1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game
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| 1997 Linfield vs. Willamette | |||||||||||||||||||
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| First female athlete to play and score | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | October 18, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | McCulloch Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Salem, Oregon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 3,600[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game was a college football game between the Linfield Wildcats and the 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.[2]
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.[3]
