2004 Linfield Wildcats football team

American college football season March 2026 August 2023 2004 Linfield Wildcats football Northwest Conference NWC 1 13–0 5–0 Jay Locey 9th Maxwell Field NCAA Division III national championNWC champion Stagg Bowl W 28–21 vs. 2004 Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders Mary Hardin–Baylor The 2004 Linfield Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Linfield University as a member of the Northwest Conference (NWC) during the 2004 NCAA Division III football season. In their ninth season under head coach Jay Locey, the Wildcats compiled a perfect 13–0 record and won the NCAA Division III national championship. The team opened its season with a 58–17 victory over Division II 2004 Western Oregon Wolves Western Oregon. The following week, Linfield, ranked No. 2 in Division III, traveled east to face No. 7 2004 Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers Wisconsin–Stevens Point, winning that game by a 46–35 score.Linfield heads East for first time Statesman Journal September 18, 2004 3D https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87664166/linfield-heads-east-for-first-time/ Newspapers.com After sweeping through the regular season and winning an NWC championship, the Wildcats advanced to the Division III playoffs. They received a bye in the first round and then defeated 2004 Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles Wisconsin–La Crosse in the second round, 2004 Occidental Tigers Occidental in the quarterfinals, 2004 Rowan Profs Rowan in the semifinals, and 2004 Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders Mary Hardin–Baylor in the Stagg Bowl for the national championship.2004 Football Schedule Linfield University October 23, 2021 https://golinfieldwildcats.com/sports/football/schedule/2004 Quarterback Brett Elliott broke the NCAA single-season touchdown record. His season total of 59 touchdown passes included a school record seven in the Division III quarterfinal game against Occidental. Elliott played high school football in Lake Oswego, Oregon, began his college career playing for Urban Meyer at Division I Utah, and transferred to Linfield after losing the starting job to Alex Smith. Jay Locey won the AFCA Coach of the Year for NCAA Division III for the 2004 NCAA Division III football season. Linfield also won NAIA national championships in 1982, 1984, and 1986. The program extended its record to 49 consecutive seasons with a winning record, the longest such streak in all divisions of college football. Schedule y y September 11 2004 Western Oregon Wolves Western Oregon<ncg> Maxwell Field McMinnville, OR W 58-17 4,000 Linfield makes short work of Western Oregon Statesman Journal September 12, 2004 1B, 5B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87662575/linfield-makes-short-work-of-western/ Newspapers.com September 18 at 2004 Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers Wisconsin–Stevens Point<ncg> Goerke Field Stevens Points, WI W 46-35 2,139 Big day for Elliott boosts Linfield Statesman Journal September 19, 2004 6B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87662471/big-day-for-elliott-boosts-linfield/ Newspapers.com October 2 at 2004 Pacific Lutheran Lutes Pacific Lutheran Cal Sparks Stadium Puyallup, WA W 40-21 4,200 Linfield 40, PLU 21 Statesman Journal October 3, 2004 3B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87666721/linfield-40-plu-21/ Newspapers.com October 9 2004 Whitworth Pirates