Thursday, January 08, 2015

Remembering Linfield national championship teams


Wildcatville told you about a 1/8/2015 story by John Killen in the Oregonian headlined, "Oregon's big games and big winners: The (almost) complete list"

Story URL:

Text includes:
"I knew Linfield had a strong small college football program, but I didn't realize that the Wildcats had won – count 'em -- four national titles.  Beat that, Oregon."

The story does not spell out years for those four titles. They are ...

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1982 NAIA DII football
1984 NAIA DII football
1986 NAIA DII football
2004 NCAA DIII football

Several Wildcatville readers pointed out that the story missed other national championships won by the Wildcats:

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1966 NAIA World Series baseball
1971 NAIA World Series baseball
2007 NCAA DIII softball
2011 NCAA DIII softball
2013 NCAA DIII World Series baseball

One reader mentioned that Linfield's Ooney Gagen "won the Highsmun Trophy, but I don't recall what year."