134	201	8
2011-12	3–6	Unavailable	163	221	9
2010-11	2–7	Unavailable	121	176	9
2009-10	1–6	Unavailable	114	167	7
2008-09	0–9	Unavailable	88	357	9
2007-08	0–8	Unavailable	104	319	8
2006-07	1–7	Unavailable	104	280	8
2005-06	5–4	Unavailable	174	192	9
2004-05	8–1	Unavailable	276	115	9

Football varsity results the archive holds — 220 finished games with a reported score. A season is counted from the games we have, so an unreported result is missing rather than assumed.Conference games are the games tagged as conference fixtures for a resolved member that season, including tagged crossover games against another conference’s teams, as WIAA counts them. Unavailable means membership could not be resolved; it is not a zero record.

Team details & records · 2016-17

Sport	Overall	Conference
Football	11-1	—

About these records

School record sourced from wiaa · view source ↗ · updated Fri, Sep 4, 2026