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Defense
Team records
(Season records prior to 2002 include regular-season games only)

Worst defeat - 58-0, vs. Parsons, 1916

Fewest passing yards allowed
Game - minus 6, vs. Simpson, Oct. 19, 1985 (NCAA Division III record)
Season - 632, 1965
Season avg. - 70.2, 1965

Most passing yards allowed
Game - 471, vs. Upper Iowa, Oct. 24, 1998
Season - 2,832, 2007
Season avg. - 217.8, 2007

Most yards total offense allowed
Game - 537, vs. Wartburg, 2003
Season - 3,335, 1996
Season avg. - 361.2, 2007

Most yards combined total offense
Game - 1,028, vs. Upper Iowa, 1998
Season - 9,359, 2007
Season avg. - 719.9, 2007

Most pass completions allowed
Game - 34, vs. Bethel, 1993
Season - 266, 2007
Season avg. -20.4, 2007

Most pass attempts by opponent
Game - 61, vs. Bethel, 1993
Season - 485, 2007
Season avg. - 37.3, 2007

Most penalties
Game - 15, vs. Dubuque, 1993
Season - 80, 1994

Fewest rushing yards allowed
Game - 30. vs. Luther, Sept. 26, 1998
Season avg. - 41.7, 1964

Most rushing yards allowed
Game - 447 (72 att.), vs. Augustana, Sept. 4, 2004
Season - 1,864, 2007
Season avg. - 186.2, 1996

First downs allowed
Game - 30, vs. Augustana ( Ill. ), Sept. 4, 2004
Rushing, game - 26, vs. Augustana ( Ill. ), Sept. 4, 2004
Season--266, 2007

Total plays allowed
Game - 100, vs. Luther, Oct. 16, 2004
Season - 1,005, 2007
Avg. per game - 77.3, 2007

Fewest points allowed
Season - 43, 1964
Season avg. - 4.8 (43 pts., 9 games), 1964

Lowest total offense allowed
Game - 32 yds., vs. Upper Iowa , 1986
Season - 1,173 yds. (144.6 yd. avg.), 1964

Fewest field goals allowed
Season - 0, tie, 1985, 1994

Most interceptions
Game - 6, tie, vs. Wartburg, 1972; vs. Loras, 1990; vs. Carleton
(Minn.), 1992; vs. Coe, 1999; vs. William Penn, 2000
Season - 29, 1998

Most interception yards
Game - 126, vs. William Penn, 2000
Season - 296, 1984

Most safeties
Quarter - 2, vs. Dubuque , 1995
Game - 2, vs. Dubuque , 1995
Season - 8, tie, 1992, 1994

Most consecutive shutout quarters
Season - 17, Oct. 30, 1993-Sept. 24, 1994

Most shutouts
Season - 5, tie, 1971, 1987, 1994

Central's overtime games
Won 9, lost 2
Dec. 3, 1988 Central 23, Augustana 17 (2 OT)
Nov. 9, 1991 Central 22, Luther 21
Nov. 25, 2000 Central 20, Linfield ( Ore. ) 17
Nov. 17, 2001 Pacific Lutheran ( Wash. ) 27, Central 21
Sept. 11, 2004 Central 21, Bethel ( Minn. ) 20
Oct. 16, 2004 Luther 30, Central 24 (2 OT)
Sept. 3, 2005 Central 25, Augustana (Ill.) 24
Sept. 30, 2006 Central 13, Wartburg 7
Oct. 7, 2006 Central 19, Luther 13
Nov. 4, 2006 Central 31, Coe 28 (2 OT)
Oct. 20, 2007 Central 37, Dubuque 34 (3 OT)

Winning streak
Overall - 17, 1983-84
Regular season - 36, 1983-87
Home - 20 games, Oct. 15, 1983-Nov. 8, 1986
Home regular-season - 30, Oct. 15, 1983-Sept. 8, 1990
Most consecutive wins over an opponent - 25, Upper Iowa , 1979-
Most years without a loss against an opponent - 25, tie, Simpson, 1957-82; Upper Iowa , 1979-

Losing streak
Longest - 8 games, 1928-29