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1996 Portland State Vikings Football Team
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The 1996 Portland State Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Portland State University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Big Sky Conference. In their fourth year under head coach Tim Walsh, the team compiled a 3–8 record. The season marked the program's return to NCAA Division I-AA. The Vikings had previously played at the division I-AA level from 1978 to 1980. Schedule References Portland State Portland State Vikings football seasons Portland State Vikings football Portland State Vikings football : ''For information on all Portland State University sports, see Portland State Vikings'' The Portland State Vikings football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Portland State University located in the U.S. state of Ore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference (BSC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the eight states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Four affiliate members each participate in one sport: two from California are football–only participants and two from the Northeast participate only in men's golf. History Initially conceived for the Big Sky was founded on July 1, 1963, with six members in four of the charter members have been in the league from its founding, and a fifth returned in 2014 after an 18-year absence. The name "Big Sky" came from the popular 1947 western novel by A. B. Guthrie Jr.; it was proposed by Harry Missildine, a sports columnist of the '' Spokesman-Review'' just prior to the founding meetings of the conference in Spokane in February 1963, and was adopted w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roos Field
Roos Field is an outdoor college football stadium in the Northwest United States, northwest United States, on the campus of Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, southwest of Spokane, Washington, Spokane. It is the home venue of the Eastern Washington Eagles football team, Eastern Washington Eagles of the Big Sky Conference in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, Division I (FCS). Opened in 1967, the Eagles have accomplished a 112–51 () record at home. The seating capacity was increased in 2004 to its current capacity of 8,700 permanent seats. Additional temporary seating is often utilized to accommodate large crowds, which brings the capacity to nearly 12,000. Naming history The stadium was originally named Woodward Field in honor of former Eagles head football and basketball coach Arthur C. Woodward. It replaced the original Woodward Field, which was located near the present JFK Library. The field was renamed before the start of the 2010 Eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Big Sky Conference Football Season
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Games., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Centennial Olympic Park bombing rect 200 0 400 200 TWA FLight 800 rect 400 0 600 200 1996 Mount Everest disaster rect 0 200 300 400 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missoula, Montana
Missoula ( ; fla, label=Salish language, Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula County. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot River, Bitterroot and Blackfoot River (Montana), Blackfoot Rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five mountain ranges, thus it is often described as the "hub of five valleys". The 2020 United States Census shows the city's population at 73,489 and the population of the Missoula Metropolitan Area at 117,922. After Billings, Montana, Billings, Missoula is the second-largest city and metropolitan area in Montana. Missoula is home to the University of Montana, a public research university. The Missoula area began seeing settlement by people of European descent in 1858 including William Thomas Hamilton (frontiersman), William T. Hamilton, who set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington–Grizzly Stadium
Washington–Grizzly Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. Opened in 1986, it is home to the Montana Grizzlies, a member of the Big Sky Conference in Division I FCS (formerly Division I-AA). Its infilled FieldTurf playing field is below ground level at an elevation of above sea level and runs in the traditional north–south orientation. The press box is above the west sideline and lights were added for the 2012 season.http://www.montanakaimin.com/mobile/sports/lighting-up-washington-grizzly-stadium-1.2690020 It is the largest all-purpose stadium in the state of Montana, and is the largest on-campus stadium in the Football Championship Subdivision that participates in the playoffs. Yale's massive Yale Bowl is the largest on-campus stadium in the FCS, but Ivy League members abstain from postseason play. History The stadium is named after construction magnate D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Montana Grizzlies Football Team
The 1996 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Mick Dennehy and played their home games on campus in Missoula at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. , University of Montana, 2010. Schedule References {{1996 Division I-AA football playoff navbox Montana Grizzlies football seasons[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Sacramento State Hornets Football Team
