On December 31st 2009, we 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). At the beginning of 2012 we took a look at the data to see how that's changed over the two season period.
I decided to once again plug in the this past year's results and add Pacific's four seasons worth of statistics into the mix. What you see is what you get and that's Linfield continuing to dominate what's considered one of the premiere conferences in Division III.
131 victories since the 2000 season. Linfield has only lost 5 Northwest conference games over a 14 year span. The closest team over this period is PLU and for their success they've still taken 28 losses in NWC play. That's remarkable.
There are others stats that leap out at you in terms of where Linfield has made their mark. 18 playoff victories (next closest is PLU with 3), 11 NWC titles (nearest team is Whitworth with 3), 164 1st team honors (Willamette is next with 85), Linfield's won 89.1% of their home games (Whitworth is next at 63.7%), and the 'Cats are the only team that are in the triple digit column with total wins (131).
The new area I took a look at was D3football.com All-Americans since 2000 and that numbers were shocking. Linfield has 18 1st-Team All-Americans since 2000, the rest of the Northwest Conference has 5 combined. Wow.
The data is staggering to me when you considered that the Northwest Conference is a darn good conference. There's no secret why this has happened. It's been consistence that's the program reaches on a yearly basis on the back of hard work. No shortcuts, no gimmicks. Linfield will continue to be the team to beat year after year because of the commitment of this staff, players, administration, and support community that do things the right way....the Linfield way.
Decade Records (2000-13) (I've excluded Pacific from record and honors data as they've only reinstated the program since 2010.)
Overall Record (Winning Percentage)
Linfield.............131-21 (86.2%)
Whitworth.........86-50 (63.2%)
PLU.................83-49 (62.9%)
Willamette........83-56 (59.7%)
L&C................32-89 (26.4%)
UPS................32-95 (25.2%)
NWC Record
Linfield............72-5 (93.5%)
PLU.................49-28 (63.6%)
Whitworth.........47-30 (61%)
Willamette.......47-30 (61%)
L&C...............13-59 (16.9%)
UPS..............11-66 (14.3%)
Home Record
Linfield............74-9 (89.1%)
Whitworth......44-25 (63.7%)
Willamette......46-27 (63%)
PLU................38-24 (61.3%)
L&C................19-42 (31.1%)
UPS................17-47 (26.6%)
Road Record
Linfield..........57-12 (82.6%)
Whitworth.......45-25 (65.2%)
PLU...............45-25 (62.7%)
Willamette.....37-29 (56%)
UPS..............15-48 (23.8%)
L&C...............13-47 (21.7%)
Playoff Record
Linfield.........18-9
PLU.............3-3
Whitworth......1-2
Willamette.....1-2
NWC 1st Place Finishes
Linfield............11 (1 -tie)
Whitworth.......3 (1 -tie)
Willamette......1
PLU..............1 (1-tie)
Conference Honors (2000-13)
Coach Of The Year
Linfield..........11
Whitworth......3
Willamette......1
Offense Player of the Year
Linfield.........8
Whitworth.....4
Willamette....2
PLU..............2
Lewis & Clark...1
Defensive Player of the Year
Linfield........10
Whitworth....4
Willamette....4
PLU............ 2
NWC 1st Team Players
Linfield.......164
Willamette....85
Whitworth....64
PLU.............64
UPS.............20
L&C..............15
D3football.com All-American Players
Linfield.......31
PLU....11
Willamette....9
Whitworth.............8
L&C.............1
UPS..............0
D3football.com All-American 1st Team Players
Linfield.......18
Whitworth....2
PLU....2
L&C.............1
UPS.............0
Willamette..............0
Team Statistics (Averages) (2000-13)
(I excluded the 2005 stats from L&C since they only played 4 non-conference games and canceled their NWC games. Their total numbers were divided against 13 season (rest of the teams total numbers are divided against the 14 previous seasons. Also, I've now included Pacific's first 4 seasons (2010-13) into the avg totals. Comparing 14 seasons worth of data against 4 may not be very fair but they had to join the party at some point.)
Points Per Game
Linfield..........39.0 PPG
Willamette...............30.8 PPG
PLU......29.8 PPG
Whitworth......28.3 PPG
Pacific...........25.0 PPG
L&C...............21.5 PPG
UPS...............21.3 PPG
Points Allowed Per Game
Linfield..........17.3 PPG
Whitworth....22.4 PPG
PLU...............22.9 PPG
Willamette....23.8 PPG
Pacific...............34.7 PPG
UPS...............35.4 PPG
L&C..............40.8 PPG
Pass Offense Per Game
Linfield.........275.6 YPG
Pacific........... 262.5 YPG
PLU..............242.0 YPG
L&C..............218.1 YPG
Whitworth.....209.2 YPG
UPS..............171.9 YPG
Willamette....149.6 YPG
Pass Defense Per Game
Linfield........194.4 YPG
PLU..............195.7 YPG
Whitworth.....198.1 YPG
Willamette....209.6 YPG
L&C..............219.0 YPG
UPS..............228.2 YPG
Pacific..........244.3 YPG
Rushing Offense Per Game
Willamette....242.9 YPG
Linfield.......163.3 YPG
Whitworth.............162.2 YPG
UPS........156.0 YPG
PLU.............145.5 YPG
L&C.............129.2 YPG
Pacific............86.1 YPG
Rushing Defense Per Game
Linfield........106.8 YPG
Willamette....137.3 YPG
PLU.............146.7 YPG
Whitworth....150.6 YPG
Pacific.........164.2 YPG
UPS.............183.0 YPG
L&C.............225.6 YPG
Total Offense Per Game
Linfield........438.9 YPG
Willamette...392.5 YPG
PLU............387.5 YPG
Whitworth..371.4 YPG
Pacific.............348.6 YPG
L&C.........347.3 YPG
UPS.........327.9 YPG
Total Defense Per Game
Linfield........301.1 YPG
PLU.............342.3 YPG
Whitworth....348.7 YPG
Willamette....352.7 YPG
Pacific.........408.5 YPG
UPS.............411.5 YPG
L&C.............444.6 YPG
Avg. Sacks Per Season
Linfield........34.4
PLU.............24.9
Willamette....22.6
Pacific...........19.3
Whitworth......15.5
L&C.............13.4
UPS.............12.8
Avg. Turnover Margin Per Season
Linfield........+10.3
Whitworth...+8.8
Willamette...+5.5
PLU............0.0
Pacific...........-4.3
L&C..... -5.9
UPS............-6.7
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