Southwestern Moundbuilders football

Griffin was the defensive coordinator for eleven seasons with William Penn University prior to his arrival to Southwestern College.

[5] Southwestern football teams have won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference eleven times since 1929: 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2021.

The team has also advanced to the NAIA Football National Championship five times, with a record of 2 wins and 5 losses.

The first round the team defeated conference rival Bethel 17–14, but then lost to Northwestern College by a score of 45-23.

[10] For the 1999 NAIA Football National Championship, the team lost in the first round to Northwestern Oklahoma State by a score of 44–10.