FB: Northwest Conference

[Kelly Boggs]

Thanks for sharing, 11. The more I learn about Coach Smith, the more impressed I become. He is class, heart and integrity! Every program should be so fortunate to have a person of his caliber and character in a position to influence young men and women. A standing ovation from Belton, Texas!

[RFB]

Thanks for sharing, 11. The more I learn about Coach Smith, the more impressed I become. He is class, heart and integrity! Every program should be so fortunate to have a person of his caliber and character in a position to influence young men and women. A standing ovation from Belton, Texas!

Agreed. Linfield better do all they can to hold onto Coach Smith, he is an asset to the University and DIII football.

[Wildcat64]

Thank you for sharing Coach Smith's letter 11....the Las Vegas tragedy hit close to home for me personally as the 35 year old Alaskan kid that was killed was a good buddy of my young business partner.  The 2 kids have played on the same hockey teams since they were old enough to walk.  A really nice hard working kid that had a love for country music and was taken from this earth far to early. 

[wildcat11]

Thank you for sharing Coach Smith's letter 11....the Las Vegas tragedy hit close to home for me personally as the 35 year old Alaskan kid that was killed was a good buddy of my young business partner.  The 2 kids have played on the same hockey teams since they were old enough to walk.  A really nice hard working kid that had a love for country music and was taken from this earth far to early.

I'm sorry to hear that 64. This happens far too often and lives get taken for no good reason.  It's tragic.  Here to each of us that post or lurk on this board, in hopes that we can try to make our little part the world a little better with how we interact and impact our communities.

[emma17]

ADvantage 'Catdome: A Letter From Coach Smith

If only this was the message NFL players focused their attention on.

[wildcat11]

Catdomealumni.com's YouTube: 2017 Linfield College Football: Whitworth Mini Highlight

[spiritof86]

I'm not sure what not beating sju in 2002-3 would have to do with this years rankings.

[D O.C.]

Zero.
Had the johns made the playoffs in 04, 05, 09, etc. they could easily be 3-11.
We were 4-0 against MHB and boom! 4-3.

[wildcat11]

ADvantage 'Catdome = 2017 Game Preview: Linfield (2-1) at Willamette (0-3)

[MonroviaCat]

ADvantage 'Catdome = 2017 Game Preview: Linfield (2-1) at Willamette (0-3)

Nice job with the Star Wars references! 

[Kelly Boggs]

+k, Wildcat 11!

[bluenote]

I think the game with UMHB really woke up the "cats... wow that was quite a team ... wow... I was in awe... but I think on any given day we could win... Just my opinion!

[bluenote]

... we just need our offensive skill players to put on silver helmets and get their brains in gear? I have no idea I was a running back I just took the ball as far as I could up field before some asshat tackled me... that's I I knew?

[bluenote]

I predict that HSU will beat UMHB.... Just my opinion....

[catjumper]

Posted this a year ago, but it's always good to get the blood pumping for Linfield vs. Willamette. Twice in my life, I've walked into that game thinking the Wildcats might win by triple digits, only to leave the game in shock. So ... not letting myself get fooled three times.
Some of the highlights of the Wildcats vs. Bearcats over the past century-plus:

November 1, 1902: McMinnville College and Willamette University meet for the first time, a 6-6 tie in McMinnville.

October 17, 1903: Willamette wins 27-0 in the first game of the series played in Salem.

November 24, 1922: Willamette wins 36-0 in McMinnville in Linfield's first season of football since 1905. It's also the Wildcats' first-ever Homecoming game.

November 7, 1925: Linfield gets its first win in the series, a 3-0 victory in Salem.

1928-1932: Linfield scores just six points in five games against Willamette; among scores of the losses were 36-0, 47-0 and 48-0.

October 20, 1934: Willamette again spoils Linfield's Homecoming with a 32-7 win. In the aftermath of the game, a Willamette student or students paint "WU" on the doors of Melrose Hall and saw off the goalposts at Maxwell Field.

Linfield President Elam Anderson suspends participation in all athletics with Willamette until the culprit or culprits of the vandalism confess. It takes over a year of negotiation before the Wildcats and Bearcats compete again.

1935: Without Willamette on the schedule, Linfield wins a share of its first Northwest Conference football championship.

November 5, 1949: Linfield beats Willamette 20-0 in McMinnville, ending a 17-game losing streak against the Bearcats dating back to 1927. Earlier in the fall, Linfield President Harry Dillin – responding to claims by his football team that it would beat WU that year – said if the Wildcats ever beat the Bearcats in football while he was still around the College, he'd stand on his head on the 50-yard line. After the game, Dillin keeps his promise.

1969 – 1982: Linfield runs off a streak of its own in the series, beating Willamette 14 straight times, including five shutouts.

November 5, 1983: Linfield, having already won at Pacific Lutheran and seemingly headed to the NAIA Division II playoffs to defend its national title, is upset 26-21 in Salem by a Willamette team that had lost 15 straight games.

November 10, 1984: In the regular season finale in McMinnville, Linfield beats Willamette 55-0; late in the first half, the Wildcats call a timeout to be sure they can punch in one more touchdown to make it 49-0 at the break.

The day before, Linfield's student newspaper, The Linews, had published a prank version of the Willamette Collegian - dubbed The Cullegian - and distributed it on the WU campus.

October 12, 1985: Trailing 33-7 late in the third quarter, Linfield rallies for a 36-33 Homecoming win over Willamette.

October 18, 1997: Willamette's Liz Heaton kicks a pair of extra points, becoming the first woman to play and score in a college football game as the Bearcats beat Linfield 27-0 in Salem.

October 17, 1998: Linfield scores in the final minute to beat Willamette 20-19 in McMinnville, clinching the Wildcats' 43rd consecutive winning season. That gives Linfield the record for most consecutive winning seasons in college football at any level, surpassing the 42 of Harvard and Notre Dame in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

November 1, 2014: Willamette knocks off highly favored Linfield 31-28 in McMinnville, ending the Wildcats' 36-game Northwest Conference win streak.

October 17, 2015: Linfield beats Willamette 49-7 in Salem, assuring that the Wildcats will have a winning season for the 60th straight autumn.