The Pacific University football team has consistently been around the .500 mark each season for more than a decade – sometimes just over, sometimes just under and a few times, right on the number.

The 2023 campaign was a bit of an anomaly, however, as the Boxers saw their season-opening game ruled a no-contest due to lightning. They then dropped their next two games and went on to finish the season with a 2-7 overall record.

Pacific rebounded in 2024 with a 5-5 overall record and 3-4 mark in Northwest Conference play. Two of those conference wins came in the final two weeks of the season, and perhaps the Boxers can roll that momentum into 2025.

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The season-ending wins for Pacific came after a four-game skid, the last of which was a 68-28 loss to eventual NWC champion Linfield. The Boxers downed Willamette (24-10) and George Fox (39-11) to close the season.

Much of Pacific’s success in 2024 was fueled by running back Brody Bantolina, who recently was named to the second-team offense for the D3football.com 2025 Preseason All-America Team.

Last season, as a junior, the 5-foot-8, 170-pound running back led NCAA Division III with 2,198 all-purpose yards and was second in rushing with 1,533 yards, a Pacific University single-season record.

Bantolina also set school records for rushing yards in a game (256) and the longest run (99 yards). His 15 rushing touchdowns in 2024 tied another school record, set in 2015 and tied the following season. 

Pacific’s new campaign, and Bantolina’s senior season, will get underway on the road against Howard Payne University on Sept. 4. Conference play will start at home against 2023 Northwest Conference champion Whitworth on Oct. 4.

Pacific University Football Schedule 2025

All Times Eastern/Pacific

• Sept. 4 (Thu): 8 p.m./5 p.m. at Howard Payne University
• Sept. 13 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. at Willamette University (Oregon Cup)
• Sept. 20 (Sat): 9 p.m./6 p.m. vs. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
• Oct. 4 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. vs. Whitworth University
• Oct. 11 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. at Linfield University
• Oct. 18 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University
• Oct. 25 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. vs. Willamette University (Homecoming)
• Nov. 1 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. at University of Puget Sound
• Nov. 8 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. at George Fox University
• Nov. 15 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. vs. Lewis & Clark College

What Was The Pacific Football Record In 2024?

5-5 (3-4 NWC)

• Chapman 43, Pacific 23
• Pacific 34, Lewis & Clark 24
• Pacific 45, Pomona-Pitzer 14
• Pacific 62, Puget Sound 34
• Pacific Lutheran 34, Pacific 18
• Lewis & Clark 51, Pacific 37
• Whitworth 39, Pacific 32
• Linfield 68, Pacific 28
• Pacific 24, Willamette 10
• Pacific 39, George Fox 11

How To Watch Pacific University Football Games In 2025

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When Do The 2025 NCAA Division III College Football Playoffs Start?

The first round of the 2025 NCAA Division III Playoffs will be Nov. 22.

The 2025 Division III Football Championship title game will be played Jan. 10, 2026, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.

College Football Rankings 2024 – Final AFCA Division III Coaches Poll

End Of 2024 Season

1. North Central (Ill.) (43) 15-0
2. Mount Union (Ohio) 14-1
3. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 12-2
4. Susquehanna (Pa.) 12-2
5. Salisbury (Md.) 12-1
6. Springfield (Mass.) 12-1
7. St. John’s (Minn.) 11-1
8. Cortland (N.Y.) 11-1
9. DePauw (Ind.) 11-1
10. Bethel (Minn.) 11-3
11. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) 8-4
12. Wartburg (Iowa) 10-2
13. Hope (Mich.) 11-1
14. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 10-2
15. Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 10-1
16. Linfield (Ore.) 10-2
17. Wisconsin-Platteville 9-2
18. Randolph-Macon (Va.) 10-2
19. Endicott (Mass.) 10-2
20. Grove City (Pa.) 9-2
21. Wisconsin-La Crosse 8-4
22. Aurora (Ill.) 9-2
23. Whitworth (Wash.) 10-2
24. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) 9-2
25. Coe (Iowa) 9-2

Others Receiving Votes: Hobart (N.Y.), 80; Lake Forest (Ill.), 49; John Carroll (Ohio), 42; Trinity (Tex.), 37; Wheaton (Ill.), 26; Wisconsin-River Falls, 24; King’s (Pa.), 15; Centre (Ky.), 11; Maryville (Tenn.), 10; Massachusetts-Dartmouth, 5; Texas Lutheran, 5; Ursinus (Pa.), 3; Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2; Alma (Mich.), 1.

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