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1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game

Field	Value
name	1997 Linfield vs. Willamette
subheader	First female athlete to play and score
football_season	1997
visitor_name_short	Linfield
visitor_nickname	Wildcats
visitor_school	Linfield College
home_name_short	Willamette
home_nickname	Bearcats
home_school	Willamette University
visitor_record	2–2
home_record	5–0
visitor_coach	Jay Locey
home_coach	Dan Hawkins
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	0
visitor_3q	0
visitor_4q	0
home_1q	7
home_2q	7
home_3q	3
home_4q	10
date	October 18, 1997
stadium	McCulloch Stadium
city	Salem, Oregon
attendance	3,600

The 1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game was a college football game between the and the 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.

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.

Aftermath

Willamette finished the regular season undefeated and advanced to the 1997 NAIA National Championship, losing to Findlay. 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.

Prior to this game, female athletes at Duke and Louisville had come close to playing in a game but did not. 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.

References

Trimble, Jamie. (August 20, 2007). "Alumni Spotlight: Liz Heaston '99 Gets Kicks in more than One Sport". [[Willamette Bearcats.
(October 20, 1997). "Woman Kicks Extra Points". [[The New York Times]].
(October 19, 1997). "Woman Kicks Two Extra Points for Willamette". [[Eugene Register-Guard]].
DeLassus, David. "Willamette Game-by-Game Results (1995–1999)". [[College Football Data Warehouse]].
DeLassus, David. "Willamette Bearcats". [[College Football Data Warehouse]].
(October 20, 1997). "Woman Kicks Extra Points". [[The New York Times]].

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