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1924 Oregon Agricultural Aggies Football Team
The 1924 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1924 college football season. Under new head coach Paul J. Schissler, the Aggies compiled a 3–5 record (1–4 in PCC, seventh) and were outscored 85 to 71. Millard Scott was the team captain, and Percy Locey became the first Oregon Agricultural player to appear in an East–West Shrine Game. The team played its home games on campus at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon. In the early months of 1924, the college considered applications from 90 candidates for the position of head football coach. Schissler, the head coach at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois, was hired on April 1. His Lombard Olive had lost only one game in three years (to Notre Dame) and outscored opponents 800 to 69; Schissler was recommended to Oregon Agricultural by Notre Dame head coach Knute Rockne Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Coast Conference
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pac-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, with eight of the ten PCC members (including all four original PCC charter members) now in the Pac-12, the older league had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis and scandal. Established on December 2, 1915, its four charter members were the University of California (now University of California, Berkeley), the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University). Conference members * University of California, Berkeley (1915–1959) * University of Oregon (1915–1959) * Oregon State College (1915–1959) * University of Washington (1915–1959) * Washington State College (1917–1959) * Stanford University (1918–1959) * University of Idaho (1922–1959) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multnomah Athletic Club
The Multnomah Athletic Club is a Social club, private social and Sports club, athletic club in Portland, Oregon, United States. Located in the Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon, Goose Hollow neighborhood, it was originally founded in 1891 as the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. It has expanded to fill two buildings totaling , making it the largest indoor athletic club in the world. Its emblem is a winged "M". It has approximately 22,000 members and employs nearly 600 staff, according to the club's website. The club is known for its exclusivity. It has been called "the only club in town that matters" and Nike, Inc., Nike had paid for one of its former executive's MAC membership on company expense to "help him integrate into the Portland business community" Women members were not given full voting privileges until 1977. New memberships are chosen by a lottery, however applicants who don't know a current member maybe asked to present a reference letter. Facilities The club's pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team
The 1924 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nebraska in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1924 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Fred Dawson, the team compiled a 5–3 record (3–1 against conference opponents), finished second in the MVC, and outscored opponents by a total of 118 to 77. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Before the season Despite a bit of a performance dropoff last season, compared to 1921 and 1922, Nebraska was still riding on a wave of success: Three straight conference titles, two straight defeats of Notre Dame's Four Horsemen (which were also Notre Dame's only losses over the past two seasons), and a modern, new stadium to play their games in. Coach Dawson was returning for his fourth year, which met or exceeded the length of tenure of all but two of the fifteen coaches preceding him. Schedule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The 1924 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1924 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Joe Maddock, the Webfoots compiled a 4–2–3 record (2–2–1 against PCC opponents), finished in sixth place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 94 to 60. The team played its home games at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Schedule References {{Oregon Ducks football navbox Oregon Oregon Ducks football seasons Oregon Webfoots football The Oregon Ducks football program is a college football team for the University of Oregon, located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pullman, Washington
Pullman () is the largest city in Whitman County, located in southeastern Washington within the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. The population was 29,799 at the 2010 census, and estimated to be 34,506 in 2019. Originally founded as Three Forks, the city was renamed after industrialist George Pullman in 1884. Pullman is noted as a fertile agricultural area known for its many miles of rolling hills and the production of wheat and legumes. It is home to Washington State University, a public research land-grant university, and the international headquarters of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. Pullman is from Moscow, Idaho, home to the University of Idaho, and is served by the Pullman–Moscow Regional Airport. History In 1876, about five years after European-American settlers established Whitman County on November 29, 1871, Bolin Farr arrived in Pullman. He camped at the confluence of Dry Flat Creek and Missouri Flat Creek on the bank of the Palouse River. Within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogers Field (Washington)