Whitworth Maxwell Field McMinnville, OR W 48-37 3,000 Linfield outlasts Whitworth in offensive showdown, remains undefeated Statesman Journal October 10, 2004 5B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87666395/linfield-outlasts-whitworth-in/ Newspapers.com October 16 Southern Oregon<ncg> Maxwell Field McMinnville, OR W 56-34 4,000 Linfield 56, Southern Oregon 34 Statesman Journal October 17, 2004 6B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87666571/linfield-56-southern-oregon-34/ Newspapers.com October 23 at 2004 Puget Sound Loggers Puget Sound Baker Stadium Tacoma, WA W 35-16 1,880 Linfield 35, Puget Sound 16 Statesman Journal October 24, 2004 6B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87662127/linfield-35-puget-sound-16/ Newspapers.com October 30 2004 Menlo Oaks Menlo<ncg> Maxwell Field McMinnville, OR W 69-13 1,800 Linfield 69, Menlo 13 Statesman Journal October 31, 2004 6B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87661992/linfield-69-menlo-13/ Newspapers.com November 6 at 2004 Lewis & Clark Pioneers Lewis & Clark Griswold Stadium Portland, OR W 62-7 1,350 Linfield 62, Lewis & Clark 7 Statesman Journal November 7, 2004 6B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87661864/linfield-62-lewis-clark-7/ Newspapers.com November 13 2004 Willamette Bearcats Willamette Maxwell Field McMinnville, OR W 48-14 4,500 Linfield wins NWC showdown Statesman Journal Reid English November 14, 2004 B1, B6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87661706/linfield-wins-nwc-showdown/ Newspapers.com November 27 2004 Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles Wisconsin–La Crosse<ncg> Maxwell Field McMinnville, OR (NCAA Division III second round) W 52-14 4,500 Wildcats overwhelm Eagles Statesman Journal November 28, 2004 1B, 4B Gary Horowitz https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87661522/wildcats-overwhelm-eagles/ Newspapers.com December 4 2004 Occidental Tigers Occidental<ncg> Maxwell Field McMinnville, OR (NCAA Division III quarterfinal) W 56-27 5,000 Linfield steamrolls Occidental Statesman Journal December 5, 2004 B1, B5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87660900/linfield-steamrolls-occidental/ Newspapers.com December 11 2004 Rowan Profs Rowan<ncg> Maxwell Field McMinnville, OR (NCAA Division III semifinal) W 52-0 4,000 Elliott leads Linfield in rout over Rowan Home News Tribune November 12, 2004 C5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87660733/elliott-leads-linfield-in-rout-over/ Newspapers.com December 18 vs 2004 Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders Mary Hardin–Baylor<ncg> Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA (Stagg Bowl) W 28-21 3,240 Mission accomplished Statesman Journal December 19, 2004 1B, 2B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87661198/mission-accomplished/ Newspapers.com Roster 30em 99 Robert Acevedo 4-6 Jr. Truckee, Calif. / Truckee 88 Daren Ackerman 3-6 Jr. Banks, Ore. / Banks 22 Sunder Aldridge 11-5 Jr. Omak, Wash. / Omak 8 Casey Allen 3-6 Sr. Newport, Ore. / Newport 70 Kaipo Amina 2-6 Fr. Cornelius, Ore. / Forest Grove 17 Jonny Anderson 10-5 Jr. Kenmore, Wash. / Texas Tech 22 Josh Armstrong 11-5 Sr. Oregon City, Ore. / Oregon City 97 Nathan Arnold 3-6 Fr. Edmonds, Wash. / Edmonds-Woodway 80 Tyson Banker 10-5 So. Hermiston, Ore. / Hermiston 8 Andrew Bean 0-6 So. Newcastle, Wash. / Eastside Catholic 61 Dimitri Beauliere 0-6 Fr. Vancouver, Wash. / Mountain View 12 Tim