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Pocatello, Idaho
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It is the principal city of the Pocatello metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Bannock county. As of the 2010 census the population of Pocatello was 54,255, Pocatello is the fifth largest city in the state, just behind Idaho Falls. In 2007, Pocatello was ranked twentieth on Forbes list of Best Small Places for Business, Pocatello is the home of Idaho State University and the manufacturing facility of ON Semiconductor. The city is at an elevation of 4,462 feet above sea level and is served by the Pocatello Regional Airport. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 32.38 square miles. Pocatello experiences a climate, with winters that are moderately long and cold. As of the census of 2010, there were 54,255 people,20,832 households, the population density was 1,683.9 inhabitants per square mile. There were 22,404 housing units at a density of 695.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 90. 5% White,1. 0% African American,1. 7% Native American,1. 6% Asian,0. 2% Pacific Islander,2. 3% from other races, and 2. 8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7. 2% of the population,27. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the family size was 3.10. The median age in the city was 30.2 years. 25. 8% of residents were under the age of 18,14. 5% were between the ages of 18 and 24,27. 4% were from 25 to 44,21. 8% were from 45 to 64, and 10. 7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49. 9% male and 50. 1% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 51,466 people,19,334 households, and 12,973 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,822.5 people per square mile, there were 20,627 housing units at an average density of 730.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 92. 32% White,0. 72% African American,1. 35% Native American,1. 15% Asian,0. 20% Pacific Islander,2. 18% from other races, and 2. 09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4. 94% of the population, the top 5 ethnic groups in Pocatello are, English – 21%, German – 16%, Irish – 9%, Danish – 4% and Swedish – 4%. 25. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.10
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Idaho State Bengals football
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The Idaho State Bengals football program represents Idaho State University in college football and plays its home games at Holt Arena, an indoor facility on campus in Pocatello, Idaho. Idaho State is a member of the Big Sky Conference in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. Through the 2011 season, the Bengals have a record of 451–472–20. After a winless 0–11 season in 1979, Bud Hake was fired three years and a 5–28 record. Dave Kragthorpe was hired as coach for the 1980 season. The following season, ISU won the Division I-AA Championship, following two playoff victories at home, the Bengals defeated Eastern Kentucky 34–23 in the Pioneer Bowl at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Texas. The quarterback during the 12–1 championship season was senior Mike Machurek, Machurek spent over three seasons with the Detroit Lions, and had treatment for skin cancer during the second. Idaho State returned to the I-AA playoffs in 1983, but lost 27–20 at home in the first round to conference champion Nevada-Reno, the Bengals have not made another playoff appearance, although they were tri-Big Sky champions in 2002, all at 5–2 in conference play. ISU was passed over for the playoffs, however, for Montana and Montana State, following the 2010 season, head coach John Zamberlin was fired after four seasons and Mike Kramer was hired as ISUs 25th head football coach. During his first season in 2011 the Bengals won only two games, Kramer was formerly the head coach at Eastern Washington and Montana State. Among his assistants are former University of Alabama football players Todd Bates and Rudy Griffin, on March 30,2017, Kramer resigned as head coach of the Bengals. The Idaho State Athletic Department promoted offensive coordinator Rob Phenicie to head coach, Idaho State formerly had spirited intrastate rivalries with both the University of Idaho and Boise State University, when all three schools were members of the Big Sky Conference. The Bengals also claim a rivalry with the Montana Grizzlies of Missoula and they were National Champions in 1981. The Bengals have had five two-time All-Americans, wide receiver Ed Bell, defensive end Josh Hays, placekicker Pete Garces, defensive end Jared Allen, Allen also won the prestigious Buck Buchanan Award in 2003 as the top defensive player in the nation in Division 1-AA. Wide receiver Rodrick Rumble was an All-American in 2011, a season in which he broke the Big Sky conference record for receptions with 112, return specialist Tavoy Moore was given first-team All-American honors by the American Football Coaches Association for the 2010 season. Punter Jon Vanderwielen earned several All-American honors in 2009, the Bengals play home games in Holt Arena, an indoor multi-purpose athletic stadium located on the north end of the ISU campus. Completed in September 1970, Holt Arena is the oldest enclosed stadium on a campus in the United States. Only the Houston Astrodome, completed in 1965, predates it, the indoor arena was conceived by ISU athletic director Milton W. Dubby Holt in 1966
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San Francisco State Gators football
