Willamette Bearcats

Willamette Bearcats Bearcats

221st 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
Central Colleg.. 1.5 0.833
Coe College 2.5 0.833
Simpson Colleg.. 3.5 0.667
Dubuque 6 0.429
Loras College 6.5 0.333
Buena Vista 6.5 0.167
Nebraska Wesle.. 7.5 0.167
Luther 8.5 0.000
American Southwest OVR CONF
Hardin-Simmons - 1.000
Mary Hardin-Ba.. 3 0.750
Howard Payne 5 0.250
East Texas Bap.. 4 0.000
CCIW OVR CONF
North Central Co.. - 1.000
Wheaton 2 0.857
Augustana (IL) 2 0.714
Washington Unive.. 2 0.714
Illinois Wesleya.. 4 0.571
Carroll (WI) 5 0.429
North Park 5 0.286
Carthage 5 0.286
Millikin 6 0.143
Elmhurst 7 0.000