# 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. Both are members of the Big Sky Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision of NCAA Division I.
The Dam Cup began fifteen 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 57 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.