{"id":202727,"date":"2025-09-05T16:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/202727\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:14:08","slug":"linfield-university-football-schedule-2025-dates-times-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/202727\/","title":{"rendered":"Linfield University Football Schedule 2025: Dates, Times And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flofootball.com\/teams\/6973205-linfield-football\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Linfield University<\/a> football team may play at the NCAA Division III level, but the Wildcats are famous across the entire college football landscape.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Linfield is the owner of the sport\u2019s longest streak of consecutive winning seasons, a run that began in 1956 and remains alive thanks to a 10-2 campaign in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>During their 68-season streak, the Wildcats have claimed four national championships \u2013 three NAIA (1982, 1984, 1986) and one NCAA Division III (2004).<\/p>\n<p>Linfield has won more than 90 of its last 100 games, and the quest for a fifth trophy will begin at home Sept. 6 against UW-Oshkosh. UWO was the only team to beat Linfield in the 2024 regular season, a 28-21 overtime thriller in Wisconsin in Week 2.<\/p>\n<p>The Wildcats will host back-to-back nonconference games before traveling to George Fox on Oct. 4 for the first of their seven consecutive conference games.<\/p>\n<p>Linfield is the reigning\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flofootball.com\/leagues\/12808213-northwest-conference-football\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Northwest Conference<\/a> champion, a title earned in the final game of the 2024 regular season with a 34-7 win over Whitworth, which got the best of the Wildcats in the same game the year before.<\/p>\n<p>The NWC championship earned Linfield a spot in the Division III Playoffs for the third time in four years, this time with a first-round bye.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Wildcats came out strong with a 65-3 rout of Texas Lutheran in the second round but bowed out a week later, falling to Mary Hardin-Baylor, 28-18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lindfield finished the 2024 season 10-2 overall and 7-0 in conference play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Linfield Football Schedule 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All Times Eastern\/Pacific<\/p>\n<ul class=\"froala-ul\" type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Sept. 6 (Sat):\u00a0<\/strong>4 p.m.\/1 p.m. vs. UW-Oshkosh<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sept. 20 (Sat):\u00a0<\/strong>4 p.m.\/1 p.m. vs. Chapman<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oct. 4 (Sat):\u00a0<\/strong>4 p.m.\/1 p.m. at George Fox<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oct. 11 (Sat):\u00a0<\/strong>4 p.m.\/1 p.m. vs. Pacific (Homecoming)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oct. 18 (Sat):\u00a0<\/strong>4 p.m.\/1 p.m. vs. Whitworth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oct. 25 (Sat):\u00a0<\/strong>4 p.m.\/1 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. 1 (Sat):\u00a0<\/strong>4 p.m.\/1 p.m. vs. Lewis &amp; Clark<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. 8 (Sat):\u00a0<\/strong>4 p.m.\/1 p.m. at Puget Sound<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nov. 15 (Sat):\u00a0<\/strong>4 p.m.\/1 p.m. vs. Willamette<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What Was The Linfield Football Record In 2024?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10-2 (7-0 NWC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"froala-ul\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Linfield 31, Denison 7<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin-Oshkosh 28, Linfield 21 (OT)<\/li>\n<li>Linfield 45, Redlands 0<\/li>\n<li>Linfield 72, Willamette 0<\/li>\n<li>Linfield 47, Lewis &amp; Clark 14<\/li>\n<li>Linfield 47, George Fox 7<\/li>\n<li>Linfield 62, Puget Sound 13<\/li>\n<li>Linfield 68, Pacific 28<\/li>\n<li>Linfield 38, Pacific Lutheran 10<\/li>\n<li>Linfield 34, Whitworth 7<\/li>\n<li>Linfield 65, Texas Lutheran 3<\/li>\n<li>Mary Hardin-Baylor 28, Linfield 18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How To Watch Linfield University Football Games In 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every NWC and home Linfield University football game will stream live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flocollege.com\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FloCollege and the FloSports app<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Game replays, highlights and breaking news will also be available on both platforms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When Do The 2025 NCAA Division III College Football Playoffs Start?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first round of the 2025 NCAA Division III Playoffs will be Nov. 22.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Division III Football Championship title game will be played Jan. 10, 2026, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>College Football Rankings 2024 \u2013 Final AFCA Division III Coaches Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>End Of 2024 Season<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li>North Central (Ill.) (43) 15-0<\/li>\n<li>Mount Union (Ohio) 14-1<\/li>\n<li>Johns Hopkins (Md.) 12-2<\/li>\n<li>Susquehanna (Pa.) 12-2<\/li>\n<li>Salisbury (Md.) 12-1<\/li>\n<li>Springfield (Mass.) 12-1<\/li>\n<li>St. John\u2019s (Minn.) 11-1<\/li>\n<li>Cortland (N.Y.) 11-1<\/li>\n<li>DePauw (Ind.) 11-1<\/li>\n<li>Bethel (Minn.) 11-3<\/li>\n<li>Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) 8-4<\/li>\n<li>Wartburg (Iowa) 10-2<\/li>\n<li>Hope (Mich.) 11-1<\/li>\n<li>Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 10-2<\/li>\n<li>Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 10-1<\/li>\n<li>Linfield (Ore.) 10-2<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin-Platteville 9-2<\/li>\n<li>Randolph-Macon (Va.) 10-2<\/li>\n<li>Endicott (Mass.) 10-2<\/li>\n<li>Grove City (Pa.) 9-2<\/li>\n<li>Wisconsin-La Crosse 8-4<\/li>\n<li>Aurora (Ill.) 9-2<\/li>\n<li>Whitworth (Wash.) 10-2<\/li>\n<li>Washington &amp; Jefferson (Pa.) 9-2<\/li>\n<li>Coe (Iowa) 9-2<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Others Receiving Votes:<\/strong> Hobart (N.Y.), 80; Lake Forest (Ill.), 49; John Carroll (Ohio), 42; Trinity (Tex.), 37; Wheaton (Ill.), 26; Wisconsin-River Falls, 24; King\u2019s (Pa.), 15; Centre (Ky.), 11; Maryville (Tenn.), 10; Massachusetts-Dartmouth, 5; Texas Lutheran, 5; Ursinus (Pa.), 3; Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2; Alma (Mich.), 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>La Verne, Cal Lu, Springfield Football And More Brought The Intensity In Week 4 | 2024 Division III Football<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out some Division III football highlights from early in the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Archived Footage On FloCollege<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Video footage from all games will be archived and stored in a video library for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flocollege.com\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FloCollege subscribers<\/a> to watch for the duration of their subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch The 2025 College Football Season On FloCollege<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FloCollege is the home of the best FCS, Division II and Division III football action all season long.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss the latest college football action by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flofootball.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bookmarking the FloCollege schedule page<\/a> for the latest games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join The College Football Conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Linfield University football team may play at the NCAA Division III level, but the Wildcats are famous across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":202728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-202727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115152583584349201","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}