NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- As the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) continues its 75th anniversary celebration, the conference honors the past student-athletes, coaches and administrators who helped shaped the CCIW during its seven-plus decades of competition.
Each week during the 2020-21 season, CCIW.org will spotlight student-athletes through its Conference Legacy Series.
Today, we highlight the career of former Augustana College student-athlete Ken Anderson.
Ken Anderson
Sport - Football, Men's Basketball
Class - '71
Career Highlights
- Played 16 seasons in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Led the Bengals to Super Bowl XVI and was named the AFC's Most Valuable Player that season
- Three-time All-CCIW selection (1968-70)
- 1970 CCIW Art Keller Offensive Player of the Year
- Inducted into the Augustana Tribe of Vikings Hall of Fame in 2003
- Led Augustana to the CCIW title in 1968
- Two-time Associated Press All-American
- Named an Academic All-American as a senior (1970)
- Lettered for three years in basketball (1968, 1969, 1970)
- School-record holder in career passing yards (6,131), career passing TDs (48), career offensive yards (6,680), passing touchdowns in a season (20 in 1968), passing attempts in a game (58 in 1970), and touchdown passes in a game (5 in 1968)
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL).