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Postseason History

 


Year-By-Year Records

 

Series Records

Year Record Win PCT Postseason
1926 No IC games  
1927 No IC games  
1928 No IC games  
1929 No IC games  
1930 0-1 .000  
1931 2-3 .400  
1932 1-4 .200  
1933 1-5 .167  
1934 4-1 .800  
1935 4-1-1 .750  
1936 4-0-2 .833  
1937 2-3-1 .417  
1938 2-5 .286  
1939 7-1 .875  
1940 8-0 1.000  
1941 8-1 .889  
1942 1-5-1 .214  
1943 No football  
1944 No football  
1945 No football  
1946 3-2-1 .583  
1947 7-0-2 .833  
1948 6-2-1 .722  
1949 2-5-2 .333  
1950 4-3-1 .563  
1951 4-3 .571  
1952 5-3-1 .611  
1953 3-6 .333  
1954 5-3 .625  
1955 5-3 .625  
1956 3-3-1 .500  
1957 2-6 .250  
1958 1-7 .125  
1959 1-6-1 .188  
1960 3-6 .333  
1961 2-6-1 .278  
1962 2-5-2 .333  
1963 1-8 .111  
1964 6-3 .667  
1965 4-5 .444  
1966 2-5-2 .333  
1967 2-7 .222  
1968 3-4-2 .444  
1969 6-3 .667  
1970 6-3 .667  
1971 5-4 .556  
1972 6-3 .667  
1973 6-3 .667  
1974 8-1 .889  
1975 7-2 .778  
1976 6-4 .600 0-1
1977 8-2 .800 1-0
1978 6-3 .667  
1979 9-2 .818 1-1
1980 11-1 .917 3-0 (NC)
1981 9-1 .900 0-1
1982 7-2 .778  
1983 9-3 .750 2-1
1984 6-3 .667  
1985 10-1-1 .875 2-1
1986 8-2 .800 0-1
1987 11-1-1 .885 4-0 (NC)
1988 7-3 .700 0-1
1989 6-2-1 .722  
1990 9-2 .818 1-1
1991 11-2 .846 3-1
1992 9-2 .818 1-1
1993 12-0-1 .962 4-0 (NC)
1994 11-2 .846 3-1
1995 6-3-1 .650 0-1
1996 7-3 .700 0-1
1997 7-2 .778  
1998 8-2 .800 0-1
1999 13-1 .929 5-0 (NC)
2000 9-2 .818 1-1
2001 8-3 .727 2-1
2002 5-4 .556  
2003 6-3 .667  
2004 6-3 .667  
2005 3-6 .333  
2006 4-5 .444  
2007 7-2 .778  
2008 3-6 .333  
2009 3-6 .333  
Totals 424-239-7 .638 33-16

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Opponent Record Win PCT
Azusa Pacific 0-3 .000
Baker 3-0 1.000
Bethel 1-0 1.000
British Columbia 11-1 .917
California Lutheran 8-7 .533
Carroll 1-0 1.000
Central (Iowa) 1-0 1.000
Central Washington 32-25-1 .560
Chapman 5-1 .833
College of Idaho 10-0-2 .917
Concordia (Minn.) 0-1 .000
Concordia (Wisc.) 1-0 1.000
Cumberland 1-0 1.000
Dickinson State 1-0 1.000
Eastern Oregon 12-0 1.000
Eastern Washington 13-16-3 .453
Findlay 1-2 .333
Georgetown 0-1 .000
Gonzaga 2-0 1.000
Gustavus Adolphus 0-2 .000
Humboldt State 1-3 .250
Lewis & Clark 34-9-1 .784
Linfield 21-34-4 .390
Menlo 7-1 .875
Midland Lutheran 2-0 1.000
Montana Tech 1-0 1.000
Moorhead State 1-0 1.000
Northwestern 1-1 .500
Oregon Tech 10-2 .833
Pacific (Calif.) 1-0 1.000
Pacific (Ore.) 25-8-3 .736
Portland 0-4 .000
Puget Sound 35-44-5 .446
Rowan 1-0 1.000
Saint John's 1-3 .250
Saint Martin's 12-2-2 .813
Saint Olaf 2-2 .500
Simon Fraser 18-0 1.000
Southern Oregon 18-2 .900
Trinity 1-0 1.000
Valley City 1-0 1.000
Wartburg 1-0 1.000
Westminster 2-1 .667
Western Oregon 6-3 .667
Western Washington 38-20-4 .645
Whitman 9-2 .818
Whitworth 46-19 .708
Willamette 22-16-2 .575
William Jewell 0-1 .000
Wilmington 1-0 1.000
Wisconsin-La Crosse 0-1 .000
Wisconsin-River Falls 2-2 .500
Wisconsin-Stevens Point 1-0 1.000

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Coaching Records

Coach Record Win PCT Years
A. W. Ramstad No IC 1926-28
Clifford Olson 46-27-5 .622 1929-41, '46
Charles Barofsky 1-5-1 .214 1942
Marv Tommervik 19-10-6 .629 1947-50
Marv Harshman 27-27-2 .500 1951-57
James Gabrielsen 7-25-2 .235 1958-61
Roy E. Carlson 37-47-6 .444 1962-71
Frosty Westering 261-70-5 .784 1972-2003
Scott Westering 23-22 .511 2004-Current
Totals 421-233-7 .638  

 

Postseason History

 

1976 Western Washington 48, at PLU 28
1977 PLU 24, Western Washington 0 (at Kingdome)
1978 at PLU 13, Eastern Washington 6 (regular season)

NAIA Division II National Playoffs
1979 PLU 34, at California Lutheran 14
at Findlay 9, PLU 0
1980 at PLU 35, Linfield 20
at PLU 32, Valley City 0
PLU 38, Wilmington 10 -- National Champion
1981 at William Jewell 19, PLU 14
1983 at PLU 35, Baker 3
at PLU 16, Westminster 13
Northwestern 25, PLU 21 (at Tacoma Dome)
1985 at PLU 30, Linfield 12
at PLU 40, Findlay 29
Wisconsin-La Crosse 24, PLU 21 (at Tacoma Dome)
1986 Linfield 27, PLU 21 (OT)
1987 at PLU 40, Midland Lutheran 21
PLU 36, at Carroll 26
at PLU 17, Baker 14 (OT)
PLU 16, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 16* (at Tacoma Dome)
-- National Champion
*PLU awarded title on May 7, 1988, after Stevens Point
forfeited because of ineligible players
1988 at Oregon Tech 56, PLU 35
1990 PLU 37, at Concordia (Wisc.) 3
at Central Washington 24, PLU 6
1991 at PLU 27, Central Washington 0
at PLU 23, Linfield 0
PLU 47, at Dickinson State 25
at Georgetown 28, PLU 20
1992 at PLU 37, Montana Tech 0
  at Linfield 44, PLU 30
1993 at PLU 61, Cumberland 7
  at PLU 35, Central Washington 17
  at PLU 52, Baker 14
  PLU 50, Westminster 20 (at Portland, Ore.)
-- National Champion
1994 PLU 34, at Midland Lutheran 14
  at PLU 25, Western Washington 20
  at PLU 28, Northwestern 7
  Westminster 27, PLU 7 (at Portland, Ore.)
1995 at Findlay 21, PLU 14
1996 at Western Washington 21, PLU 20 (OT)

NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL PLAYOFFS
1998 at Saint John's 33, PLU 20
1999 PLU 28, at Willamette 24
  PLU 49, at Wartburg 14
  PLU 19, at Saint John's 9
  PLU 49, at Trinity 28
  PLU 42, Rowan 13 (at Salem, Va.)
-- National Champion
2000 PLU 41, at Bethel 13
Saint John's 28, at PLU 21 (OT)
2001 PLU 27, at Whitworth 26 (OT)
PLU 27, at Central 21 (OT)
at Saint John's 31, PLU 6

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