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). For an number of years we would take a look at the numbers but slipped last year. I wanted to bring this back out but with both Pacific and Fox back it didn't seem right to go a full 18 years.
So I decided to narrow the field down to the past 9 seasons (2009-17) where the 'Cats have busted off 9 consecutive NWC titles. Linfield has been incredible for a long time but this 9 year stretch has been downright impressive. Since 2009, Linfield has won 94 total football games and the next closest on the list is Whitworth with 56. That is a 38 game gap between the reigning champ and the second best
team over that period of time.
There are others stats that leap out at you in terms of where Linfield has made their mark. 17 playoff victories, 97 Northwest Conference 1st team honors (nearest team is Willamette with 38), 26 1st team All-Region selections (rest of the conference has 12 combined), The 'Cats a 94.5% home winning percentage (PLU is next with 69.2%)
Another area to look at is the D3football.com All-American totals since 2009. Linfield has 32 All-Americans honors since 2009, the rest of the Northwest Conference has 12 combined. That's just nasty.
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 (2009-17) (I've now included Pacific’s data from the past 8 seasons and FU's 4 years into the mix. Their percentages are big enough now to include and slot them accordingly.)
Overall Record (Winning Percentage)
Linfield.............94-13 (87.8%)
Whitworth.........56-35 (61.9%)
PLU.................50-32 (60.9%)
Willamette........44-42 (51.1%)
GFU.................17-21 (44.7) (Since 2014)
Pacific……….31-43 (41.8%) (Since 2010)
L&C................20-61 (24.6%)
UPS................19-62 (24.6%)
NWC Record
Linfield............57-1 (98.2%)
PLU.................37-21 (63.7%)
Whitworth.........35-23 (60.3%)
Willamette.......27-31 (46.5%)
GFU..............13-15 (44.2) (Since 2014)
Pacific……….23-29 (44.2%) (Since 2010)
UPS..............12-46 (20.6%)
L&C...............10-48 (17.2%)
Home Record
Linfield............52-3 (94.5%)
PLU................27-12 (69.2%)
Whitworth......27-18 (60.0%)
GFU.............12-8 (60.0) (Since 2014)
Willamette......22-22 (50.0%)
Pacific……….15-21 (41.6%) (Since 2010)
L&C................12-29 (29.2%)
UPS................12-29 (29.2%)
Road Record
Linfield..........42-10 (80.7%)
Whitworth.......29-17 (63.0%)
PLU...............23-20 (53.5%)
Willamette.....22-20 (52.3%)
Pacific………16-22 (42.1%) (Since 2010)
GFU.........5-13 (27.8%) (Since 2014)
L&C...............8-32 (20.0%)
UPS..............7-33 (17.5%)
Playoff Record
Linfield.........17-9
PLU.............0-2
Whitworth......0-1
NWC 1st Place Finishes
Linfield............9 (1-tie)
Pacific.......1 (1-tie)
Conference Honors (2009-17)
Coach Of The Year
Linfield..........9
Offense Player of the Year
Linfield.........6
Whitworth.....1
Willamette....1
Lewis & Clark...1
Defensive Player of the Year
Linfield........7
Pacific....1
Willamette....1
GFU............1
NWC 1st Team Players
Linfield.......97 (10.8 per year)
Willamette....38 (4.2 per year)
PLU.............35 (3.9 per year)
Whitworth....32 (3.5 per year)
Pacific…….19 (2.4 per year)
GFU.............9 (2.25 per year)
UPS.............8 (.88 per year)
L&C..............8 (.88 per year)
D3football.com All-American Players
Linfield.......32
Willamette....5
GFU..........3
PLU....1
Whitworth.............1
L&C.............1
UPS..............0
Pacific..........1
D3football.com All-American 1st Team Players
Linfield.......12
L&C.............1
Willamette..............1
Team Statistics (Averages) (2009-17)
(Pacific's totals are averaged by 8 seasons and GFU is averaged at 4 seasons)
Points Per Game
Linfield..........40.6 PPG
Whitworth......32.2 PPG
Willamette...............30.2 PPG
PLU......26.5 PPG
Pacific...........26.3 PPG
UPS...............23.6 PPG
GFU...............23.3 PPG
L&C...............22.6 PPG
Points Allowed Per Game
Linfield..........14.6 PPG
PLU...............20.4 PPG
Willamette....21.8 PPG
GFU...............22.6 PPG
Whitworth....23.6 PPG
Pacific............28.2 PPG
UPS...............36.0 PPG
L&C..............36.8 PPG
Pass Offense Per Game
UPS..............278.8 YPG
Linfield.........269.8 YPG
Pacific........... 244.7 YPG
PLU..............234.8 YPG
Whitworth.....230.3 YPG
L&C..............224.6 YPG
Willamette....208.8 YPG
GFU.............146.9
Pass Defense Per Game
Linfield........182.1 YPG
PLU..............214.0 YPG
Willamette....223.5 YPG
Whitworth.....235.6 YPG
Pacific..........242.6 YPG
GFU..............247.7 YUP
UPS..............249.0 YPG
L&C..............258.7 YPG
Rushing Offense Per Game
Willamette....193.4 YPG
Linfield.......176.3 YPG
PLU.............140.3 YPG
GFU.............138.6 YPG
Whitworth.............137.5 YPG
L&C.............126.0 YPG
Pacific............125.0 YPG
UPS........80.1 YPG
Rushing Defense Per Game
Linfield........95.9 YPG
PLU.............124.1 YPG
GFU.............143.7 YPG
Willamette....152.8 YPG
Pacific.........153.8 YPG
Whitworth....156.5 YPG
L&C.............190.4 YPG
UPS.............191.0 YPG
Total Offense Per Game
Linfield........446.1 YPG
Willamette...402.2 YPG
Whitworth..400.7 YPG
PLU............375.2 YPG
Pacific.............369.6 YPG
UPS.........359.0 YPG
L&C.........350.5 YPG
GFU.............245.3 YPG
Total Defense Per Game
Linfield........278.0 YPG
PLU.............338.1 YPG
Willamette....376.3 YPG
Whitworth....388.0 YPG
GFU............391.4 YPG
Pacific.........396.3 YPG
UPS.............440.0 YPG
L&C.............449.1 YPG
Avg. Sacks Per Season
Linfield........44.6
PLU.............25.7
GFU.............23.5
Willamette....23.2
Pacific...........21.8
Whitworth......20.4
L&C.............15.4
UPS.............13.3
Avg. Turnover Margin Per Season
Linfield........+12.4
Whitworth...+8.3
GFU.........+3.8
Willamette...+2.9
PLU............1.7
Pacific...........-0.6
L&C..............-2.6
UPS............-4.3
Passing TD's Per Season
Linfield..........32.2
Whitworth.........22.4
UPS............20.7
Pacific..........19.5
PLU...........17.7
Willamette.......17.2
L&C.............14.9
GFU............14.5
Rush TD's Per Season
Linfield.......27.1
Willamette.....21.1
Whitworth.......18.9
PLU............14.4
GFU...........13.3
Pacific.........11.9
L&C............11.4
UPS.............6.6
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