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Jim Gaul (78), stalwart P.S.C. lineman from Central Catholic and Bill White (30), allow Jerry Hum­ phreys, fleet back from Roseburg to skirt right end against Linfield. The Vikings, after a slow start, came on to cap­ ture two games and earn one tie in their final four contests of the 1960 football season to finish the year with a 2-4-2 record. Lack of experience hurt Coach Hugh Smith­ wick's Viks early in the season , but once the many rookies on the squad adjusted to the collegiate style of ball, the Staters started to click. Individual standouts were end, Mickey Gray; guard , Dave Roberts; quarterback, Bob Grant; halfbacks , Bill (Bye Bye) Whi te and Jerry H um­ phreys; and fullback, Frank McCormack. Roberts and McCormack were selected to both the OCC and District 2 N AlA all-star teams. White and Humphreys, a pai r of freshmen from Roseburg, displayed exceptional promise and figure to boost PSC grid efficiency for the next three years . Portland State opened the season by dropping a 40-7 decision to cross-town rival Lewis and Clark on the Pioneer gridiron. The Viks followed this defeat, however, by earning a 13-13 tie with highly regarded University of Puget Sound in what has to rank as their second-best effort of the season. League play opened the following week-end and the Staters were turned back 19-14 by eventual Oregon Collegiate Conference champion, Oregon Tech at Klamath Falls. Another loss, this one by a 39-20 margin, at the hands of Southern Oregon, and the Viks stood at 1-3 halfway through the sea­ son.