1980 Pacific Lutheran Lutes football team

1980 Pacific Lutheran Lutes football
1980 Pacific Lutheran Lutes football
NAIA Division II national champion; NWC champion
NAIA Division II Championship Game, W 38–10 vs. Wilmington (OH)
Conference	Northwest Conference
Record	11–1 (4–1 NWC)
Head coach	Frosty Westering (9th season);
Home stadium	Franklin Pierce Stadium, Lincoln Bowl,
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 Northwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

$ – 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	Western Washington*	Tacoma, WA	W 30–0
September 27	at Humboldt State*	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	W 45–14
October 4	at Central Washington*	Ellensburg, WA	W 24–3
October 11	Southern Oregon*	Franklin Pierce Stadium Tacoma, WA	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	Lincoln Bowl Tacoma, WA	W 35–20
December 6	Valley City State	Tacoma, WA	W 32–0	959
December 13	Wilmington (OH)	Lincoln Bowl Tacoma, WA	W 38–10
*Non-conference game

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