Viking_Yearbook_54

Dj\L£ S'f£W j\R'f - ;... ..... SCORES Sept. 26--Here, P.S.C. ______________________________________ 26 Grays Harbor _______________________________________________________ 14 Oct. 3-There, P.S.c. _____ _____________________________ 25 Olympic J. C. _______________________________________________________ 21 Oct. 17-There, P.S.c. ___ __.__________________________ 32 E. O. C. E. ___________________________________ _____________________ 20 Oct. 24---Here, P.S.c. ________________________________________ 14- O. T. I. __________________________________________________________________ 12 Oct. 31-Here, P.S.C. __________________________ _____________ 0 S. O. C. E. ______________________________________________________________ 12 Nov. 7-There, P.S.c. ______________________________________ 0 O. C. E. ___________________________________________________________________ 27 Nov. 14---Here, P.S.c. ________________________________________ 19 Lower Columbia _________________________________________________ 6 The Portland State football team started the season off by avenging several of its defeats of last year. The outstanding feature of the team was its running and passing attack. Grays Harbor was the first victim. From the starting moments of the game it was Portland State all the way. The Olympic J. C. Squad offered much stiffer com­ petition during the Bremerton Game. Under a poorly lighted field the game see-sawed back and forth, Portland State finally scoring one more touchdown than the Bremerton 11. October 17 the fighting Vikings traveled to La Grande to play the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers in their Homecoming game. The Mountaineers fought hard that clear, sunlit afternoon but they couldn't overcome the mighty low-landers. This left the Portland State team the only undefeated college in Oregon and tied for top spot in the league. The squad was now hampered by some fairly serious injuries suffered in the La Grande game that were to slow it down considerably. During the first half of the Portland State Homecoming game the loss showed its effects and the Owls led 12 to O. In the second half the Viking squad rallied to remain on top of the league and con­ tinued as Oregon's one undefeated team. Injuries again hampered the team when a fired-up Southern Oregon team came to town and our perfect record was spoiled. It was a rugged game, with Portland State gaining the yardage and completing the passes, but losing the ball in sight of the goal line. S.O.c.E. limped home with the victory. Our bandage-wrapped squad traveled next to Monmouth for O.C.E.'s homecoming. This game was tough and muddy with the Vikings coming out second best. The los~ hurt because a win would have meant the O.C.c. Championship. Lower Columbia fell to the Vikings for the last game of the season. 113