Benzel 3-6 Jr. Vancouver, Wash. / Evergreen 40 Kelley Bertrand 5-6 Sr. Dundee, Ore. / Newberg 86 Taylor Bethell 5-6 Jr. Albany, Ore. / West Albany 31 Chris Boock 8-5 Sr. Salem, Ore. / South Salem 34 Rodd Booth 10-5 So. Clackamas, Ore. / Barlow 40 Michael Borden 11-5 Fr. Mesa, Ariz. / Dobson 1 Jordan Boustead 11-5 Fr. Dallas, Ore. / Dallas 6 Brock Britt 10-5 Fr. Salem, Ore. / West Salem 44 Rob Brown 10-5 Jr. Medford, Ore. / South Medford 17 Jake Buzzetta 10-5 Fr. Hollister, Calif. / San Benito 42 Ryan Caffall 11-5 Jr. Newberg, Ore. / Whitworth 81 Brandon Carpenter 11-5 So. Redmond, Ore. / Redmond 81 Kyle Carpenter 2-6 Sr. The Dalles, Ore. / U. Oregon 26 Dan Carter 11-5 Fr. Gig Harbor, Wash. / Gig Harbor 2 George Carter 4-6 Sr. Salem, Ore. / South Salem 95 Brock Cote 3-6 Fr. Kirkland, Wash. / Lake Washington 25 Ian Crosby 0-6 Fr. Salem, Ore. / South Salem 20 Pete Cruickshank 7-5 So. Cashmere, Wash. / Cashmere 58 Jeff Denney 3-6 So. Scottsdale, Ariz. / Brophy Prep 63 Dwight Donaldson 1-6 Sr. Tacoma, Wash. / Stadium 5 Brett Elliott 3-6 Jr. Lake Oswego, Ore. / U. Utah 62 Zac Elliott 2-6 Fr. Sutherlin, Ore. / Sutherlin 27 Puni Ellis 10-5 Sr. Kailua, Hawaii / Kamehameha 87 Eric Fischer 5-6 So. Medford, Ore. / South Medford 96 Stan Fisher 2-6 So. Kailua, Hawaii / Punahou 45 Zach Fleming 2-6 Sr. Peoria, Ariz. / Sunrise Mountain 72 Drew Fogg 2-6 Fr. Wilsonville, Ore. / Wilsonville 93 Chad Foglesong 4-6 So. Centralia, Wash. / Centralia 4 Thomas Ford 9-5 Sr. Seattle, Wash. / Mountlake Terrace 7 Kevin Foreman 3-6 Sr. Medford, Ore. / North Medford 25 Andy Galpin 8-5 Sr. Rochester, Wash. / Rochester 10 Jesse Gibson 7-5 Fr. Tualatin, Ore. / Tualatin 74 Kyle Gibson 3-6 Sr. Eugene, Ore. / South Eugene 59 Zack Goldberg 2-6 Fr. Angels Camp, Calif. / Bret Harte 54 Michael Greenberg 2-6 Jr. Vancouver, Wash. / Mountain View 21 O.J. Gulley 10-5 Sr. Portland, Ore. / Reynolds 3 Brandon Hazenberg 11-5 Jr. Newberg, Ore. / Newberg 13 Nelson Helland 1-6 Fr. Gresham, Ore. / Centennial 50 Brody Hess 1-6 So. Keizer, Ore. / McNary 10 Eric Hillison 10-5 Sr. Beaverton, Ore. / Beaverton 77 James Holan 6-6 Jr. Mill Valley, Calif. / Tamalpais 79 Eric Holtgraves 5-6 Sr. Tualatin, Ore. / Tualatin 75 Sean Horning 0-6 Jr. Peoria, Ariz. / Centennial 44 Ryan Ishizu 8-5 Fr. Pukalani, Hawaii / Maui 6 Riley Jenkins 0-6 Sr. Salem, Ore. / Oregon State 63 Grant Jones 0-6 Fr. Newport, Ore. / Newport 65 Jimmy Joyce 3-6 Fr. Beaveton, Ore. / Beaverton 84 Tyler Kaluza 0-6 So. Issaquah, Wash / Skyline 52 Kevin Kauweloa 0-6 So. Waianae, Hawaii / Waianae 60 Drew Kehoe 3-6 Sr. West Linn, Ore. / West Linn 59 John Kemper 2-6 So. Gresham, Ore. / Sam Barlow 11 Rob Kerns 2-6 So. Potlatch, Idaho / Whitworth College 91 Mike Ketler 0-6 Jr. Salem, Ore. / South Salem 78 Jacob Kleffner 0-6 So. Tigard, Ore. / Jesuit 71 Danny Kleiber 3-6 So. Sammamish, Wash. / Skyline 26 Mordechai Kotler 8-5 Sr. Fountain Valley, Calif. / Fountain Valley 4 Natty Krauss 11-5 Fr. Selma, Ore. / Illinois Valley 98 Jeff Kutter 2-6 Fr. Banks, Ore. / Banks 20 Carl Lam 8-5 Fr. Kamuela, Hawaii / Hawaii Prep 41 Reece Lamson 11-5 So. Corning, Calif. / Feather River C.C. 3 Clint Languemi 0-6 Jr. Elk Grove, Calif. / Elk Grove 1 Scott Lasswell 10-5 So. Tigard, Ore. / Tigard 18 Brad Lau 9-5 So. Kamuela, Hawaii / Hawaii Prep 23 Tyler Legary 0-6 So. University Place, Wash. / Knox College 24 Chet Lemon 11-5 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. / Campbellsville U. 57 Matt Lowe 2-6 Fr. Beaverton, Ore. / Beaverton 66 Jake Lucey 4-6 