The Dam Cup

The Dam Cup is an American college football rivalry in the Pacific Northwest between the Eastern Washington Eagles and the Portland State Vikings.[1][2][3][4] Both are members of the Big Sky Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision of NCAA Division I.

The Dam Cup

Eastern Washington Eagles Portland State Vikings
First meeting	October 19, 1968 Portland State, 19–13
Latest meeting	November 23, 2019 Eastern Washington, 53–46
Next meeting	November 21, 2020 in Hillsboro
Statistics
Meetings total	42
All-time series	Eastern Washington leads, 21–20–1 (.512)
Largest victory	Portland State, 51–0 (1975) Eastern Washington, 74–23 (2018)
Longest win streak	Portland State, 4 (1968–1971)
Current win streak	Eastern Washington, 4 (2016– )

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Locations of Eastern Washington and Portland State

The Columbia Basin of the Pacific Northwest

The Dam Cup began ten years ago in 2010 as a multi-sport competition between the two schools.[5] It refers to the Columbia River watershed and its dams in a double entendre. The EWU campus is upstream in Cheney, southwest of Spokane, while Portland is the major city on the river.

The football teams first played 52 years ago in 1968 and have been conference rivals in the Big Sky since Portland State joined in 1996. They had met 32 times prior to the establishment of the cup.

Game results

Eastern Washington victories

Portland State victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winning team Losing team 1 October 19, 1968 Cheney, WA Portland State 19 Eastern Washington 13 2 September 27, 1969 Portland, OR Portland State 35 Eastern Washington 0 3 November 21, 1970 Cheney, WA Portland State 34 Eastern Washington 0 4 November 13, 1971 Portland, OR Portland State 13 Eastern Washington 6 5 October 21, 1972 Portland, OR Eastern Washington 14 Portland State 7 6 October 27, 1973 Cheney, WA Eastern Washington 3 Portland State 0 7 September 21, 1974 Portland, OR Portland State 56 Eastern Washington 18 8 September 27, 1975 Cheney, WA Portland State 51 Eastern Washington 0 9 October 18, 1980 Portland, OR Portland State 54 Eastern Washington 21 10 October 9, 1982 Spokane, WA Eastern Washington 36 Portland State 0 11 November 19, 1983 Portland, OR Eastern Washington 6 Portland State 0 12 September 3, 1988 Spokane, WA Tie 31 Tie 31 13 October 27, 1990 Portland, OR Eastern Washington 21 Portland State 13 14 October 12, 1991 Cheney, WA Portland State 35 Eastern Washington 23 15 September 12, 1992 Portland, OR Portland State 24 Eastern Washington 21 16 October 9, 1993 Cheney, WA Eastern Washington 38 Portland State 21 17 October 1, 1994 Portland, OR Portland State 31 Eastern Washington 21 18 September 23, 1995 Cheney, WA Portland State 14 Eastern Washington 6 19 September 26, 1996 Cheney, WA Eastern Washington 24 Portland State 7 20 September 20, 1997 Portland, OR #21 Eastern Washington 31 Portland State 14 21 September 12, 1998 Cheney, WA Portland State 30 Eastern Washington 27 22 September 16, 1999 Portland, OR Portland State 48 Eastern Washington 39 No. Date Location Winning team Losing team 23 November 11, 2000 Portland, OR Eastern Washington 27 #15 Portland State 24 24 November 10, 2001 Cheney, WA Portland State 37 Eastern Washington 22 25 October 12, 2002 Portland, OR #14 Portland State 34 Eastern Washington 31 26 October 11, 2003 Cheney, WA Eastern Washington 42 Portland State 16 27 October 2, 2004 Portland, OR Eastern Washington 41 #25 Portland State 21 28 October 1, 2005 Cheney, WA #14 Eastern Washington 42 Portland State 24 29 October 21, 2006 Portland, OR Portland State 34 Eastern Washington 0 30 September 29, 2007 Cheney, WA Portland State 28 #21 Eastern Washington 21 31 October 4, 2008 Portland, OR Portland State 47 Eastern Washington 36 32 October 31, 2009 Seattle, WA #16 Eastern Washington 47 Portland State 10 33 October 30, 2010 Portland, OR #8 Eastern Washington 50 Portland State 17 34 October 29, 2011 Cheney, WA Portland State 43 Eastern Washington 26 35 November 17, 2012 Portland, OR #5 Eastern Washington 41 Portland State 34 36 November 23, 2013 Cheney, WA #3 Eastern Washington 42 Portland State 41 37 November 21, 2014 Portland, OR #5 Eastern Washington 56 Portland State 34 38 November 21, 2015 Cheney, WA #11 Portland State 34 #18 Eastern Washington 31 39 November 18, 2016 Portland, OR #3 Eastern Washington 35 Portland State 28 40 November 18, 2017 Cheney, WA #18 Eastern Washington 59 Portland State 33 41 November 16, 2018 Hillsboro, OR #4 Eastern Washington 74 Portland State 23 42 November 23, 2019 Cheney, WA Eastern Washington 53 Portland State 46 Series: Eastern Washington leads 21–20–1

• Only tie was in 1988; the Big Sky enacted overtime for conference games in 1980,[6]
  and all Division I games went to overtime in 1996.

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "EWU-PSU to Play for the Dam Cup". Eastern Washington University Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
2. "Dam Cup Rivalry Renewed: PSU-EWU Preview". Viking Tales. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
3. "One Of This Year's Goals: Win The Dam Cup". Portland State University Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
4. "Eastern Washington Secures Dam Cup Trophy with Win over Portland State". Washington News Now. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
5. ""Dam Cup" will now be football-only, winner-take-all trophy". Eastern Washington University Athletics. September 23, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
6. Kasper, John (September 25, 2013). "No. 48 Big Sky Innovation". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved June 11, 2016.

External links

• College Football Data Warehouse – Eastern Washington vs. Portland State