George Fox University (previously known as Pacific College* and George Fox College) of Newberg and Linfield College (previously known as McMinnville College) of McMinnville competed in their first VARSITY vs. VARSITY football game in 1896. George Fox won, 54-0.
Including that game, Linfield and George Fox have played each other in VARSITY vs. VARSITY a total of 14 times. Linfield leads the series, with 9 wins, 4 losses and 1 tie.
Over the years since 1896, Linfield and George Fox have played each other in football more than 13 times. However, many of those were Linfield JUNIOR VARSITY vs. George Fox VARSITY games.
Wildcatville details history of Linfield vs. George Fox football series:
*NOTES:
--Game locations -- Newberg? McMinnville? -- for some VARSITY vs. VARSITY football games between Linfield and George Fox not able to determine.
--Don't confuse Pacific College in Newberg with Pacific University in Forest Grove.
PHOTO:
From story in Sunday Oregonian Nov 5, 1922, covering Saturday, Nov. 4, 1922, Pacific College (now GFU) at Linfield football game. Linfield won, 22-0.
Below posted Oct. 26, 2015:
Researching sports events a "long time ago" is fraught with problems. But, nonetheless .... Wildcatville research shows ..
... the Linfield VARSITY at George Fox VARSITY football game on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, will be the first time there's been a Linfield VARSITY at George Fox VARSITY football game on George Fox's (formerly Pacific College, formerly George Fox College) home football field since a game played Friday, Nov. 23, 1923, in Newberg. (Linfield won that game, 16-0.)
To be specific, that Nov. 23, 1923, game was PACIFIC COLLEGE (don't confuse it with Pacific University of Forest Grove) vs. LINFIELD COLLEGE. (In 1922, McMinnville College became Linfield College. And, in that same year, 1922, Linfield resumed playing football after a 16 year hiatus -- 1906 to 1921 -- because the Linfield Board of Trustees discontinued the sport, deeming it too dangerous.)
It's important to indicate VARSITY since Wildcatville research shows many games between Linfield JUNIOR VARSITY vs. George Fox VARSITY over the years.
How many years is it between Friday, Nov. 23, 1923
and Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015? =
91 years, 11 months, 8 days excluding the end date.
(Linfield defeated George Fox, 24-0, in the game played in Newberg on Oct. 31, 2015)
According to the Nov. 28, 1923, The Crescent, Pacific College's student newspaper, the Nov. 23, 1923, football game was played on "one of the wettest days and muddiest fields in the memory of the oldest old-timer. Nonetheless a big bunch of spectators enthusiastically ate peanuts and cheered the teams and everyone almost forgot the sea of mud and water."
The Crescent Nov. 28, 1923, story goes on to say, "This kind of weather we need not be mentioned to Oregonians. The boys fought hard the game through. They greatly appreciated a loyal student body who backed them from under their umbrellas. George Mullinger (-- who played left half for Pacific --) forgot Linfield men never carried umbrellas so he gave them a good shower when he brought his right foot down in the puddle. He's not afraid of getting his feet wet."
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