For the second straight week, Pacific hosts one of the top football programs in the country as Linfield visits Forest Grove on Saturday. 
 
The Boxers are 0-13 against Linfield since 2010. Last season's game was one of the closest with the Wildcats winning 42-27 at Linfield. 
 
The Wildcats, 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the Northwest Conference, are coming off a 62-13 win over Puget Sound to clinch their 68^th consecutive winning season.
 
Linfield is 17-1 in the NWC over the last three years with the only loss coming to Whitworth, 28-24, at the end of the 2023 season. 
 
In 2024, Linfield has outscored its four NWC opponents by a combined score of 228-34. The Wildcats lead the conference in both points scored per game (46.4) and points allowed (9.9). 
 
Linfield quarterback Blake Eaton has passed for 1,611 yards, 11 touchdowns and two interceptions. Dual-threat quarterback Luke McNabb has thrown for 440 yards and six touchdowns while leading the Wildcats with 265 rushing yards and nine touchdowns.
 
Linfield has four different receivers with 300-plus yards, led by senior Connor Wolfe's 371 yards and five touchdowns. 
 
Linebacker Blake Rybar leads the Wildcat defense with 49 total tackles. Cornerback Chance Sparks is tied for first in the NWC with four interceptions. 
 
Pacific running back Brody Bantolina continues to lead all of Division-III with 1,143 rushing yards and rushing yards per game at 163.3. 
 
Bantolina is 97 yards shy of Pacific's single season rushing record (1,240) and 242 yards away from the career rushing mark (2,769), both held by Joshua Harris (2018-2021). 
 
Pacific quarterback Braeden Titus has thrown for 1,615 yards, 10 touchdowns and four interceptions this season. 
 
Josiah Chaffin is third in the Northwest Conference with 704 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. 
 
Safety Anthony Lopez leads the Boxer defense with 44 tackles and two interceptions. 
 
Pacific has lost three straight games after starting the season 3-1. 
 
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