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.

2024 NCAA Division III Standings Standings

American Rivers Conference OVR CONF
Wartburg Colle.. - 1.000
Coe College 0.5 0.875
Central Colleg.. 1 0.750
Dubuque 4 0.625
Simpson Colleg.. 4 0.500
Nebraska Wesle.. 6 0.250
Buena Vista 7 0.250
Loras College 7 0.250
Luther 8 0.000
American Southwest OVR CONF
Hardin-Simmons - 1.000
Mary Hardin-Ba.. 2.5 0.667
East Texas Bap.. 4 0.333
Howard Payne 8 0.000
CCIW OVR CONF
North Central Co.. - 1.000
Wheaton 4 0.889
Washington Unive.. 4 0.778
Illinois Wesleya.. 7 0.556
North Park 7 0.444
Carroll (WI) 7 0.444
Augustana (IL) 8 0.333
Elmhurst 9 0.333
Carthage 10 0.222
Millikin 12 0.000