The 1996 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach John Volek, Sacramento State compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Big Sky. The team was outscored by its opponents 466 to 248 for the season. The Hornets played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. Sacramento State competed for the first time in the Big Sky Conference in 1996. They had been a member of the American West Conference (AWC) from 1993 to 1995. Schedule Team players in the NFL The following Sacramento State players were selected in the 1997 NFL Draft. References {{Sacramento State Hornets football navbox Sacramento State Sacramento State Hornets football seasons Sacramento State Hornets football The Sacramento State Hornets football program i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bozeman, Montana
Bozeman is a city and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Located in southwest Montana, the 2020 census put Bozeman's population at 53,293, making it the fourth-largest city in Montana. It is the principal city of the Bozeman, MT Micropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of all of Gallatin County with a population of 118,960. Due to the fast growth rate Bozeman is expected to be upgraded to Montana's fourth metropolitan area. It is the largest micropolitan statistical area in Montana, the fastest growing micropolitan statistical area in the United States in 2018, 2019 and 2020, as well as the third-largest of all Montana's statistical areas. The city is named after John M. Bozeman, who established the Bozeman Trail and was a founder of the town in August 1864. The town became incorporated in April 1883 with a city council form of government, and in January 1922 transitioned to its current city manager/city commission form of government. Bozeman wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University)
Bobcat Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. It is the home of the Montana State Bobcats college football team of the Big Sky Conference. At the south end of campus, the stadium has a seating capacity of 17,777 and a NW-SE configuration, with the press box along the southwest sideline. Originally natural grass, the playing field was switched to FieldTurf in 2008 and is at an elevation of above sea level. History Reno H. Sales Stadium The stadium opened in 1973 as Reno H. Sales Stadium, built for about $500,000. Sales was a lineman on the first Bobcat football team in 1897 and was the college's only graduate Later in life he was an engineer and philanthropist. Born in Iowa, Sales moved with his family as a youngster to Montana in 1881 and they homesteaded near Salesville (now Gallatin Gateway); he was the chief geologist for Anaconda Copper for During his long life, Sales w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The 1996 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth season under head coach Cliff Hysell, the Bobcats compiled a 6–5 record (3–4 against Big Sky opponents) and tied for fifth place in the Big Sky. Schedule Roster References {{Montana State Bobcats football navbox Montana State Montana State Bobcats football seasons Montana State Bobcats football The Montana State Bobcats football program competes in the Big Sky Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision for Montana State University. The program began in 1897 and has won three national championships (1956, 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 UC Davis Aggies Football Team
The 1996 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis as an independent during the 1996 NCAA Division II football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bob Biggs, UC Davis compiled an overall record of 8–5. 1996 was the 27th consecutive winning season for the Aggies. UC Davis was ranked No. 17 in the NCAA Division II poll at the end of the regular season and advanced to the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, where they upset top-ranked in Kingsville, Texas in the first round. In the quarterfinals, the Aggies upset ninth-ranked at home. In the semifinals, they were defeated by sixth-ranked in Jefferson City, Tennessee. The team outscored its opponents 369 to 240 for the season. The Aggies played home games at Toomey Field in Davis, California. Schedule Notes References {{UC Davis Aggies football navbox UC Davis UC Davis Aggies football seasons UC Davis Aggies football The UC Davis Aggies football team represents the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northridge, California
Northridge is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. The community is home to California State University, Northridge, and the Northridge Fashion Center. Originally named Zelzah by settlers in 1908, the community was renamed North Los Angeles in 1929 but the appellation sometimes caused confusion between North Hollywood and Los Angeles. In 1938, civic leader Carl S. Dentzel decided to rename the community to Northridge Village, which morphed into modern-day Northridge. The Northridge area can trace its history back to the Tongva people and later to Spanish explorers. It was sold by the Mexican governor Pio Pico to Eulogio de Celis, whose heirs divided it for resale. Population The 2000 U.S. census counted 57,561 residents in the Northridge neighborhood—or , among the lowest population densities for the city. In 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 61,993. In 2000 the median age for residents was 32, about average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
