Year: | 1980 |
Team: | Pacific Lutheran Lutes |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Northwest Conference |
Short Conf: | NWC |
Record: | 11–1 |
Conf Record: | 4–1 |
Head Coach: | Frosty Westering |
Hc Year: | 9th |
Stadium: | Franklin Pierce Stadium, Lincoln Bowl, |
Champion: | NAIA Division II national champion NWC champion |
Bowl: | NAIA Division II Championship Game |
Bowl Result: | W 38–10 vs. |
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 (35–20) in the quarterfinal, (32–0) in the semifinal, and (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]