FB: Northwest Conference

[wildcat11]

Currently you must be fully vaccinated, and provide proof, to attend any Linfield sporting event.

You also must wear a mask. unless eating drinking picking your nose or being insubordinate. Underwear is optional.

Just a heads up for any Linfield fans making the trip to Salem this weekend: these same rules are in effect at McCulloch Stadium.  The concessions stand is closed as well.  But hey, at least the tickets are free.

Thanks BP.   Cool to see Willamette giving fans the free pass for the year.

[catjumper]

Currently you must be fully vaccinated, and provide proof, to attend any Linfield sporting event.

You also must wear a mask. unless eating drinking picking your nose or being insubordinate. Underwear is optional.

Just a heads up for any Linfield fans making the trip to Salem this weekend: these same rules are in effect at McCulloch Stadium.  The concessions stand is closed as well.  But hey, at least the tickets are free.

Do they have programs available, or is it advisable to print out rosters and bring them with us?

[Bearcat Press]

Do they have programs available, or is it advisable to print out rosters and bring them with us?

Yes, there will be game programs. They're usually at the ticket booths by the front gate, which is also where you'll need to show proof of vaccination.

[Andy Jamison - Walla Walla Wildcat]

Next couple of weeks are important for the Cats to continue to get better, play to our level and not the level of the opponents.  It is going to be easy to look ahead past both our next two games although I don't see that happening with this group.  I'm hoping that Willamette is starting to show some signs of life as the way things were looking I could have seen them drop the program.  All it takes is the wrong president, AD, and Board and there goes football. 

[catjumper]

Do they have programs available, or is it advisable to print out rosters and bring them with us?

Yes, there will be game programs. They're usually at the ticket booths by the front gate, which is also where you'll need to show proof of vaccination.

Thanks, BP - that's good to hear. It seems more and more places are abandoning printed programs, but I'm one of those fossils who enjoys getting one, thumbing through them at the game and then filing them away when I get home.

[catjumper]

At this point, it's almost like a holiday tradition: on the eve of the 'Cat Fight, reviewing some highlights of the rivalry:

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.

1967: Willamette turns in Linfield for a financial aid discrepancy involving athlete healthcare, leading to the Northwest Conference sanctioning the Wildcats with a ban on team and individual conference championships for a year. Linfield had won four of the last six NWC football titles, four of the last seven men's basketball titles and eight of the last nine baseball titles.

1969 – 1982: Linfield runs off a winning 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 over two seasons.

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 Heaston 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. Linfield students tear down the south goalpost in celebration.

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.

October 19, 2019: On Homecoming in McMinnville, Linfield beats Willamette 77-0. It is the highest score ever rung up by a team in the series and the largest margin of victory in the series.

[D O.C.]

It's been a great Fall for football around the Northwest.
Let it rain and rain for today's Willamette game.
I'll look for adjustments for such.

[MonroviaCat]

It's been a great Fall for football around the Northwest.
Let it rain and rain for today's Willamette game.
I'll look for adjustments for such.

First adjustment needed---get the technology working.  Linfield audiocast not working.....Willamette Video not working.....

[MonroviaCat]

It's been a great Fall for football around the Northwest.
Let it rain and rain for today's Willamette game.
I'll look for adjustments for such.

First adjustment needed---get the technology working.  Linfield audiocast not working.....Willamette Video not working.....

Alright--at least the Video from Wilamette got going just in time.

[speedybigboy]

At this point, it's almost like a holiday tradition: on the eve of the 'Cat Fight, reviewing some highlights of the rivalry:

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 over two seasons.

I remember quite fondly when we received that news having just beat Pacific in a mud bowl. That and a loss by a Colorado team got us into the playoffs where we made an unexpected run to the final game, only to lose a  10 point lead in the fourth quarter to Northwestern of Iowa.

edit: On second thought, it was the next week when you tied Whitworth?? that put us in the playoffs.

[fbgcat]

And the next year, 1984, Linfield overcame a 22 point deficit against Northwestern to win the National Title.

[wildcat11]

Linfield vs Willamette Game Highlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zrq8t3Y48A

[desertcat1]

Thank you big boy  . 
Please bump, GHC for me?

Go cats
Go D

[brewhawk]

Greeting NWC Fans, I am a WIAC (Whitewater) fan taking a work trip this week in Seattle and staying over the weekend in the PNW.  I am seeing a friend in Corvallis Friday night, and I was thinking of stopping in McMinnville on the way back.  Does Linfield require vax card to enter?  If so, would a picture of it work?  I didn't bring the actual card with me.  Thanks!

[MonroviaCat]

Greeting NWC Fans, I am a WIAC (Whitewater) fan taking a work trip this week in Seattle and staying over the weekend in the PNW.  I am seeing a friend in Corvallis Friday night, and I was thinking of stopping in McMinnville on the way back.  Does Linfield require vax card to enter?  If so, would a picture of it work?  I didn't bring the actual card with me.  Thanks!

https://golinfieldwildcats.com/news/2021/8/20/general-interest-new-safety-protocols-implemented-for-fall-sports.aspx