Columbus Cardinals

varsity Football

Columbus, WICapitol

Season: 2022-23
Overall: 13–0W13
Conference: 7–01st of 9
Division: 4
Enrollment: 428WIAA

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ES Power Rating

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84.9

State: #1 of 365
Division 4: #1
Peak: #1
Schedule: 60.3
Quality wins: 7
Bad losses: 0

Game performance against this week's ratings
Wk	Opponent	Opp ES	Result	vs rating
1	BerlinD4	57.8	W 42–6	+0
2	River ValleyD5	51.5	W 55–0	-2
3	Big Foot	37.7	W 75–6	-14
4	Lake MillsD4	67.2	W 34–7	+5
5	Turner	58.0	W 53–14	+2
6	EdgewoodD4	67.3	W 37–0	+9
7	LodiD4	68.5	W 42–14	+7
8	Lakeside LutheranD4	64.6	W 54–13	+8
9	Monticello/New Glarus	45.6	W 56–14	-13
10Level 1	AltoonaD4	51.3	W 63–6	-1
11Level 2	Baldwin-WoodvilleD4	68.3	W 55–24	+7
12Level 3	EllsworthD4	72.7	W 35–6	+10
13Level 4	FreedomD4	73.6	W 32–16	+2

Best win: FreedomD4 (73.6) · How it works

Overall

13–0

1.000 win pct

Conference

7–0

1st of 9 ·

Home: 9–0
Away: 4–0

PF: 633
PA: 126
Streak: W13

Schedule & results

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Football 2022-23

13-0 in listed gamesReached Level 4

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

Fri, Aug 197:00 PM CDTat BerlinD47–4W 42–6
Fri, Aug 267:00 PM CDTvs River ValleyD54–7W 55–0
Fri, Sep 27:00 PM CDTvs Big Foot1–8ConfW 75–6
Fri, Sep 97:00 PM CDTat Lake MillsD47–4ConfW 34–7
Fri, Sep 167:00 PM CDTat Turner4–5ConfW 53–14
Fri, Sep 237:00 PM CDTvs EdgewoodD46–4ConfW 37–0
Fri, Sep 307:00 PM CDTat LodiD49–3ConfW 42–14
Fri, Oct 77:00 PM CDTvs Lakeside LutheranD48–3ConfW 54–13
Fri, Oct 147:00 PM CDTvs Monticello/New Glarus1–8ConfW 56–14
Fri, Oct 21vs AltoonaD44–6Level 1W 63–6
Sat, Oct 29vs Baldwin-WoodvilleD47–3Level 2W 55–24
Fri, Nov 4vs EllsworthD410–2Level 3W 35–6
Fri, Nov 11vs FreedomD411–2Level 4W 32–16

Capitol

2022-23

Capitol standings, 2022-23
Team	W	L	PCT	OVR	PF	PA
Columbus	7	0	1.000	13–0	633	126
Lodi	5	2	.714	9–3	345	220
Lakeside Lutheran	5	2	.714	8–3	317	242
Lake Mills	4	3	.571	7–4	376	261
Edgewood	4	3	.571	6–4	277	184
Turner	2	5	.286	4–5	280	232
Monticello/New Glarus	1	6	.143	1–8	125	335
Big Foot	0	7	.000	1–8	74	364
New Glarus	0	0	—	—	0	0

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 · 2022-23

Sport	Overall	Conference
Football	13-0	—

About these records

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