1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game

August 2023 1997 Linfield vs. Willamette First female athlete to play and score 1997 Linfield Wildcats Linfield College Willamette Bearcats Willamette University 2–2 5–0 Jay Locey Dan Hawkins 0 0 0 0 7 7 3 10 October 18, 1997 McCulloch Stadium Salem, Oregon 3,600http://www.willamette.edu/athletics/news/article/2007/08/liz_heaston_99_gets_kicks_in_more_than_one_sport.xml Willamette University Athletics Alumni Spotlight: Liz Heaston '99 Gets Kicks in more than One Sport Jamie Trimble August 20, 2007 April 21, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20080319050546/http://www.willamette.edu/athletics/news/article/2007/08/liz_heaston_99_gets_kicks_in_more_than_one_sport.xml March 19, 2008 dead The 1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game was a college football game between the 1997 Linfield Wildcats Linfield Wildcats and the 1997 Willamette Bearcats Willamette Bearcats played on October 18, 1997. The game was played at McCulloch Stadium in Salem, Oregon. Willamette won the game by a score of 27 to 0. During the game, Liz Heaston became the first woman to play and score in a college football game.https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03EFDD163EF933A15753C1A961958260 The New York Times Woman Kicks Extra Points October 20, 1997 Game play Willamette's Rich Rideout ran a 5-yard touchdown in the first quarter, but it was in the second quarter after Ardell Bailey scored on a 2-yard carry that Heaston took the field and kicked her first of two extra points with 57 seconds left in the first half. The only points in the third quarter were from Gordo Thompson's field goal, but in the fourth quarter quarterback Chuck Pinkerton completed a nine-yard pass to Kyle Carlson for a touchdown. Heaston kicked her second extra point in the fourth quarter, and the final score was 27–0.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z9ZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5760,5061228&dq=liz-heaston&hl=en Eugene Register-Guard October 19, 1997 April 20, 2011 Woman Kicks Two Extra Points for Willamette Aftermath Willamette finished the regular season undefeated and advanced to the 1997 NAIA National Championship, losing to Findlay.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/nwc/willamette/yearly_results.php?year=1995 David DeLassus College Football Data Warehouse Willamette Game-by-Game Results (1995–1999) April 20, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20100103155703/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/nwc/willamette/yearly_results.php?year=1995 2010-01-03 dead The next year, Willamette left the NAIA to join the NCAA Division III, along with the rest of the members schools of the Northwest Conference at that time.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/nwc/willamette/index.php College Football Data Warehouse David DeLassus April 20, 2011 Willamette Bearcats https://web.archive.org/web/20101120151057/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/nwc/willamette/index.php 2010-11-20 dead Prior to this game, female athletes at Duke and Louisville had come close to playing in a game but did not.https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/20/sports/woman-kicks-extra-points.html The New York Times April 20, 2011 October 20, 1997 Woman Kicks Extra Points In 2001, Ashley Martin became the second female athlete to score in a college football game, this time in the NCAA. In 2003, Katie Hnida became the first female athlete to score in a Division I-A bowl game. See also 1997 NAIA football season List of historically significant college football games Women's American football References Category:1997 NAIA football season vs. Willamette 1997 vs. Linfield 1997 Category:October 1997 sports events in the United States Category:1997 in sports in Oregon