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The San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University from the 1931 through 1995 seasons. San Francisco State played its games at multiple stadiums throughout their history with the most recent being Cox Field in San Francisco. San Francisco State was known as the Cradle of Coaches, having produced coaching greats such as Mike Holmgren, Andy Reid, Bob Toledo, San Francisco State Teachers College was first coached by Dave Cox, who had previously coached at Polytechnic High, starting in the 1931 season. Dave Cox coached the team- then known as the Staters- for several seasons before announcing his resignation due to ill health on August 31,1935. He would be replaced by his two assistants, Dan Farmer who had played and coached at Chico State, and Hal Hardin from Oregon State, Farmer would coach the backs while Hardin worked with the linemen. During the 1935 season, veteran halfback Ralph Nathan was injured for two weeks but would return to the backfield to join quarterback Keith Cox against San Francisco Junior College. Dan Farmer would later be honored by Golden Gater rival Chico State, his alma mater, after spending six seasons coaching the football team, Farmer would be replaced by former St. Marys all-American halfback Dick Boyle in October 1938. The outbreak of World War II caused a flurry of change for the Staters football program, as Dick Boyle would become a lieutenant in the navy and be replaced by Ray Kaufman in June 1942. Kaufmans tenure was to be a one, however, as it was announced that Dan Farmer would return to replace Kaufman. San Francisco State met the Southern University Jaguars in the Fruit Bowl in San Francisco, finding themselves completely outclassed on a muddy field, the Fruit Bowl game is noteworthy for being the first interracial bowl game played in the United States. San Francisco State was coming off a loss to Southern. Verducci must have made a difference, as St. Marys would not return to another bowl while SF State would become a Far West powerhouse in the next decade, Verduccis time with the Gaels was indeed short, having replaced Irish Jimmy Phelan, in April 1948. Verducci had been a quarterback with the University of California, and had coached Polytechnic High to a record of 35–6–6 from 1938–1943, the 1950 season, Verduccis first, would be successful for the Gators. Going through the undefeated and untied, they met the Pioneers of Lewis. Lewis and Clark included a 200-pound candidate for little all-American, while the Gators were handicapped by injuries to halfback Rudy Smith, quarterback Tom Riper, students at Humboldt State college burned three dummies representing sports writers in effigy. Verducci announced his retirement from coaching on May 27,1960, College President Glenn S. Dumke named Vic Rowen, line coach for the previous six seasons, as his successor. The 1985 season showed promise behind quarterback Rich Strasser, who was described by the coach of the opposing Santa Clara Broncos as the Division II Doug Flutie. Following Hamilton, Creehan, and Rowan as the coach in as many years would be Dick Mannini
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UTEP Miners football
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The UTEP Miners football program represents University of Texas at El Paso in the sport of American football. The Miners compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and they are coached by Sean Kugler, who started in 2013. UTEP has produced a Border Conference championship team in 1956 and a Western Athletic Conference championship team in 2000, the Miners play their home games at the Sun Bowl which has a seating capacity of 51,500. The State College of Mines and Metallurgy fielded its first football team in 1914, under the direction of head coach Tommy Dwyer, who led the team until 1917. Head coach Harry Van Surdam took over the reins of the Miners in 1920, former Texas head coach E. J. Stewart led the Miners football program from 1927 to 1928, compiling a 5–6–3 record during those two seasons. Mack Saxon served as the football coach of the Miners from 1929 to 1941. His 1936 team lost in the Sun Bowl, the bowl game to which his teams were invited. Jack Curtice had a run as the Miners head coach from 1946-1949, compiling a record of 24–13–3. He left the Miners to accept the position of coach for Utah. In June 1950, Mike Brumbelow was hired as the football coach. He had been operating sporting goods stores at Midland and Odessa, Brumbelow served as head football coach at UTEP from 1950 to 1956. He had a tenure as coach, guiding his teams to a 46–24–3 record. The team won eight or more three times, in 1953,1954 and 1956. He led UTEP to appearances in the 1954 Sun Bowl,1955 Sun Bowl, Brumbelow retired as UTEPs football coach in July 1957 and as athletic director in 1959. He was inducted into El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame in 1964, ben Collins was promoted from assistant coach to head coach following Brumbelows retirement. Under his tutelage, the Miners compiled a record of 18–29–1 and he also succeeded Brumbelow as athletics director. Collins resigned after losing seasons at the helm of Miners football. Bum Phillips came to Texas Western from Amarillo High School and led the Miners for one season and he left the Miners to return to the high school ranks with Port Neches-Groves High School in 1963
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Missouri Tigers football
