Members of Linfield’s 1984 NAIA championship football team celebrated the 40th anniversary of their historic season at the Oct. 12 football game against Lewis & Clark.
The 1984 Wildcat football team clinched the NAIA Division II football national championship after coming back from a 22-point second-half deficit to beat Northwestern (Iowa) 36-22.
During the season, coach Ad Rutschman ’54 passed Paul Durham ’36 to become the winningest coach in Linfield football history.
The team was inducted into the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004.
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