Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football

The Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football team represents Nebraska Wesleyan University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Prairie Wolves are members of the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C), fielding its team in the A-R-C since 2016 when it was named the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). Nebraska Wesleyan plays home games at Abel Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The team's head coach is Brian Keller, who took over the position for the 1996 season.

Nebraska Wesleyan's athletic teams were known as the Coyotes in the early 1900s. The nickname was changed to the Plainsmen in 1933 and then to the Prairie Wolves in 2000.

Conference affiliations
NAIA / pre-NCAA NCAA
 * Nebraska Conference (1911–1915; rebranded, 1926–1927; rebranded)
 * Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference (1916–1923)
 * North Central Conference (1924–1925)
 * Nebraska College Athletic Conference (1928–1942)
 * Nebraska College Conference (1946–1961)
 * Great Plains College Association (1963–1964)
 * Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1970–1991; rebranded)
 * Nebraska–Iowa Athletic Conference (1992–1999; rebranded)
 * Great Plains Athletic Conference (2000–2015)
 * Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2016–2017; rebranded)
 * American Rivers Conference (2018–present)