Lewis & Clark College

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Northwest · Griswold Stadium · 3,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Puget Sound · our model 80% Lewis & Clark College · a number, not a pick

LastW 49–28 vs Pomona Pitzer · Sat Sep 19

Nextat Puget Sound · Sat Oct 3 · 1 pm ET · Baker Stadium · series 8-1, won the last 6

Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3

Lewis & Clark College · 2026 schedule & results2-0
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#496#663@Puget SoundW 42–211-01-0
3Sep 19#506#548Pomona PitzerW 49–282-01-0
5Oct 3#504#662@Puget Sound
6Oct 10Willamette
7Oct 17George Fox
8Oct 24@Whitworth
9Oct 31Linfield
10Nov 7@Pacific Lutheran
11Nov 14Pacific (OR)

Game Week

11 days

until kickoff · at Puget Sound · Sat Oct 3 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

The Pioneers of Portland, Oregon, a Northwest Conference program that rose from old Albany College — once losers of 28 straight — to win NWC titles, playing at Griswold Stadium in the shadow of the league's powers.

Standard GapA small Portland liberal-arts program whose football story is one of…

Lewis & Clark is a respected Portland college whose football, despite two undefeated conference championships, lives quietly behind the Northwest's bigger names.

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Sat Oct 3Next: Puget Soundat Puget Sound · on the road

What it is like to watch them2025 · 6-4 · last season

Game feel60shootoutscombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 8 in the Northwest
Heart rate2-2white-knucklein one-score games (4 of 10)1st most one-score games of 8 in the Northwest
Margin+9.5comfortableavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 8 in the Northwest

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Northwest teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Lewis & Clark College has won three of its last five.

Mixed. 6-4 over the last 10, and won the last three.

Streak W3Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 6-4
The forecast

Next Oct 3

vs Puget Sound · away

Outcome band · Lewis & Clark College · 2026

Lewis & Clark College's most likely season is 2-10 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 5-7.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base2-10Mid-table finish.
Ceiling5-7Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

The Pioneers of Portland, Oregon, a Northwest Conference program that rose from old Albany College — once losers of 28 straight — to win NWC titles, playing at Griswold Stadium in the shadow of the league's powers.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Lewis & Clark College sits 1st in the Northwest Conference and 31st of 241 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.

Northwest · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Lewis & Clark1-02-065.5
2Willamette1-01-245.5
3Whitworth0-01-168.2
4George Fox0-02-066.2
5Linfield0-01-157.6
6Pacific Lutheran0-01-246.9
7Puget Sound0-10-233.2
8Pacific (OR)0-10-332.8
65.5 CFB Zeitgeist#31 of 241 D342.6 strength of schedule

Win the Northwest Conference for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Pioneers.”
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