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] 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	October 28, 2023 Portland State, 47–35
Next meeting	October 4, 2025
Statistics
Meetings total	44
All-time series	Tied, 22–22–1 (.500)
Largest victory	Portland State, 51–0 (1975) Eastern Washington, 74–23 (2018)
Longest win streak	Eastern Washington, 5 (2016–2021) Portland State, 4 (1968–1971)
Current win streak	Portland State, 2 (2022–present)

200km
125miles

Portland State

Eastern Washington

  

Locations of Portland State and Eastern Washington

The Columbia Basin of the Pacific Northwest

The Dam Cup began fourteen years ago in 2010 as a multi-sport competition between the two schools. 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 56 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; since then, Eastern has won nine of twelve (.750) to narrowly lead the overall series at 22–21–1 (.511).

Game results

Eastern Washington victories

Portland State victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 19, 1968 Cheney, WA Portland State 19–13 2 September 27, 1969 Portland, OR Portland State 35–0 3 November 21, 1970 Cheney, WA Portland State 34–0 4 November 13, 1971 Portland, OR Portland State 13–6 5 October 21, 1972 Portland, OR Eastern Washington 14–7 6 October 27, 1973 Cheney, WA Eastern Washington 3–0 7 September 21, 1974 Portland, OR Portland State 56–18 8 September 27, 1975 Cheney, WA Portland State 51–0 9 October 18, 1980 Portland, OR Portland State 54–21 10 October 9, 1982 Spokane, WA Eastern Washington 36–0 11 November 19, 1983 Portland, OR Eastern Washington 6–0 12 September 3, 1988 Spokane, WA Tie 31–31 13 October 27, 1990 Portland, OR Eastern Washington 21–13 14 October 12, 1991 Cheney, WA Portland State 35–23 15 September 12, 1992 Portland, OR Portland State 24–21 16 October 9, 1993 Cheney, WA Eastern Washington 38–21 17 October 1, 1994 Portland, OR Portland State 31–21 18 September 23, 1995 Cheney, WA Portland State 14–6 19 September 26, 1996 Cheney, WA Eastern Washington 24–7 20 September 20, 1997 Portland, OR #21 Eastern Washington 31–14 21 September 12, 1998 Cheney, WA Portland State 30–27 22 September 16, 1999 Portland, OR Portland State 48–39 23 November 11, 2000 Portland, OR Eastern Washington 27–24 No. Date Location Winner Score 24 November 10, 2001 Cheney, WA Portland State 37–22 25 October 12, 2002 Portland, OR #14 Portland State 34–31 26 October 11, 2003 Cheney, WA Eastern Washington 42–16 27 October 2, 2004 Portland, OR Eastern Washington 41–21 28 October 1, 2005 Cheney, WA #14 Eastern Washington 42–24 29 October 21, 2006 Portland, OR Portland State 34–0 30 September 29, 2007 Cheney, WA Portland State 28–21 31 October 4, 2008 Portland, OR Portland State 47–36 32 October 31, 2009 Seattle, WA #16 Eastern Washington 47–10 33 October 30, 2010 Portland, OR #8 Eastern Washington 50–17 34 October 29, 2011 Cheney, WA Portland State 43–26 35 November 17, 2012 Portland, OR #5 Eastern Washington 41–34 36 November 23, 2013 Cheney, WA #3 Eastern Washington 42–41 37 November 21, 2014 Portland, OR #5 Eastern Washington 56–34 38 November 21, 2015 Cheney, WA #11 Portland State 34–31 39 November 18, 2016 Portland, OR #3 Eastern Washington 35–28 40 November 18, 2017 Cheney, WA #18 Eastern Washington 59–33 41 November 16, 2018 Hillsboro, OR #4 Eastern Washington 74–23 42 November 23, 2019 Cheney, WA Eastern Washington 53–46 43 November 20, 2021 Hillsboro, OR #5 Eastern Washington 42–28 44 October 29, 2022 Cheney, WA Portland State 38–35 45 October 28, 2023 Hillsboro, OR Portland State 47–35 Series: Tied 22–22–1

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

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "Dam Cup Rivalry Renewed: PSU-EWU Preview". Viking Tales. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
2. "Eastern Washington Secures Dam Cup Trophy with Win over Portland State". Washington News Now. Retrieved March 18, 2016.