With a win over University of Puget Sound during Family Weekend on Saturday, the Linfield University Wildcats secured their 68th-consecutive winning season, the longest in college football history. No other college or university at any level is within 24 years of that record.
Linfield quarterback Blake Eaton threw a 40-yard touchdown on the first offensive play from scrimmage to set the tone early, as the Wildcats accounted for 644 yards of total offense and scored in a wide variety of ways Saturday.
The Wildcats, No. 17 among NCAA Division III teams by the AFCA and No. 20 by d3football.com,, improved to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the Northwest Conference with the win.
See full game story on GoLinfieldWildcats.com.
Streak stats:
- Beginning in 1956, “The Streak” is the longest run of consecutive winning seasons in college football. The University of Mount Union (Ohio) holds the second-longest streak at 46 years.
- Since The Streak began under coach Paul Durham, Linfield football has won 82% of its football games. Their cumulative record is 559-122-10 for a winning percentage of .816.
- Linfield’s Northwest Conference record is 281-34-5 (.886)
Linfield’s Archives and Special Collections created an oral history project about The Streak in 2021, after the 65th winning season. The collection features videos, photos and transcripts from interviews with members of the 1956 football team. To learn more about The Streak and access the digital collection, visit linfield.edu/thestreak.
