Saturday, November 23, 2013

Linfield football hyphenated opponents

You want trivia? If fact when Linfield football plays Hampden-Sydney on Nov. 30, 2013, it will be only the second all-male college football team to face the Wildcats wasn't enough.

Notice the hyphen between "Hampden" and "Sydney." It's a hyphenated name.
The 2013 football season for Linfield started in Abilene, Tex., when the Wildcats played hyphenated Hardin-Simmons on its home field. The next game for Linfield is versus hyphenated Hampden-Sydney.  So, it's yet another season in which Linfield football has played two hyphenated opponents.

Thanks to the Linfield football record book, here's an all-time list of other Wildcat hyphenated opponents including when Linfield last played the school and final score:

Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, Calif., Sept. 24, 1966, lost 22-7, at SLO, regular season.

Concordia-Moorhead, Minn., Nov. 26, 2005, won 28-14, at Maxwell Field, NCAAD3 playoffs.

Hardin-Simmons, Texas, Sept. 14, 2013, won 71-21, at Abilene, Tex., regular season.

Mary Hardin-Baylor,  Texas, Nov. 28, 2009, won 53-21, at Maxwell Field, NCAAD3 playoffs.

Wisconsin-La Crosse, Wisc., Nov. 27, 2004, won 52-14, at Maxwell Field, NCAAD3 playoffs.

Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisc., Dec. 1, 2012, lost 31-24 (OT), at Maxwell Field, NCAAD3 playoffs.

Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisc., Sept. 17, 2005, won 45-7, at Maxwell Field, regular season.

Wisconsin-Whitewater, Wisc., Dec. 11, 2009, lost 27-17, at Whitewater, NCAAD3 playoffs.