One of the things about collegiate athletics is that the whole concept is relatively cyclical. Over 100 years of on-field action, there are going to be peaks and valleys for every team.

That certainly is the case for the Willamette University football team, which was very successful from the 1920s through 1960 and then again for a few years in the late 1990s.

Unfortunately, the last decade hasn’t been kind to the Bearcats, who are 9-68 overall and 0-49 within the Northwest Conference since 2017. They’ve now lost 51 consecutive conference games dating back to the end of the 2016 season, the last time they didn’t finish last in the NWC standings.

There’s no doubt those are stats the Bearcats would prefer not to talk about as they focus on a clean slate and the 2025 campaign in front of them.

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Willamette will open its 2025 schedule at home Sept. 6 against Pomona-Pitzer. It will be the first of three nonconference games, before the Bearcats head to Pacific Lutheran on Oct. 4 for their first NWC action of the year.

Last season, under first-year head coach Aric Williams, Willamette kicked off his tenure with a 27-24 double-overtime win at home against La Verne and then beat Simpson 21-18 in Week 3.

Conference play started the following week, and the Bearcats lost seven straight contests, while being outscored 295-47.

Again, new year, new beginning. 

Willamette University Football Schedule 2025

All Times Eastern/Pacific

• Sept. 6 (Sat): 3 p.m./Noon vs. Pomona-Pitzer
• Sept. 13 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. vs. Pacific
• Sept. 20 (Sat): 3 p.m./Noon at La Verne
• Oct. 4 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran*
• Oct. 11 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. vs. Lewis & Clark
• Oct. 18 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. at Puget Sound*
• Oct. 25 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. at Pacific*
• Nov. 1 (Sat): 4:30 p.m./1:30 p.m. vs. George Fox*
• Nov. 8 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. vs. Whitworth*
• Nov. 15 (Sat): 4 p.m./1 p.m. at Linfield*

*Conference

What Was The Willamette Football Record In 2024?

2-8 (0-7 NWC)

• Willamette 27, La Verne 24 (2OT)
• George Fox 37, Willamette 14
• Willamette 21, Simpson (Calif.) 18
• Linfield 72, Willamette 0
• Whitworth 48, Willamette 0
• Pacific Lutheran 50, Willamette 0
• George Fox 28, Willamette 7
• Puget Sound 38, Willamette 23
• Pacific 24, Willamette 10
• Lewis & Clark 35, Willamette 7

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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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