1963 Luther Norse football team

The 1963 Luther Norse football team was an American football team that represented Luther College as a member of the Iowa Conference during the 1963 NAIA football season. In their 12th year under head coach Edsel Schweizer, the Norse compiled a perfect 9–0 record (8–0 against conference opponents), won the IC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 315 to 53.

Fullback Jerry Wonders ranked second among the country's small-college players with 1,017 rushing yards. Wonders was selected as a second-team back on the Associated Press' 1963 Little All-America college football team.

Seven Luther players were selected to the 1963 All-Iowa Conference football team: bacs Jerry Wonders and Bob Naslund; ends Richard Ashland, Gary Lowmiller and Claude Jacobson; and tackles Charles Stern and Earl Jensen.

Personnel
The following players won varsity letters:


 * 1) Tom Altmeler
 * 2) Mel Ashland
 * 3) Richard Ashland
 * 4) Kenneth Belanger
 * 5) Harold Bendicsen
 * 6) John Benn
 * 7) James Boyce
 * 8) David Chellevold
 * 9) John Cutting
 * 10) Howard Dettloff
 * 11) Dean Ellingson
 * 12) Joseph Fillman
 * 13) Harold Fish
 * 14) Jay Geerdes
 * 15) Dale Halverson
 * 16) Richard Hemp
 * 17) Gerald Holmmes
 * 18) Dennis Ibbotson
 * 19) George Indestad
 * 20) Claude Jacobson
 * 21) Earl Jensen
 * 22) Peter Johnson
 * 23) Steven Johnson
 * 24) Francis Koch
 * 25) John Lee
 * 26) Gary Lowmiller
 * 27) Robert Melcher
 * 28) Steven Messer
 * 29) Darryl Meyer
 * 30) David Miller
 * 31) Dennis Mitchell
 * 32) Robert  Naslund
 * 33) David Nesset
 * 34) Lowell Olsen
 * 35) Paul Olsen
 * 36) Steven Olson
 * 37) Thomas Precious
 * 38) David Sandeno
 * 39) Stephen Schach
 * 40) Russ Schneider
 * 41) David Schreiber
 * 42) Robert Schroeder
 * 43) Ronald Schultz
 * 44) David Solberg
 * 45) Larry Staffon
 * 46) John Stark
 * 47) Charles Stern
 * 48) Robert Thompson
 * 49) Leallyn Turvold
 * 50) Craig Williams
 * 51) Jerry Wonders