Willamette Bearcats

Willamette Bearcats Bearcats

222nd in NCAA Division III
San Jose State, Willamette football teams, and the aftermath of Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 San Jose State, Willamette football teams, and the aftermath of Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

When football teams from San Jose State and Willamette College set off for Hawaii in late November of 1941, they couldn't have anticipated what would happen on Dec. 7. What followed: Fear, and the unknown, before the players came home on Christmas Day.

2025 NCAA Division III Standings Standings

American Rivers Conference OVR CONF
Wartburg Colle.. - 1.000
Coe College 1.5 0.875
Central Colleg.. 1.5 0.750
Simpson Colleg.. 3.5 0.625
Dubuque 5.5 0.500
Loras College 6.5 0.375
Buena Vista 6.5 0.250
Nebraska Wesle.. 8.5 0.125
Luther 9.5 0.000
American Southwest OVR CONF
Hardin-Simmons - 0.833
Mary Hardin-Ba.. 2 0.833
Howard Payne 5 0.333
East Texas Bap.. 5 0.000
CCIW OVR CONF
North Central Co.. - 1.000
Wheaton 2.5 0.889
Washington Unive.. 4 0.778
Augustana (IL) 4.5 0.667
Carroll (WI) 7.5 0.444
Illinois Wesleya.. 7.5 0.444
Carthage 7.5 0.333
Millikin 8.5 0.222
North Park 8.5 0.222
Elmhurst 10.5 0.000