Information below was correct, BEFORE Pacific, George Fox and College
of Idaho resumed playing football in 2010 (Pacific) and 2014 (GF and C of I)
respectively.
--George Fox did not play football 1969-2013
--Whitman’s last season playing football was 1976
--PU did not play football: 1992-2009
--C of I did not play football 1978-2013
--WWU’s last season playing football was 2008
::College of Idaho in
Caldwell, Idaho::
College of Idaho’s last football game was played Saturday, Nov. 12,
1977, in Forest Grove, Ore., versus Pacific University. C of I, coached by Ed
Knecht, won, 24-23. Pacific coached by
Frank Buckiewicz Sr.
Last time Linfield played C of I in football game was the afternoon
of Oct. 15, 1977, on Maxwell Field in McMinnville, Ore. Linfield won, 34-14. Linfield
coached by Ad Rutschman and C of I by Ed Knecht.
Both games were Northwest Conference (NAIA) contests.
On 8/25/2016 in Hermiston, Ore., Linfield (NCAAD3 Northwest Conference) and the College of
Idaho (a member of the NAIA Frontier Conference) played each other in a
controlled scrimmage.
::George Fox
University in Newberg, Ore.::
One source says 1969 was the “last year football (was) played at
George Fox.” Another source said, George Fox “dropped football at the end of
1969.” Not true.
The college announced it was dropping football in 1969. But, the
last year/season George Fox played football was 1968.
The last varsity football game of George Fox University (then
college) was Saturday night, Nov. 9, 1968, at McCready Field in Forest Grove. Jerry
Louthan coached George Fox and Pacific was coached by Frank Buckiewiz Sr.
George Fox varsity lost in the mud to Northwest Conference (NAIA) opponent
Pacific, 16-0, as reported in the Nov. 10, 1969, Sunday Oregonian, and the 1969 L’Ami
George Fox student yearbook. (Note the 1969 yearbook covered the 1968-1969
academic year. Thus, the football season recapped was in 1968.)
--Story in 5/28/1969,
Oregonian says “George Fox is ending football competition.”
--Oregonian of 6/11/1969, says “George Fox College dropped its
plans for a 1969 football program.”
--Story in 10/31/1969, Oregonian mentions it was “last spring” (1969)
“when George Fox dropped football.”
--The 1970 L’Ami George
Fox student yearbook for the 1969-1970 academic year has coverage of 1969 men’s
soccer. The soccer text in the yearbook says the sport was instituted as a “fill-in
for football, which has been dropped.”
The last time Linfield varsity played George Fox (then Pacific
College) varsity Friday, Oct. 23, 1942, in McMinnville. Linfield won 50-0. Linfield
coach Henry Lever. George Orla Kendall, Jr., George Fox (then Pacific College)
coach.
Linfield’s JV football played the George Fox varsity for several
years. The last time that happened was 1963. Linfield won, 20-13.
::Oregon Tech in
Klamath Falls, Ore.::
Oregon Tech’s last football game was
played the afternoon of Saturday, Nov. 14, 1992, in Klamath Falls at Tech’s John
F. Moehl Stadium. In that game, Tech, coached by Linfielder Craig Howard, beat Southern
Oregon, 55-32.
The last time Linfield played Oregon Tech
in football was in K-Falls on Saturday, Oct. 17, 1992. In a Columbia Football
Association Conference (NAIA) contest. Linfield won 30-0. Linfield coached by
Ed Langsdorf and Tech by Linfielder Craig Howard.
::Pacific University
in Forest Grove, Ore.::
Pacific’s last football game was Saturday, Nov. 16, 1991, in Tacoma at the
University of Puget Sound’s Baker Stadium. UPS won the game 35-31.
Last time Linfield played Pacific was Saturday
afternoon, Oct. 13, 1990, on McCready Field in Forest Grove. A Columbia
Football Association (NAIA) non-counting game, Linfield won, 23-0.
Linfield coached by Ad Rutschman and
Pacific by Bill Singler.
::Western Washington
University in Bellingham, Wash.:
WWU’s last football game was played the
afternoon Dec. 6, 2008, versus Colorado School of Mines in the Dixie Rotary
Bowl in Dixie State College’s Hansen Stadium, St. George, Utah. WWU won, 25-10.
WWU coach was Robin Ross.
Last time Linfield played WWU in football
was the afternoon of Sept. 27, 1997, on Linfield’s Maxwell Field, McMinnville,
Ore., WWU won, 28-17. It was a Columbia Football Association (NAIA) non-counting
contest. Linfield coached by Ad Rutschman and WWU by Rob Thomas.
::Whitman College in
Walla Walla, Wash.::
Whitman College’s last football game was
in Portland on the afternoon of Nov. 13, 1976, at Lewis & Clark College’s
Griswold Stadium. Whitman lost 35-7. Coaching Whitman was Ken Woody. L&C coached
by Fred Wilson.
Last time Linfield played Whitman in
football was Saturday, Oct 2, 1976, in Walla Walla at Borleske Stadium. In the
Northwest Conference (NAIA) game with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff, Linfield won, 25-15.
Linfield coached by Ad Rutschman and Whitman by Ken Woody.
