Pacific Lutheran Lutes

NorthwestPuyallup, WASparks Stadium

2026: 3–⁠3 (2–⁠1 Northwest). Last: won at Pacific (OR) 30–⁠14. Next: at Linfield, Saturday, Oct 24, 4 p.m. ET.

  1. W 37–⁠30Cal Lutheran
  2. L 6–⁠29Mary Hardin Baylor
  3. L 6–⁠24at Trinity (TX)
  4. W 14–⁠6at Willamette
  5. L 13–⁠23Puget Sound
  6. W 30–⁠14at Pacific (OR)
  7. Oct 24at Linfield
  8. Oct 31Whitworth
  9. Nov 7Lewis & Clark
  10. Nov 14at George Fox

Pacific Lutheran has played football since at least 1940 and is 29–⁠23 in the 52 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 coach from Pacific Lutheran. This season, they’re 3–⁠3.

Résumé

Record on file
29–⁠23 .558; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1037
Best season by Elo
1941 rated 1262
Seasons
8 since 1940, 52 games

2026 season 3–⁠3

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Pacific Lutheran’s Elo through 2026: 1080 going into the opener, 1037 after the latest game.10001025105010751100Elo 1080 going in; beat Cal Lutheran 37–30Elo 1093 going in; lost to Mary Hardin Baylor 29–6Elo 1067 going in; lost to Trinity (TX) 24–6Elo 1054 going in; beat Willamette 14–6Elo 1066 going in; lost to Puget Sound 23–13Elo 1018 going in; beat Pacific (OR) 30–14Now: Elo 1037 after the latest game1037
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1940

Best seasons ever
Pacific Lutheran end-of-season Elo from 1940 to 2026, best in 1941 at 1262.13001500170019001940195019601970198019902000201020201941 peak: Elo 1262
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesPCLT record
Puget Sound74–⁠3
Whitworth61–⁠5
Pacific (OR)54–⁠1
Willamette55–⁠0
Cal Lutheran53–⁠2
Every opponent (16)

Every program Pacific Lutheran has played, A to Z, with Pacific Lutheran’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
0
Coaches
1
2005Frosty Westering coach, career 1962–⁠2003

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
2 since 1979
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20263–⁠32–⁠11037
20256–⁠45–⁠21120
20247–⁠35–⁠21134
20235–⁠54–⁠31100
20226–⁠45–⁠21120
20200–⁠41103
19411–⁠01262
19401–⁠01229

No season on file for 1942–⁠2019, 2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 8 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.