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The Western Washington Vikings represent Western Washington University in intercollegiate sports in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference of the NCAA Division II with the exception of the women's rowing team which is a member of the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference. WWU has been an official member of NCAA Division II since September 1998.
The Vikings were members of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference until the program was eliminated in January 2009 due to budget cuts. Western Washington first fielded a football team in 1903; the team played 797 total games in 98 seasons with a final record of 383 wins, 380 losses, and 34 ties.
Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington, United States. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a private school of teaching for women founded in 1886. The university adopted its present ...
Victor E. Viking – mascot of the Northern Kentucky Norse, the Portland State Vikings, and the Western Washington Vikings; Victor E. Hawk – mascot of the Viterbo V-Hawks; Victor E. Warrior – mascot of the Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors; Viktor the Viking – mascot of the Grand View Vikings
The Western Washington University women's rowing team has won nine total titles since the NCAA Division II rowing championship began back in 2002. Between 2005 and 2011 they won 7 consecutive titles, becoming the first NCAA rowing team to do so since the NCAA began recognizing women's rowing in 1997. [1]
The Vikings beat the Rams in the 1969 Western Conference Championship, NFC title games in 1974 and '76, and a '77 divisional matchup before L.A. got revenge in 1978.
The 1946 Western Washington Vikings football team represented Western Washington University of Bellingham, Washington. Led by head coach Charles Lappenbusch , the Lutes compiled a 4–4 record (2–3 against conference opponents), were outscored by a total of 96 to 92, and finished in fourth place in the WINCO.
The 1938 team was the first to win a conference championship in Western Washington football history. [3] It also remains the only team in Western Washington's 100-plus history to complete a full football season without a loss or tie. [4] Western Washington challenged San Jose State to a postseason game in California, but the challenge was not ...