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| First meeting | October 19, 1968 Portland State, 19–13 |
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| 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) |
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 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).
- ^ "Dam Cup Rivalry Renewed: PSU-EWU Preview". Viking Tales. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ "Eastern Washington Secures Dam Cup Trophy with Win over Portland State". Washington News Now. Retrieved March 18, 2016.