Bob Cole (right) as a Portland State assistant coach, with current Washington head coach Chris Petersen (left)
Photo by: Courtesy Portland State Athletics
BOBCAT HISTORY LESSON: Bobcat Assistant Coach Bob Cole Sees MSU-PSU Rivalry from Other Sidel on Saturday
9/21/2018 10:00:00 AM | Football
Montana State's last trip to Portland didn't end well for the Bobcats
HISTORY LESSON – Portland State
All-Time Series: 20-10
In Bozeman: 14-1
At Opponent: 6-8
Neutral Site: 0-1 in Billings
Streaks and Stuff
Portland State thundered the Bobcats 59-42 in the last meeting between the teams in Portland. That day in 2015 snapped an eight-game MSU win streak in the series. MSU got back in the win column last season in Bozeman, and holds a seven-game winning streak in Bobcat Stadium. The 2015 win also snapped a three-game Bobcats win streak in Portland, which matched a three-game Bobcat streak in 1966-1968-1974.
Here's a Good Story
The origins of the worst beating ever administered Cliff Hysell's Bobcats by a Big Sky opponent actually began a week ahead of time in the football offices at Portland State University. Vikings head coach Tim Walsh "was all over me," recalls then-PSU offensive coordinator Bob Cole, who is currently Montana State's pass game coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The Vikings had lost 16-7 at Weber State, and it seems Walsh was not pleased with the productivity of his offense. He let Cole know about it. "I was mad as hell at my head coach," who Cole says is still "one of my best friends to this day," and during a heated exchange the week after that loss, he vowed that "if we don't score 50 points (on Montana State) I'll quit." The Vikings didn't quite get to 50, but it wasn't for lack of trying. Cole's offense scored on a one-yard Charles Dunn run with 9:12 to play, then for good measure scored on a 19-yard pass with 1:45 to play to push the score to 44-0.
Memory
"We never played on a high school field when I was back there," Bob Cole recalls of his time on the Park Blocks, when he helped head coach Tim Walsh transition the Vikings from Division II power to Division I-AA and eventually Big Sky Conference title contender. "We (played) in old Civic Stadium, I guess it's a soccer stadium now." Cole has nothing but good memories of his time at PSU – "I've got a lot of friends back there, but I'm obviously not going back to see them because we have work to do," Cole said of his return this weekend. The Vikings teams Cole coached won two of three games against the Cats (losing 24-6 in Bozeman in 1996, winning 44-0 in Portland in 1997 and 34-31 in Bozeman the next season). Cole moved to Montana in 1999, then with Mick Dennehy to Utah State. It was there that he worked for a time with current Bobcat coach Jeff Choate before continuing a winding path that eventually landed him at Montana State.
All-Time Series: 20-10
In Bozeman: 14-1
At Opponent: 6-8
Neutral Site: 0-1 in Billings
Streaks and Stuff
Portland State thundered the Bobcats 59-42 in the last meeting between the teams in Portland. That day in 2015 snapped an eight-game MSU win streak in the series. MSU got back in the win column last season in Bozeman, and holds a seven-game winning streak in Bobcat Stadium. The 2015 win also snapped a three-game Bobcats win streak in Portland, which matched a three-game Bobcat streak in 1966-1968-1974.
Here's a Good Story
The origins of the worst beating ever administered Cliff Hysell's Bobcats by a Big Sky opponent actually began a week ahead of time in the football offices at Portland State University. Vikings head coach Tim Walsh "was all over me," recalls then-PSU offensive coordinator Bob Cole, who is currently Montana State's pass game coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The Vikings had lost 16-7 at Weber State, and it seems Walsh was not pleased with the productivity of his offense. He let Cole know about it. "I was mad as hell at my head coach," who Cole says is still "one of my best friends to this day," and during a heated exchange the week after that loss, he vowed that "if we don't score 50 points (on Montana State) I'll quit." The Vikings didn't quite get to 50, but it wasn't for lack of trying. Cole's offense scored on a one-yard Charles Dunn run with 9:12 to play, then for good measure scored on a 19-yard pass with 1:45 to play to push the score to 44-0.
Memory
"We never played on a high school field when I was back there," Bob Cole recalls of his time on the Park Blocks, when he helped head coach Tim Walsh transition the Vikings from Division II power to Division I-AA and eventually Big Sky Conference title contender. "We (played) in old Civic Stadium, I guess it's a soccer stadium now." Cole has nothing but good memories of his time at PSU – "I've got a lot of friends back there, but I'm obviously not going back to see them because we have work to do," Cole said of his return this weekend. The Vikings teams Cole coached won two of three games against the Cats (losing 24-6 in Bozeman in 1996, winning 44-0 in Portland in 1997 and 34-31 in Bozeman the next season). Cole moved to Montana in 1999, then with Mick Dennehy to Utah State. It was there that he worked for a time with current Bobcat coach Jeff Choate before continuing a winding path that eventually landed him at Montana State.
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