2025 Football News

8 Broncos Awarded Academic All-District Honors for Football

January 12, 2026

(Kansas City, MO) – Football academic honors have been announced for the 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) today. Hastings had eight players receive the CSC Academic All-District honor.

NAIA Announces 2025 Fall Sport Daktronics Scholar-Athletes

November 19, 2025

(Kansas City, MO) – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) proudly announces the 2025 NAIA Scholar-Athletes for fall sports. This honor recognizes student-athletes in each of the fall sports who have excelled academically, including football, men's cross country, men's soccer, women's cross country, women's soccer and women's volleyball. Hastings had 57 athletes named to the fall scholar-athlete list.

5 Broncos Named All-GPAC Football 1st Team; 11 Honored

November 19, 2025

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Football All-Conference Team has been selected after a vote of the league coaches.

Football Wraps Up Season with 24-7 Rout Over Dakota Wesleyan

November 15, 2025

(Mitchell, SD) – In their final game of the season, Hastings closed it out strong by beating Dakota Wesleyan, 24-7, to secure a 5-5 record on the year.

Football Nearly Pulls off Upset of Undefeated #6 Dordt

November 01, 2025

(Hastings, NE) – The Broncos were one big play away from upsetting undefeated Dordt, as the Defenders were the beneficiary of a pass that slipped through the hands of senior receiver Eli Nappe as Hastings was driving late down 31-26, and went right to a Dordt defender for a game-sealing interception.

Willmott Earns GPAC Special Teams Player of the Week

October 27, 2025

(Sioux City, IA) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is proud to announce the following football players-of-the-week for contests played October 20-26, 2025. Hastings’ Colton Willmott received the GPAC Special Teams Player of the Week.

Broncos Beat Mount Marty on Last-Second Field Goal

October 25, 2025

(Yankton, SD) – Trailing most of the game, the Broncos tied up the game at 20 with 6:31 left, and won it on a 40-yard field goal by freshman Colton Willmott with a second remaining, 23-20.

Broncos' Fourth Quarter Comeback Held Off by Bulldogs

October 18, 2025

(Hastings, NE) – In a matchup that featured a Bronco team coming off of a huge win at Northwestern before a bye week, and a Concordia team that the week before led by 31 before falling in double overtime to Midland, the Bulldogs scored a touchdown with less than a minute to go to win, 32-29. Hastings trailed 26-14 in the fourth quarter, but took a brief lead on a blocked punt that was recovered in the end zone before Concordia scored with 32 seconds left.

Ryan Voted NAIA Defensive Player of the Week

October 07, 2025

(Kansas City, MO) - Wyatt Ryan of Hastings (Neb.) earns NAIA Football Defensive Player of the Week honors after several key plays, one of which was a five-yard pick-six to lift the Broncos over Northwestern (Iowa) on the road.

Ryan Awarded GPAC Defensive Player of the Week

October 06, 2025

(Sioux City, IA) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is proud to announce the following football players-of-the-week for contests played September 29-October 5, 2025. Hastings’ Wyatt Ryan received the GPAC Defensive of the Week.

Football Upsets #22 Northwestern, 10-9; First Time Since 2004

October 04, 2025

(Orange City, IA) – Going on the road to battle #22 Northwestern on Saturday afternoon, Hastings spoiled the Red Raiders’ homecoming weekend with a 10-9 win following a 51-yard missed field goal by Northwestern at the end of regulation. The win marks the Broncos’ first win over the Red Raiders since 2004.

Broncos Outgain #4 Morningside in 41-31 Loss

September 27, 2025

(Hastings, NE) – The Hastings Broncos fought valiantly versus #4 Morningside, but the Mustangs ultimately prevailed, 41-31. The Broncos had 344 rushing yards and outgained Morningside in total offensive yards, 490-489.

Football Blanks Waldorf, 42-0

September 20, 2025

(Hastings, NE) – The Broncos got back in the win column on Saturday, shutting out the Waldorf Warriors, 42-0, on Saturday. The win marked the first shutout win for the Broncos since Aug. 27, 2022, when Hastings defeated Trinity International, 28-0, and first conference shutout since 2011.