Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Without scoring TDs, Linfield football won games in 1984, 1990, 2008 and 2017

1984:
Linfield 2, Pacific 0
McMinnville/Maxwell 
(Wind, rain on real grass) 
=McMinnville N-R said 10/24/2017, "The last time Linfield won a game without scoring a touchdown was 1984 when the ‘Cats beat Pacific 2-0. That season Linfield won the NAIA national championship." (According to Oregonian, game was played Sat., Oct. 27, 1984, in McMinnville at Maxwell Field. Linfield scored its 2 points on a second quarter safety. Noseguard James Lee tackled Pacific's QB in end zone.

1990:
Linfield 9, Oregon Tech 7
Klamath Falls
(Weather? afternoon game)
=Oregonian said in a game played Sat., Sept. 15, 1990, in Klamath Falls, Linfield football beat Oregon Tech, 9-7. Linfield points came on three field goals by Brooke Knight.

2008:
Linfield 9, Menlo 0
McMinnville/Maxwell Field
(Cloudy with showers, afternoon game)
=Linfield College kicker Scott Birkhofer accounted for all of Linfield’s points in a 9-0 victory over Menlo on Maxwell Field in McMinnville on Sat., Oct. 4, 2008. His field goal kicks of 39-, 54- and 32-yards all came in the first quarter. It was a Northwest Conference game.

2017:Linfield 12, George Fox 6
McMinnville/Maxwell(Wind, rain on artificial turf, afternoon game)=According to N-R, on Sat., Oct. 21, 2017, in McMinnville on Maxwell Field, Linfield football, without scoring a TD, beat George Fox, 12-6. Linfield’s points came on four field goal kicks by Willy Warne. GF got its 6 points by scoring a TD with no time left on the clock in fourth quarter. (No point/points after TD attempted by GF since officials said the game was over because that conversion point/those conversion points would not have changed game’s outcome.)