1999 Pacific Lutheran Lutes football team

The 1999 Pacific Lutheran Lutes football team was an American football team that represented Pacific Lutheran University in the Northwest Conference during the 1999 NCAA Division III football season. In their 28th season under head coach Frosty Westering, the Lutes compiled a 13–1 record and won the NCAA Division III national championship. The team participated in the NCAA Division III playoffs where they defeated Saint John's (Minnesota) in the quarterfinal, Trinity (Texas) in the semifinal, and Rowan in the national championship game.^[1]

1999 Pacific Lutheran Lutes football
NCAA Division III champion
Stagg Bowl, W 42–13 vs. Rowan
Conference	Northwest Conference
Record	13–1 (4–1 NWC)
Head coach	Frosty Westering (28th season)
Home stadium	Carl Sparks Stadium
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Northwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Willamette $^		5	–	0					7	–	4
Pacific Lutheran ^		4	–	1					13	–	1
Linfield		3	–	2					6	–	3
Whitworth		2	–	3					5	–	5
Puget Sound		1	–	4					1	–	8
Lewis & Clark		0	–	5					0	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The team was led on offense by running back Anthony Hicks. Hicks set single-season school records with 1,633 rushing yards, 162 points scored, and 27 touchdowns.^[2] He received first-team All-America honors from USAFOOTBALL.com.^[1]

Other key players included quarterback Chad Johnson (Offensive Player of the Year All-Northwest Conference) and offensive linemen Josh Hostetter (second-team USAFOOTBALL.com All-American) and Andrew Finstuen (second-team Football Gazette NCAA DIII All-American).^[1]

Coach Westering was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	at Cal Lutheran*	Thousand Oaks, CA	W 28–26	1,000	^[4]
September 25	Southern Oregon*	Carl Sparks Stadium Pullyap, WA	W 47–23
October 2	at Eastern Oregon*	La Grande, OR	W 41–35
October 9	at Willamette	Salem, OR	L 20–29
October 16	Whitworth	Carl Sparks Stadium Pullyap, WA	W 33–7
October 23	Lewis & Clark	Carl Sparks Stadium Pullyap, WA	W 63–10
October 30	at Linfield	McMinville, Oregon	W 56–23
November 6	at Simon Fraser*	Burnaby, BC	W 35–13
November 13	Puget Sound	Carl Sparks Stadium Pullyap, WA	W 49–13
November 20	at Willamette*	Salem, OR (NCAA Division III first round)	W 28–24		^[5]
November 27	at Wartburg*	Waverly, IA (NCAA Division III second round)	W 49–14
December 4	at Saint John's (MN)*	Collegeville, MN (NCAA Division III quarterfinal)	W 19–9
December 11	at Trinity (TX)*	San Antonio, TX (NCAA Division III semifinal)	W 49–28		^[6]
December 18	vs. Rowan*	Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA (Stagg Bowl)	W 42–13	4,101	^[7]^[8]
*Non-conference game

Roster

• 2 Zach Hiatt E Sr.
• 3 Kevin Lint RB Sr.
• 4 Benji Sonnichsen DB Fr.
• 5 Jonathan Carlson DB So.
• 6 David Krueger PK/P Jr.
• 7 Seth Berghoff DB Fr.
• 8 Chris Blakney DB Fr.
• 9 Shipley Ennis RB Jr.
• 10 Steve Alseth DB Jr.
• 11 Tyler Teeple QB Fr.
• 12 Greg Pace QB Jr.
• 13 Casey Carlson DB Fr.
• 14 Eric Parks QB Fr.
• 15 Mike Ramirez RB Fr.
• 17 Chad Johnson QB Jr.
• 19 Todd McDevitt E Jr.
• 20 Devin Pierce E Fr.
• 21 David Jefferies DB Jr.
• 22 Nate Grygorcewicz DB Jr.
• 23 Jacob Croft RB Sr.
• 24 Judd Hunter DB Sr.
• 25 Luke Balash RB Sr.
• 26 Anthony Hicks RB Sr.
• 27 Tim Holmes DB So.
• 28 David Goodsell LB Jr.
• 29 Scott Sarrenson DB/P So.
• 30 Tate Mathison DB Fr.
• 31 Mike Mauss LB So.
• 32 Kawika McGuire RB Fr.
• 33 Tyler Shillito DB So.
• 34 Chris Pitzer RB Fr.
• 35 Tim Lax LB Sr.
• 38 Luke Gearhard LB Jr.
• 39 Ben Cochran RB So.
• 40 Joe Mertlich LB Fr.
• 41 Jeremy Johnston LB Sr.
• 42 Troy Testerman RB Fr.
• 43 Matt Locher LB Fr.
• 44 Brian Anderson LB Jr.
• 45 Aaron Binger RB Fr.
• 46 Case deVries LB Fr.
• 47 Ian Hanly LB Fr.
• 48 Herb Lehman DL Sr.
• 49 Josh Parsons LB Fr.
• 50 Ben McGrann LB So.
• 51 Steve Yahns OL So.
• 52 Chris Inverso LB Fr.
• 54 Andrew Finstuen OL Sr.
• 55 Josh Hostetter OL Sr.
• 57 Rob Shipp OL Jr.
• 58 Jasen Bennie LB So.
• 60 Robb Dressel OL Fr.
• 61 Jake Allan OL So.
• 62 Trevor Roberts OL So.
• 65 Nate Cogdill OL Fr.
• 66 Eric Arena OL Sr.
• 68 Jeff Reynolds OL Fr.
• 70 Scott Wyckoff OL Jr.
• 71 Micah Morino OL Fr.
• 74 Matt Nichols OL Jr.
• 75 Chuck Woodard OL So.
• 77 Willy Wurster OL Sr.
• 78 Christian Foreman DL Jr.
• 79 Isaac Williams OL Jr.
• 80 Kevin Giboney E So.
• 81 David Weller E Fr.
• 82 Tyler Kechely E Sr.
• 83 Kyle Brown E Fr.
• 84 Paul Smith E So.
• 88 Jess Nelson E Jr.
• 90 Kris Helphinstine DL So.
• 91 John Bailey DL Fr.
• 92 Luke Jacobson DL Sr.
• 95 Rob Case DL Sr.
• 97 Brian Fulker DL So.
• 98 John Eussen DL Sr.
• 99 Andy Armstrong DL Jr.

^[1]

References

1. "1999 Results". GoLutes.com. Pacific Lutheran University. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
2. "Hall of Fame Postponed to 2021". GoLutes.com. Pacific Lutheran University. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
3. "Frosty Westering". National Football Foundation. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
4. "Cal Lutheran Three Quarters Short". Los Angeles Times. September 12, 1999. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Pacific Lutheran finds way to beat Willamette, 28-24". Albany Democrat-Herald. November 21, 1999 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Pacific Lutheran storms into Division III final". The Daily News. Longview, Texas. December 12, 1999. p. B5 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Rowan denied again: Lutes make winning look easy". Courier-Post. December 19, 1999. pp. 1C, 3C – via Newspapers.com.
8. Bill Duhart (December 19, 1999). "Football is all fun and games for Pacific Lutheran". Courier-Post. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.