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Deutsch1980 Pacific Lutheran Lutes football team
| 1980 Pacific Lutheran Lutes football | |
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NAIA Division II national champion NWC champion | |
| Conference | Northwest Conference |
| Record | 11–1 (4–1 NWC) |
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| Home stadium | Lakewood Stadium, Carl Sparks Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Linfield $^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Pacific Lutheran ^ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Willamette | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whitworth | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lewis & Clark | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (OR) | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 20 | Western Washington* | Tacoma, WA | W 30–0 | ||||
| September 27 | at Humboldt State* | W 45–14 | |||||
| October 4 | at Central Washington* | Ellensburg, WA | W 24–3 | ||||
| October 11 | Southern Oregon* |
| W 25–0 | ||||
| October 18 | Whitworth | Tacoma, WA | W 39–38 | ||||
| October 25 | Pacific (OR) | Tacoma, WA | W 41–20 | ||||
| November 1 | at Linfield | McMinnville, OR | L 19–20 | ||||
| November 8 | Lewis & Clark | Tacoma, WA | W 27–0 | ||||
| November 15 | at Willamette | Salem, OR | W 42–7 | ||||
| November 22 | Linfield |
| W 35–20 | ||||
| December 6 | Valley City State | Tacoma, WA | W 32–0 | 959 | |||
| December 13 | Wilmington (OH) |
| W 38–10 | ||||
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References[edit]
- ^ "1980 Results". Pacific Lutheran University. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "Frosty Westering". National Football Foundation. Retrieved November 30, 2021.