1980 Pacific Lutheran Lutes football
NAIA Division II national champion
NWC champion
ConferenceNorthwest Conference
Record11–1 (4–1 NWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLakewood Stadium, Carl Sparks Stadium
1980 Northwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Linfield $^ 5 –0 –09 –1 –0
No. 1 Pacific Lutheran ^ 4 –1 –011 –1 –0
Willamette 2 –2 –13 –4 –1
Whitworth 2 –3 –02 –7 –0
Lewis & Clark 1 –3 –14 –4 –1
Pacific (OR) 0 –5 –00 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
    Whitworth forfeited two games
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

The 1980 Pacific Lutheran Lutes football team was an American football team that represented Pacific Lutheran University in the Northwest Conference (NWC) during the 1980 NAIA Division II football season. In their ninth season under head coach Frosty Westering, the Lutes compiled an 11–1 record and won the NAIA Division II national championship. The team participated in the NAIA Division II playoffs where they defeated Linfield (35–20) in the quarterfinal, Valley City State (32–0) in the semifinal, and Wilmington (OH) (38–10) in the national championship game.[1]

The team played its home games at Franklin Pierce Stadium and the Lincoln Bowl, both in Tacoma, Washington.

Coach Westering won four national championships at Pacific Lutheran (1980, 1987, 1993, and 1999) and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Western Washington*Tacoma, WAW 30–0
September 27at Humboldt State*
W 45–14
October 4at Central Washington*Ellensburg, WAW 24–3
October 11Southern Oregon*
  • Franklin Pierce Stadium
  • Tacoma, WA
W 25–0
October 18WhitworthTacoma, WAW 39–38
October 25Pacific (OR)Tacoma, WAW 41–20
November 1at LinfieldMcMinnville, ORL 19–20
November 8Lewis & ClarkTacoma, WAW 27–0
November 15at WillametteSalem, ORW 42–7
November 22Linfield
  • Lincoln Bowl
  • Tacoma, WA
W 35–20
December 6Valley City StateTacoma, WAW 32–0959
December 13Wilmington (OH)
  • Lincoln Bowl
  • Tacoma, WA
W 38–10
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1980 Results". Pacific Lutheran University. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Frosty Westering". National Football Foundation. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
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