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The Missouri Tigers football program represents the University of Missouri in college football and competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Since 2012, Missouri has been a member of the Southeastern Conference and is aligned in its Eastern Division. Home games are played at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri, Missouris football program dates back to 1890, and has appeared in 31 bowl games. Missouri has won 15 conference titles,5 division titles, and has 2 national championship selections recognized by the NCAA, entering the 2016 season, Missouris all-time record is 668–541–53.550. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who is the winning-est coach of all-time at Missouri, pinkels record with Mizzou after his final game on Nov.27,2015, is 118–73. † Denotes co-champions * The 1960 Big Eight title was awarded after a loss to Kansas was reversed due to Kansas use of a player who was later ruled to be ineligible. The Tigers were previously members of the Big 12 North division between its inception in 1996 and the dissolution of divisions within the Big 12 in 2011. The Tigers joined the SEC as members of the SEC East starting in 2012, the Tigers have been declared champions twice by non-consensus polls. Neither of these championships are officially claimed by Missouri. * The 1960 record was recorded as 10-1, but was later changed to 11-0 due to Kansas subsequent forfeit. Missouri has appeared in 31 bowl games, including 10 major bowl appearances,4 Orange Bowls,3 Cotton Bowls,2 Sugar Bowls, Missouris entire bowl history is shown in the table below. 11960 team lost to Kansas but was later awarded win by default due to an ineligible Kansas player, coaching Staff Scout. com and Rivals. J. A. /Oakland Raiders, St. J. Moe – former wide receiver for the St. At that time, plundering guerrilla bands habitually raided small towns, such organizations as temporary home guards and vigilance companies banded together to fight off any possible forays. The towns preparedness discouraged any guerrilla activity and the organization began to disband in 1864. However, it was rumored that a band, led by the notorious Bill Anderson. Quickly organized was a guard of Columbia citizens, who built a blockhouse. This company was called The Missouri Tigers, the reputation of the intrepid Tigers presumably traveled abroad, and Andersons gang detoured around Columbia. Truman the Tiger was introduced as the schools mascot against the Utah State Aggies in 1986, Missouri plays the other six SEC East opponents once per season
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Boston College Eagles football
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The Boston College Eagles football team represents Boston College in the sport of American football. The Eagles compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, begun in 1892, Boston Colleges football team was one of six Major College football programs in New England as designated by NCAA classifications, starting in 1938. By 1981, and for the remainder of the twentieth century and it has amassed a 624–444–37 record and is 99–54 since the turn of the 21st century. Steve Addazio is currently the head coach. Boston College is one of only two Catholic universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being Notre Dame, the Eagles home games are played at Alumni Stadium on the Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. In addition to success on the gridiron, Boston College football teams are ranked among the nations best for academic achievement. In 2005,2006 and 2007, the football teams Academic Progress Rate was the highest of any school that finished the season ranked in the AP or ESPN/USA Today Coaches polls, drum would become the first head coach, albeit an unpaid position and OConnell was captain. On October 26,1893, BC played its first official game against the St. Johns Literary Institute of Cambridge followed by its first intercollegiate game against MIT, BC won the first game 4–0, but lost 6–0 to MIT. In 1920, the Boston College football team adopted the nickname Eagles, the season was capped by a stirring 14-0 victory over Holy Cross before 40,000 fans at Braves Field. The win gave the team a perfect 8-0 season and the school’s first Eastern Championship, the 1940 season can arguably be called the greatest year in the history of Boston College football. BCs undefeated and untied team, captured the 1941 Sugar Bowl championship and it included a 19–18 victory over Georgetown before 41,700 fans at sold-out Fenway Park, that was called one of the greatest games ever by famed sportswriter Grantland Rice. Going into the game, the Hoyas had twenty-two consecutive victories spanning three seasons, BC trailed until the third quarter, when a 43-yard touchdown pass from Charlie ORourke to Monk Maznicki put the Eagles ahead. With just seconds remaining, BC had the ball on their own nine, Georgetown set up to return the Eagles punt. Instead of punting, ORourke scrambled in his own end zone for 45 seconds then took a safety, BC used the free kick to boot the ball far downfield and dashed the Hoyas three-season unbeaten record. The NCAA lists only Minnesota as the champion in 1940. Mike Holovak was named coach of BC in 1951. During his tenure as coach, the Eagles compiled a 49–29–3 record. Holovak won Coach of the Year honors in 1954 from New England football writers, ernie Hefferle, an assistant coach for the NFLs Washington Redskins, was hired as head coach of the Eagles following Holovaks firing
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Oregon Ducks football