Jr. Keizer, Ore. / McNary 64 Joe Mannix 0-6 Fr. Canby, Ore. / Canby 18 Travis Masters 8-5 So. Elk Grove, Calif. / Elk Grove 38 Stefan Matheny 0-6 Jr. Lexington, Ore. / Heppner 89 Martin Mays 2-6 So. Lake Oswego, Ore. / Lake Oswego 33 Mitch McClelland 0-6 Fr. Tigard, Ore. / Tigard 95 Matt McCullough 2-6 Fr. Hillsboro, Ore. / Glencoe 73 Rob McCullough 5-6 Jr. Irvine, Calif. / University 29 Brad McKechnie 11-5 Sr. Puyallup, Wash. / Rogers 16 Brian Mehl 0-6 So. Eugene, Ore. / Churchill 16 D.J. Meier 1-6 Fr. Salem, Ore. / McKay 55 Chris Miles 2-6 Sr. Junction City, Ore. / Junction City 93 Gus Morrison 1-6 Fr. San Francisco, Calif. / George Washington 80 Reid Muller 1-6 Fr. Portland, Ore. / Franklin 14 Lance Nelson 11-5 Fr. Clackamas, Ore. / Clackamas 94 Scott Olsen 2-6 Fr. St. Helens, Ore. / St. Helens 28 Brandon Olson 0-6 So. Wilsonville, Ore. / Wilsonville 68 Andrew O'Neal 3-6 Jr. Tigard, Ore. / Tigard 9 Josh Ort 11-5 Jr. Silverton, Ore. / Silverton 38 Chris Parrette 9-5 Fr. Fremont, Calif. / Bellarmine Prep 51 Chris Pelow 1-6 So. Eugene, Ore. / Sheldon 48 Louis Penn 0-6 Fr. Troutdale, Ore. / Reynolds 46 Bryan Pereboom 11-5 Jr. Prescott, Ariz. / Prescott 52 Brandon Petersen 1-6 Sr. Lake Oswego, Ore. / Lake Oswego 89 Jacob Peterson 0-6 Fr. Myrtle Point, Ore. / Myrtle Point 41 Sean Radford 8-5 Fr. Myrtle Creek, Ore. / South Umpqua 53 Drew Ragan 11-5 Fr. Bellevue, Wash. / Sammamish 66 Lance Reem 8-5 Fr. Burbank, Calif. / Ribet Academy 98 Mike Richardson 0-6 Fr. Salem, Ore. / McKay 82 Colby Riddle 2-6 Fr. Lake Oswego, Ore. / U. Oregon 27 Derek Robinson 11-5 Fr. Marcola, Ore. / Mohawk 11 Cam Rogers 3-6 Jr. Tacoma, Wash. / Wilson 37 Phil Rombach 2-6 Jr. Portland, Ore. / Jesuit 36 Joe Romero 1-6 Jr. Melba, Idaho / Melba 2 Ed Rosario 7-5 Fr. Newberg, Ore. / Newberg 67 Kiki Sagoian 1-6 Sr. Kirkland, Wash. / Lake Washington 15 Trevor Scharer 4-6 So. Salem, Ore. / McKay 69 Zach Schumpert 1-6 Jr. Monroe, Wash. / Monroe 90 Joe Seifert 0-6 Fr. Canby, Ore. / Canby 76 Colby Shaffer 2-6 Jr. Tumwater, Wash. / Tumwater 13 Ryan Smith 9-5 Fr. Stanwood, Wash. / Stanwood 33 Ty Smith 8-5 Sr. Dallas, Ore. / Dallas 7 Eric Snow 1-6 Fr. Twin Falls, Idaho / Twin Falls 49 Nik Soo 0-6 So. Kamuela, Hawaii / Kamehameha 15 Ty Stanley 11-5 Fr. Vancouver, Wash. / Columbia River 92 Matt Steffens 3-6 So. Yuba City, Calif. / Yuba City 35 Keone Tawata 11-5 So. Honolulu, Hawaii / Radford 30 Chris Thorpe 9-5 Fr. Kanoehe, Hawaii / Radford 56 Brandon Tom 2-6 Jr. Kailua, Hawaii / Kamehameha 46 Tim Vaughan 9-5 Fr. Haines, Ore. / Baker 85 Joey Vieceli 1-6 So. Issaquah, Wash. / Skyline 82 Josh Vierra 11-5 So. Kaneohe, Hawaii / Kamehameha 62 Matt Wakeford-Evans 1-6 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. / Del Oro 48 Garrett Wales 0-6 Jr. Bend, Ore. / Mountain View 24 Travis Warneke 11-5 Fr. Portland, Ore. / Reynolds 83 Kyle Warner 2-6 So. Vancouver, Wash. / Mountain View 86 Tyler Weaver 10-5 Fr. Keizer, Ore. / McNary 19 James Wilson 2-6 Sr. Springfield, Ore. / Thurston 54 Kris Wood 3-6 Fr. Banks, Ore. / Banks 39 Andrew Woods 1-6 So. Portland, Ore. / Grant 23 Phil Zahn 0-6 Fr. Newberg, Ore. / Newberg 36 Alex Zerzan 9-5 Fr. Eugene, Ore. / Marist 2004 Football Roster Linfield University October 24, 2021 https://golinfieldwildcats.com/sports/football/roster/2004 References Linfield Category:Linfield Wildcats football seasons Category:NCAA Division III Football Champions Category:Northwest Conference football champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Linfield Wildcats football