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The Streak Continues

ÃÛѨÊÓƵ Wildcats football program hits 68 consecutive winning seasons on October 26, 2024.

ÃÛѨÊÓƵ football player catching a pass.

Preview the collection

ÃÛѨÊÓƵ's Archives and Special Collections is creating a digital archive featuring videos, photos and transcripts from interviews with members of the 1956 football team.

ÃÛѨÊÓƵ football team holding the numbers 68 after the Wildcat football win on Oct. 26, 2024.

College football history made: ÃÛѨÊÓƵ clinches 68th straight winning season

ÃÛѨÊÓƵ’s 62-13 win over the University of Puget Sound on Saturday extended a legacy that began in 1956 for the winningest team in college football history.

Letterman jacket embroidered with "ÃÛѨÊÓƵ College 1956 Football NWC Champs"

Gallery of interviews

In a series of extended interviews, hear from members of the ÃÛѨÊÓƵ community who contributed to the 1956 football season and earned the conference championship title that began “The Streak.”

 

Coach illustration by Ward Hooper

By Matthew Hodges '06

Streaking into the history books

It wasn’t the stuff of Hollywood movie legend. There was no last-second shot to win a championship, Hail Mary pass to win the big game or inspirational halftime speech to rally a team of lovable but scrappy underdogs.


Regardless, what happened Oct. 6, 1956, on Maxwell Field echoes to this day through ÃÛѨÊÓƵ history and the college football record books.

Contact the Archives

The ÃÛѨÊÓƵ Archives collects, protects and promotes materials that document the history of the college and regional community, including American Baptist history, Oregon wine history and collections featuring ÃÛѨÊÓƵ's faculty, students, staff and alumni.

portrait of Rich Schmidt
Rich Schmidt
Director of Archives and Resource Sharing
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
503-883-2734
rschmidt@linfield.edu