Willamette Bearcats

Willamette Bearcats Bearcats

218th 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.. 0.5 1.000
Coe College - 0.875
Central Colleg.. 1.5 0.714
Dubuque 4.5 0.571
Simpson Colleg.. 4.5 0.429
Nebraska Wesle.. 5.5 0.286
Buena Vista 6.5 0.286
Loras College 6.5 0.286
Luther 7.5 0.000
American Southwest OVR CONF
Hardin-Simmons - 1.000
Mary Hardin-Ba.. 4 0.600
East Texas Bap.. 3.5 0.400
Howard Payne 7.5 0.000
CCIW OVR CONF
North Central Co.. - 1.000
Wheaton 2 0.875
Washington Unive.. 2 0.750
Illinois Wesleya.. 4 0.625
North Park 4 0.500
Carroll (WI) 5 0.375
Augustana (IL) 5 0.375
Elmhurst 7 0.250
Carthage 7 0.250
Millikin 9 0.000