Linfield Wildcats football

The Linfield Wildcats football team represents Linfield University, located in McMinnville, Oregon, in NCAA Division III college football.
The Wildcats, who began playing football in 1896, compete as members of the Northwest Conference.
The Linfield Wildcats football team has the longest streak of consecutive winning seasons across all levels of college football., the team has had 69 consecutive winning seasons.

History

The Wildcats' winning streak, referred to as "The Streak", at Linfield, began in 1956. The Linfield University Special Collections and Archives started an oral history video collection from members of the 1956 football team, which was made available to the public in October 2021.

The Wildcats have won four national championships.

Linfield made fifteen appearances in the NAIA playoffs, with a combined record of 26–12 and four national championships.

1961	Semifinals National Championship	Whittier Pittsburg State	W, 18–7 L, 7–12
1964	Semifinals	Concordia Moorhead	L, 6–28
1965	Semifinals National Championship	Sul Ross State Saint John's (MN)	W, 30–27 L, 0–33
1974	Semifinals	Texas Lutheran	L, 8–52
1977	Semifinals	Cal Lutheran	L, 28–29
1978	Quarterfinals Semifinals	Carroll (MT) Concordia Moorhead	W, 32–6 L, 23–24
1980	Quarterfinals	Pacific Lutheran	L, 20–35
1982	Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	Cal Lutheran Westminster (PA) William Jewell	W, 20–16 W, 37–9 W, 33–15
1984	Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	Saint Ambrose Hanover Northwestern (IA)	W, 26–0 W, 45–23 W, 33–22
1985	Quarterfinals	Pacific Lutheran	W, 30–12
1986	Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	Pacific Lutheran Carroll Baker	W, 27–21 W, 53–7 W, 17–0
1991	First Round Quarterfinals	Lewis & Clark Pacific Lutheran	W, 59–30 L, 0–23
1992	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	Western Washington Pacific Lutheran Minot State Findlay	W, 26–0 W, 44–30 W, 47–12 L, 13–26
1993	First Round	Central Washington	L, 26–28
1994	First Round	Western Washington	L, 2–21