2023 Football Schedule Released
Hastings, NE – The Hastings College football team has released it 2023 schedule set to begin August 26 at Peru St.
Hastings, NE – The Hastings College football team has released it 2023 schedule set to begin August 26 at Peru St.
The Broncos will kick things off against Peru St. August 26 hitting the road to take on the Bobcats as this should be an interesting game for both teams. Hastings is coming off a 7-4 season while Peru St. finished the year 6-5.
Hastings was originally set to take on Trinity International but unfortunately the school had to close its doors and the Broncos eventually picked up this home and home with Peru St.
Another dynamic is the head coaches with Matt Franzen and Phil Ockinga as Franzen coached Ockinga during his playing days as a Bronco back in the late 90s and early 2000s.
"We're excited to move forward with the momentum that we gained in the 2022 season," Franzen said. "We'll have new faces at several positions when we open at Peru St on August 26th but we feel that we have the right people in place to continue to climb in our league. Peru St will be a very strong early challenge as they had a season similar to ours last year and they will have plenty of talent as well. We're also excited to bring in this new class, a group that we feel can be very impactful early in the season!"
The last time these two teams locked horns was back in 2018 where Hastings erased a 21-0 halftime deficit to win the game 25-21. Recap
Following this non-conference game, Hastings will then dive into conference play where the Broncos went 6-4 which was good enough for a fifth place finish in the Great Plains Athletic Conference. This was the best finish since going 5-4 back in 2014.
