Go Cats!
The Streak Continues
ÃÛѨÊÓƵ Wildcats football program hits 69 consecutive winning seasons on November 1, 2025.
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 makes double history: 69 straight winning seasons and a new NCAA record
ÃÛѨÊÓƵ’s 29-21 win over Lewis & Clark on Saturday extended a legacy that began in 1956 for the winningest team in college football history.
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.”
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.
Rich Schmidt
Director of Archives and Resource Sharing
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
503-883-2734
rschmidt@linfield.edu
Director of Archives and Resource Sharing
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
503-883-2734
rschmidt@linfield.edu