Linfield Tips Hawaii, 15-13
HONOLULU (AP) -- Little Linfield College of McMinnville, Ore., upset the highly favored University of Hawaii, 15-13, Saturday night before an estimated 20,000 spectators, the largest crowd to see the Rainbows play in 20 years.
Tim Kubli's three field goals, the passing of Mike Barrow, the running of Ed Griffin and the pass receptions of Rogers Ishizu were the big factors in the Wildcat victory.
Linfield opened the scoring in the second quarter on Kubli's first field goal of 14 yards Hawaii took the lead late in the same period when Larry Arnold passed to Jim Schultz for 10 yards.
Linfield took command again in the third quarter when Barrow pitched a 10 yard touchdown pass to Ishizu. The Wildcats made it 12-7 in the third period when Kubli kicked a 22-yard field goal. He got his last three pointer , good for 21 yards, early in the final period after which Hawaii came back to score on the biggest play of the night, a 47 yard pass from Dick Hough to Schultz.
Hawaii .... 0 7 0 6 -- 13
Linfield ... 0 3 9 3 -- 15
Linfield -- FG Kubli 14
Hawaii -- Schultz 10 pass from Arnold (Fatafehi kick)
Linfield – 10 pass from Barrow (kick failed)
Linfield -- FG Kubli 22
Linfield -- FG Kubli 21
Hawaii -- Schultz 47 pass from Hough (pass failed)
A story in the Sept. 27, 1967, Story in Oregonian said, “Both Linfield and UH went into the game with 11 players each on their rosters. Coach Durham said Linfield started six players from Hawaii, more than Hawaii got into the game. “So we had a lot of backers.” Said the story, one of the Hawaiians, Rogers Ishizu, caught a touchdown pass plus several more ..."
1967: IN HONOLULU, UPSET OF UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
-Sept. 23, 1967, in Honolulu, before 20,000, the largest crowd to ever see a Wildcat sporting event, Linfield upset favored University of Hawaii 15-13. The hot and rainy night game was played at old wooden Honolulu Stadium. A story about the game in a Honolulu daily newspaper said, “Hawaii gave it a good try, but the Rainbows were outgunned by the visitors from Oregon …”
Tim Kubli's three field goals; the passing of starting quarterback Mike Barrow, which included one TD pass; the running of Ed Griffin and the pass receptions of Rogers Ishizu were the big factors in the Linfield win said the Associated Press. Hawaii led 7-3 at halftime, but Linfield outscored the opponent 12-6 in the second half.
Before the game, Durham told a Honolulu daily newspaper sports editor, “I think Hawaii should be favored by 50 points.” Durham and his assistant coaches (Roy Helser and Ted Wilson) claimed to be “scared to death” about the Hawaii football team, “a rough, tough aggregation” which included eight transfers from Air Force Academy alone as well as other transfers from Nebraska, Southern Cal and Washington. But, Durham added, “We have a highly competitive team and I am sure we will make it a good game.”
Both Linfield and Hawaii “went into the (contest) with 11 players from Hawaii on each of their rosters. “Linfield started six players from Hawaii, more than Hawaii got into the game,” according to the Oregonian.
After the 1967 season, Durham retired as Linfield football coach and he picked Ad Rutschman, one of his former players, as his successor. Durham planned to stay at Linfield as athletic director and continue teaching. But, he was offered the University of Hawaii athletic director job and took it.
There were several reasons Durham got the university job, one being the Wildcat football team win over Hawaii in Honolulu.