Rogers Field was an outdoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, on the campus of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. It was the home venue of the WSU Cougars football and track teams until severely damaged by a fire in April 1970. Partially demolished in early 1971, Rogers Field was replaced by the concrete Martin Stadium, which was built on the same site and opened in 1972. History Originally opened in 1892 for track and field and named "Soldier Field", it hosted its first football game in 1895, when WSU defeated its Palouse neighbor Idaho 10–4. In 1902, the stadium was renamed for Governor John Rogers, who died in office the previous December. In its early years, it also hosted Cougar baseball, with home plate in the southeast corner. The final structure was completely rebuilt in 1936. The 23,500-seat wooden stadium had a horseshoe-shaped three-section grandstand, open on the west end, with a quarter-mile (402 m) running track. The press bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Washington State Cougars Football Team
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The 1924 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1924 college football season. Head coach Albert Exendine led the team to a 0–4–1 mark in the PCC and 1–5–2 overall. Schedule References Washington State Washington State Cougars football seasons Washington State Cougars football The Washington State Cougars football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Washington State University, located in Pullman, Washington. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the Pac- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google News Archive
Google News Archive is an extension of Google News providing free access to scanned archives of newspapers and links to other newspaper archives on the web, both free and paid. Some of the news archives date back to 18th century. There is a timeline view available, to select news from various years. History The archive went live on June 6, 2006, after Google acquired PaperofRecord.com, originally created by Robert J. Huggins and his team at Cold North Wind, Inc. The acquisition was not publicly announced by Cold North Wind until 2008. While the service initially provided a simple index of other web pages, on September 8, 2008, Google News began to offer indexed content from scanned newspapers. The depth of chronological coverage varies. Newspapers were thought to have escaped copyright obligations of news articles because of Google's method of publishing the archives as searchable image files of the actual newspaper pages, rather than as pure text of articles. In 2011, Goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Idaho Vandals Football Team
The 1924 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1924 college football season, and were led by third-year head coach Robert L. Mathews. It was Idaho's third year in the Pacific Coast Conference and they were overall; their record in conference led the PCC in wins. Home games were played on campus in Moscow, Idaho, Moscow at MacLean Field, with one in Boise, Idaho, Boise at Albertsons Stadium#Public School Field, Public School Field. Conference champion 1924 Stanford football team, Stanford was played at Multnomah Field in Portland, Oregon. Idaho defeated neighbor 1924 Washington State Cougars football team, Washington State again in the Battle of the Palouse, the second of Three-peat, three consecutive wins over the Cougars in the rivalry. The four PCC wins were the most ever for Idaho; their next best total was two, achieved six times, last in 1938 Idaho Vandals football team, 1938. Schedule References External links''Gem of the Mountains: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area was inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subsequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husky Stadium
Husky Stadium (officially Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is an outdoor football stadium in the northwest United States, located on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. It has been home to the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Conference since 1920, hosting their football games. Aside from football, the university holds its annual commencement at the stadium each June. It sits at the southeast corner of campus, between Montlake Boulevard N.E. and Union Bay, just north of the Montlake Cut. The stadium is served by the University of Washington Link light rail station, which provides rail service to downtown, Rainier Valley and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. It is also accessible by several bus routes. The stadium underwent a $280 million renovation that was completed in 2013. Its U-shaped design was specifically oriented (18.167° south of due east) to minimize glare from the early afternoon sun i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Washington Huskies Football Team
The 1924 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1924 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Enoch Bagshaw, the team compiled an 8–1–1 record, finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference, led the nation in scoring and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 355 to 24. Edwin Kuhn was the team captain. Notable players included halfback Wildcat Wilson and fullback Elmer Tesreau. Schedule West Seattle Athletic Club On September 28, two weeks after the first practice, the Huskies played their first two games of the 1924 season on the same day. According to local sports reporter, Royal Brougham, they "won both departments of its twin-bill handily, but by no means impressively." The first game of the day was against the West Seattle Athletic Club (West Seattle A.C.). Coach Bagshaw started his first string in this game and defeated West Seattle A.C. by a sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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