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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, known as the Ducks, the team was commonly called the Webfoots until the mid-1960s. The first football team was fielded in 1894, Oregon plays its home games at the 54,000 seat Autzen Stadium in Eugene, its main rivals are the Oregon State Beavers and the Washington Huskies. The Ducks and Beavers historically end each regular season with the Civil War rivalry game in late November, the football program began in 1894 and played its first game on March 24,1894, defeating Albany College 44–3 under head coach Cal Young. Cal Young left after that first game and J. A, church took over the coaching position in the fall for the rest of the season. Oregon finished the season with two losses and a tie, but went undefeated the following season, winning all four of its games under head coach Percy Benson. In 1899, the team left the state for the first time, playing the California Golden Bears in Berkeley. Oregons largest margin of victory came in 1910 when they defeated the University of Puget Sound 115–0, Bezdek, Oregons first truly professional coach, led the team from 1913 through 1917. A versatile motivator of athletes, during his tenure Bezdek was also the West Coast scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates, in the 1916 season, Oregon went undefeated with seven wins and one tie under Bezdek, shutting out all their opponents except California. They opened the season against Willamette University, defeating them 97–0, the game against Washington ended in a 0–0 tie. The Oregon football team defeated the heavily favored University of Pennsylvania Quakers 14–0, in 1918 Bezdek quit Oregon to become general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was succeeded by Shy Huntington, one of the heroes of the 1917 Rose Bowl, Oregon lost the 1920 Rose Bowl to Harvard University, 7–6. This would be the teams last bowl appearance until the 1948 Cotton Bowl, prince G. Prink Callison, Oregon native, alumnus, former player and coach of the freshman team, took over from Spears in 1932. Behind standout back Mike Mikulak and a defense, Callison led the 1933 Webfoots to a 9–1 mark and Pacific Coast Conference co-championship. This record would stand as the best in history until 2001. After the homegrown Callison retired in 1937, Oregon again hired a head coach. Oliver returned as coach after the war, eventually posting a mediocre 23–28–3 cumulative record. His 71–7 loss at Texas in 1941 on the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor stands as the most points allowed by any Oregon team, Oliver, in 1945, is the only coach to see his team lose twice to Oregon State in the same season
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Boise State Broncos football
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The Broncos play their home games on campus at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, and their head coach is Bryan Harsin. The program is 11–6 in bowl games since 1999, including a 3–0 record in the Fiesta Bowl, originally a junior college, Boise State first fielded a football team in 1933 under head coach Dusty Kline. That team compiled a record of 1–2–1, Kline was succeeded by Max Eiden. Under Eiden, the Broncos posted a record of 17–23–1 from 1934 to 1939, the Broncos posted records of 4–2, 3–4, and 2–4–2 in 1940,1941 and 1946 under head coach Harry Jacoby. After a year as an assistant, Lyle Smith was promoted to football coach of Boise Junior College in 1947. Riding a 31-game winning streak in 1950, the moved into a new 10. With the outbreak of the Korean War, Smith missed all and he returned in 1952 and was a leading candidate for the vacant job at his alma mater Idaho in 1954, but withdrew his name from consideration, content at Boise. Boise won thirteen titles in football under Smith and the NJCAA National Football Championship in 1958. Boise States football program moved up to four-year status in 1968 under new head coach Tony Knap, the Broncos were accepted into the NCAA in October 1969, and a month later into the Big Sky Conference, effective the following July. The Broncos began NCAA competition in 1970 in Division II in a brand new Bronco Stadium, Knap and the Broncos won three consecutive Big Sky titles from 1973 to 1975 and compiled a record of 71–19–1. Knap was succeeded by Jim Criner in 1976, an assistant the previous season under Dick Vermeil at UCLA. BSU won the Big Sky again in 1977, and in 1978, the Broncos, off probation in 1980, BSU won its first national title, taking the I-AA national championship over defending champion Eastern Kentucky in Sacramento. A runner-up to Idaho State in the Big Sky in 1981, BSU hosted Eastern Kentucky in the I-AA semifinals, Criner departed after the 1982 season to accept the head football coach position at Iowa State. Lyle Setencich was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach of Boise State following Criners departure, under Setencich, Boise State posted a 24–20 record in four seasons. He lost all four games against Idaho and resigned following the season. Skip Hall, previously an assistant coach under Don James at Washington, was hired after Setencichs resignation, in Halls second season, the Broncos returned to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, their first appearance since 1981. Hall lost all six against Idaho and resigned as the Broncos head coach after six seasons, the Broncos turned to Portland State head coach Pokey Allen to lead the Boise State football team after Hall resigned. Under Allen, the Broncos returned to the game in 1994
