This being the last day of the '00 decade, WC11 thought it would be good to review the first full decade of the realignment of the Northwest Conference (The NWC regrouped in 1996 as the Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges (NCIC) and then officially named back to the Northwest Conference in 1998).
During the past 10 seasons there has been one NWC team that has stood out above the others and, of course, that is our Linfield Wildcats. The NWC is not made up of Linfield and the everyone else because we know that there are some very competitive programs throughout the conference. However, when you take a step back and look at the past 10 years the Linfield program has been incredibly consistent and a force on not only the regional but also on the national level.
When you look at the data of the past 10 years below this is a tribute to all of the hard work by the Linfield staff, players, administration, and support folks who have made this program great over the past 54 years. It was a great ride this past 10 years and I have no doubt on Dec 31, 2019 that Linfield will be on top of these same stats. Go 'Cats!
Decade Records (2000-09) (I excluded Menlo due to they were not a member during the entire decade)
Overall Record
Linfield.............90-16
Whitworth.........66-30
Willamette........57-43
PLU..................54-40
UPS..................29-62
L&C..................16-69
NWC Record
Linfield............48-5
Whitworth.......36-17
Willamette.......32-21
PLU................30-23
UPS................10-43
L&C.................5-43
Home Record
Linfield............50-8
Whitworth......35-14
Willamette......32-20
PLU................25-20
UPS................15-30
L&C................10-32
Road Record
Linfield..........40-8
Whitworth.....31-16
PLU...............29-20
Willamette.....25-23
UPS...............14-32
L&C................6-37
Playoff Record
Linfield.........12-5
PLU...............3-2
Whitworth......1-2
Willamette.....1-2
NWC 1st Place Finishes
Linfield............7 (1 -tie)
Whitworth.......3 (1 -tie)
Willamette......1
PLU................1 (1-tie)
Conference Honors (2000-09)
Coach Of The Year
Linfield..........6
Whitworth......3
Willamette......1
Offense Player of the Year
Linfield.........5
Whitworth.....4
Willamette....2
PLU..............2
Defensive Player of the Year
Linfield........6
Whitworth....4
Willamette....4
PLU............ 2
NWC 1st Team Players
Linfield.......122
Willamette....61
Whitworth....55
PLU.............41
UPS.............15
L&C..............9
Statistics (2000-09)
(Full 2002 statistics were not available on the conference site so these stats are the averaged and compiled from 9 seasons (2000-01, 2003-09) and I excluded the 2005 stats from L&C since they only played 4 non-conference games and canceled their NWC games)
Points Per Game
Linfield..........36.6
PLU...............30.3
Whitworth......28.5
Willamette......27.7
UPS...............20.8
L&C...............16.9
Points Allowed Per Game
Linfield..........18.2
Whitworth....21.3
Willamette....22.9
PLU...............23.7
UPS...............29.2
L&C...............42.5
Pass Offense Per Game
Linfield.........286 YPG
PLU..............242.8 YPG
Whitworth.....205 YPG
L&C..............197.5 YPG
UPS..............131.7 YPG
Willamette....114.8 YPG
Pass Defense Per Game
L&C..............171.8 YPG
PLU..............192.7 YPG
Whitworth.....192.9 YPG
Linfield........194.4 YPG
Willamette....196.1 YPG
UPS..............211.6 YPG
Rushing Offense Per Game
Willamette....251.3 YPG
UPS.............193.8 YPG
Whitworth....172 YPG
Linfield........150.8 YPG
PLU.............144.8 YPG
L&C.............111.1 YPG
Rushing Defense Per Game
Linfield........114.3 YPG
Willamette....140 YPG
Whitworth....148.5 YPG
PLU.............155.5 YPG
UPS.............160.5 YPG
L&C.............249.3 YPG
Total Offense Per Game
Linfield........436.8 YPG
PLU.............387.6 YPG
Whitworth..377 YPG
Willamette..366.1 YPG
UPS.............325.5 YPG
L&C.............308.6 YPG
Total Defense Per Game
Linfield........308.7 YPG
Willamette....332.9 YPG
Whitworth....341.4 YPG
PLU.............348.2 YPG
UPS.............372.1 YPG
L&C.............421.1 YPG
Sacks Per Season
Linfield........27.8
PLU.............22.3
Willamette....20
Whitworth....16.6
UPS.............12.3
L&C.............9
Turnover Margin Per Season
Whitworth...+8.3
Linfield........+7.5
Willamette...+3.9
PLU............+0.4
UPS............-3.8
L&C............-9.875
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