The Linfield University Wildcats will host Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday, Nov. 19, in a first-round NCAA Division III playoff game at Maxwell Field in McMinnville.
The full 32-team playoff field was announced Sunday afternoon by the NCAA. Linfield is one of 16 first-round playoff hosts. The winner will face the winner of another first-round game between Wheaton (Ill.) and Bethel (Minn.) on Nov. 26 at a site to be confirmed Sunday by the NCAA.
Kickoff is set for 12:05 p.m. PST. The Linfield Sports Network will provide live web streaming video play-by-play coverage with Joe Stuart and Gary McGarvie calling the action. The game will be simulcast throughout the Portland area on KRCW (32).
The Northwest Conference champion Wildcats are making their third straight and 32nd overall national playoff appearance. It is also the 17th time that Linfield has qualified for postseason play since changing its affiliation from NAIA to NCAA in 1998. Linfield has an all-time national playoff record of 44-27 (.620). Linfield is of 12 unbeaten teams competing in this season's 32-team field.
Linfield (9-0) is ranked No. 4 in the American Football Coaches Association poll and No. 5 in the D3football.com poll. Pomona-Pitzer (8-2) is unranked.
Though Pomona-Pitzer officially shared its first overall Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference championship with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the Sagehens defeated the Stags 28-14 on Saturday to claim the program's first-ever NCAA playoff berth.
Saturday's game marks the first meeting between the two Division III programs. Linfield owns an all-time record of 31-4 against SCIAC football teams.
TICKETS
Reserved seat playoff tickets, available online at
linfieldsports.universitytickets.com go on sale incrementally as follows:
Parents of current Linfield football players: Monday 8 a.m. until Tuesday 8 a.m.
Linfield students, faculty and staff: Tuesday 8:01 a.m until Tuesday 8 p.m.
Current Linfield season ticket holders: Tuesday 8:01 p.m. until Thursday 5 p.m.
General public: Thursday 5:01 p.m.
A healthy supply of general admission tickets will be on sale at the ticket booth on Saturday. Gates open at 10 a.m.
PLEASE NOTE: As this is an NCAA sanctioned event, every spectator must purchase a ticket for admission. Northwest Conference passes and sponsor passes will not be honored. Linfield students, faculty and staff are also expected to pay for admission.
