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PSU Athletics History

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ManOfVision

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Wasn't sure where to place this thread, but I have an idea. Let's have a thread about PSU history where we can post all-time stats and records. The kind of thread one can reference when wondering where Scott Morrison ranks on the all-time blocks list, for instance. Anybody else want a media guide type forum or thread?
 
ManOfVision said:
Wasn't sure where to place this thread, but I have an idea. Let's have a thread about PSU history where we can post all-time stats and records. The kind of thread one can reference when wondering where Scott Morrison ranks on the all-time blocks list, for instance. Anybody else want a media guide type forum or thread?
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I like this idea, this is the right forum for it

here are some quick tidbits

Football Classifications (NCAA started classification in 1937):



1947-1957 No Classification

1958-1972 NCAA College Division (Small College)

1973-1977 NCAA Division II

1978-1980 NCAA Division I-AA

1981-1997 NCAA Division II

1998-20XX NCAA Division I-AA



Conference Affiliations:



1947-1949 Independent

1950-1964 Oregon Collegiate Conference

1965-1972 Independent

1973-1977 Division II Independent

1978-1980 Division I-AA Independent

1981-1981 Division II Independent

1982-1992 Western Football Conference

1993-1995 Division II Independent

1996-20XX Big Sky Conference
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Football History

All Time Football Record
304-303-10

Football Classifications (NCAA started classification in 1937):

1947-1957 No Classification
1958-1972 NCAA College Division (Small College)
1973-1977 NCAA Division II
1978-1980 NCAA Division I-AA
1981-1997 NCAA Division II
1998-20XX NCAA Division I-AA

Conference Affiliations:

1947-1949 Independent
1950-1964 Oregon Collegiate Conference
1965-1972 Independent
1973-1977 Division II Independent
1978-1980 Division I-AA Independent
1981-1981 Division II Independent
1982-1992 Western Football Conference
1993-1995 Division II Independent
1996-20XX Big Sky Conference

Portland State Coaches

Joe Holland 1947-1954
Ralph Davis 1955-1956
Hugh Smithwick 1959-1961
Tom DeSylvia 1962-1962
Jerry Lyons 1963-1967
Don Read 1968-1985
Ron Stratten 1972-1974
Mouse Davis 1975-1980
Pokey Allen 1986-1992
Tim Walsh 1993-2006


Good idea on the thread ManOfVision, I will try to give a new fact every once in awhile

Todays' PSU Fact

On 11-08-1980 The Portland State Vikings Football team set a school record in points scored by beating Delaware State 105-0

Lets post historical facts on ALL PSU sports
 
Here's a question - what are the 10 biggest crowds for PSU football in Civic/PGE history? Whatever the numbers, let's try to put some of this year's games on to that list!
 
ManOfVision said:
Here's a question - what are the 10 biggest crowds for PSU football in Civic/PGE history? Whatever the numbers, let's try to put some of this year's games on to that list!
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I'm sure any playoff games that we have hosted have had great attendance

with JG in town I expect at least a game or two over 10,000
 
Who are PSU's all-time passing leaders and what are their numbers? I was just thinking that if Howland starts this season, he'd have a chance to get pretty high on this list by playing three years in Mouse's offense.
 
ManOfVision said:
Who are PSU's all-time passing leaders and what are their numbers? I was just thinking that if Howland starts this season, he'd have a chance to get pretty high on this list by playing three years in Mouse's offense.
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Neil Lomax...............13,345...............1977-80
Jimmy Blanchard..........8,455...............1997-00
Chris Crawford............7,543...............1985-88
Terry Summerfield........6,501...............1981-85
Tim Von Dulm..............5,967...............1969-70
June Jones................5,798...............1975-76
Juston Wood..............5,653...............1999-02
John Charles..............5,563................1991-92
Kyle Allen..................4,489................1994-95
Joe Wiser..................4,303................2001-04

Information from the 2007 PSU Media Guide (p.89)
 
I know that in the late 70s/early 80s PSU went from Division II to I-AA and then back to Division II. Can anyone explain the history behind this?
 
Off of the College Football Data Warehouse...

1978-1980 NCAA Division I-AA

1981-1997 NCAA Division II

1998-20XX NCAA Division I-AA
 
Budgets, I believe. Of course, the whole state was overspent, as it was right around that time frame when PSU dropped basketball and Oregon dropped baseball. Actually, IIRC, both Oregon and Oregon State dropped fledgling soccer programs around then as well. It was just a few years later when Oregon dropped swimming and gymnastics and Oregon State dropped track to bring back soccer.

Portland State was nowhere near Big Sky level (even the Mouse Davis teams of the era got plowed by Idaho), and eventually sort of found a D-2 football conference that included Sacramento State, Santa Clara, Northridge, Southern Utah, etc.
 
Pounder said:
Budgets, I believe. Of course, the whole state was overspent, as it was right around that time frame when PSU dropped basketball and Oregon dropped baseball. Actually, IIRC, both Oregon and Oregon State dropped fledgling soccer programs around then as well. It was just a few years later when Oregon dropped swimming and gymnastics and Oregon State dropped track to bring back soccer.

Portland State was nowhere near Big Sky level (even the Mouse Davis teams of the era got plowed by Idaho), and eventually sort of found a D-2 football conference that included Sacramento State, Santa Clara, Northridge, Southern Utah, etc.
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The American West Conference, a 4-team football conference that ran in the late-1980s to the early 1990s.

I KNOW my conference alignment history. TRUST me!
 
Shameful that I don't know this, but where did PSU play basketball in the Freeman Williams days prior to dropping the program? Was there an earlier version of the Stott? I guess a related question is about the Stott. When was it built?Last edited by on 2008-01-15, 10:46; edited 1 time in total
 
ManOfVision said:
Shameful that I don't know this, but where did PSU play basketball in the Freeman Williams days prior to dropping the program? Was there an earlier version of the Stott? A guess a related question is about the Stott. When was it built?
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I think that they used to play over at Lincoln High School.

According to Wikipedia, the Stott Center opened in 1965. Not sure how accurate that is...
 
He played in the Stott, but it was aligned 90 degrees differently than it is now. Instead of the court going East-West, it went North-South. The bleachers were your standard wood high-school style that went up pretty high. I would guess that capacity then was closer to 2,500. The Stott was remodeled around '99 or '00.
 
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