The Linfield Wildcats’ run of consecutive winning seasons dates back so far that it has become known simply as “The Streak.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower was president back in 1956, when Linfield started a streak of consistent winning that reached 66 years on Saturday with the Wildcats of McMinnville beating Northwest Conference foe Pacific 42-21 in Forest Grove.
Linfield (5-0, 3-0), which competes at the NCAA Division III level, by far owns college football’s longest streak of winning seasons. The University of Mount Union (Ohio) holds the No. 2 spot, at 42 years.
Over the 66 years of Linfield’s streak, the Wildcats have won 83.7% of their regular-season games and 81.1% overall. And across the nearly seven decades of the streak, Linfield has claimed 43 conference championships, 22 undefeated regular seasons and four national championships.
Against Pacific, Connor Morton ran for three touchdowns and Colton Smith had two touchdown catches to lead the seventh-ranked Wildcats.
Linfield led 14-7 at halftime, then scored first in the second half to seize control.
Next up: Linfield vs. Pacific Lutheran, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22.
Linfield quarterback Blake Eaton (10) scrambles during a play in the first half of a game against Pacific University in Forest Grove on Oct 15, 2022. Linfield won 42-21 to clinch the Wildcats’ 66th consecutive winning season.Timothy D. Sofranko/Linfield University
