Go Cats!
The Streak Continues
Linfield Wildcats football program hits 66 consecutive winning seasons on October 15, 2022.
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Linfield's Archives and Special Collections is creating a digital archive featuring videos, photos and transcripts from interviews with members of the 1956 football team.
Wildcat football clinches 66th winning season, extending “The Streak”
“The Streak” lives on at Linfield University. With a 42-21 win over Pacific University (Ore.) on Saturday, the Linfield Wildcats moved to 5-0 (3-0 conference) on the season and guaranteed themselves a 66th consecutive winning season.
Gallery of interviews
In a series of extended interviews, hear from members of the Linfield community who contributed to the 1956 football season and earned the conference championship title that began “The Streak.”
By Matthew Hodges '06
Streaking into the history books
It wasn’t the stuff of Hollywood movie legend. There was no last-second shot to win a championship, Hail Mary pass to win the big game or inspirational halftime speech to rally a team of lovable but scrappy underdogs.
Regardless, what happened Oct. 6, 1956, on Maxwell Field echoes to this day through Linfield history and the college football record books.
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The Linfield University Archives collects, protects and promotes materials that document the history of the college and regional community, including American Baptist history, Oregon wine history and collections featuring Linfield's faculty, students, staff and alumni.
Rich Schmidt
Director of Archives and Resource Sharing
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
503-883-2734
rschmidt@linfield.edu
Director of Archives and Resource Sharing
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
503-883-2734
rschmidt@linfield.edu