Linfield Wildcats

The Linfield Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Linfield University, located in McMinnville, Oregon, in NCAA [Division III] intercollegiate sports. The Wildcats compete as members of the Northwest Conference for all sports.

National championships

Linfield has won four national college football titles and have played in a total of seven college football national championship games. In addition, the school has won three national titles in baseball, and two national titles in softball in 2007 & 2011.

Year	Sport	Coach	Location
NAIA World Series\|1966]	Baseball	Roy Helser		NAIA
1971	Baseball	Ad Rutschman	Municipal Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona	NAIA
1982	Football	Ad Rutschman	Maxwell Field, McMinnville, Oregon	NAIA Division II
1984	Football	Ad Rutschman	Maxwell Field, McMinnville, Oregon	NAIA Division II
1986	Football	Ad Rutschman	Maxwell Field, McMinnville, Oregon	NAIA Division II
2004	Football	Jay Locey	Salem, Virginia	NCAA Division III
2007	Softball	Jackson Vaughan	Moyer Sports Complex, Salem, Virginia	NCAA Division III
2011	Softball	Jackson Vaughan	Moyer Sports Complex, Salem, Virginia	NCAA Division III
2013	Baseball	Scott Brosius	Fox Cities Stadium, Grand Chute, Wisconsin	NCAA Division III

Notable student-athletes include former New York Yankee Scott Brosius, who was the head baseball coach at the college for eight years until 2015; former San Diego Charger Brett Elliott, the quarterback of the 2004 championship team; and former Miami Dolphins general manager Randy Mueller, quarterback of Linfield's 1982 NAIA Championship squad.
Brosius returned to Linfield University as its athletic director in May 2024.