Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Archives 329
Washington State University Intercollegiate Athletics Football Films
1940-1989
5 Linear feet of shelf space
4 Boxes + 4 Individual canisters
The collection consists of films of State College of Washington (later Washington State
University) football games from 1940-1989.
Collection materials are inEnglish
Since four years after its 1890 founding, Washington State University participated in intercollegiate football. Filming of those competitions began in the 1920s and continues today.
The collection consists of small accessions of film from WSU football games; unlike
earlier collections, much of this film was unlabeled and thus identifications here
are frequently partially incomplete. A number indicate footage spliced together
perhaps from different games. Note that often the "splicing" consists of masking
tape. Consequently viewing of the film will require care.
In films not labeled, identification of teams and dates was made by looking at about
a dozen feet of the film on a light table, if possible recognizing team uniforms,
and sometimes then being able to assign a date for the opponent based on WSU
schedules for the 1970s. Assumed is that the reel contains footage from the same
game, but that was not confirmed.
Because undated films shared many similarities with dated film including the 16 mm
film format and WSU uniform style, they presumably also originated in the same
period as the identified ones, the 1970s. Estimates of film length were based on
film footage while conclusions regarding audio were based on whether the film was
perforated on one or both sides of the image. Double-perforated film does not allow
for audio although a separate magnetic track sound reel may be available.
Single-perforated films allow for an optical sound track.
The 1984 "highlight" items are 16 mm A and B rolls in their original metal case. A
and B rolls are used to create effects such as fades and dissolves by alternating
scenes back and forth from one roll to the next and back. For example, the A roll
may have the even-numbered shots with black leader film between them and the B roll
the odd-numbered ones. The metal case housing the A and B rolls includes the
4x6-inch cards with instructions for the processing laboratory (Alpha Cine Lab in
Seattle) about how to edit the two rolls together along with a paper data tape with
more information to sync the rolls in post-print production. The A and B rolls and
the sound track are run through the contact printer in three passes to create a
negative. The separate sound track is missing.
In contrast to the 16 mm film, the digital video copies are clearly identified games
played from 1940 to 2006. But unlike the WSU produced 16mm films, the copyright for
the DVDs may not be held by WSU.
Film that was transferred to the University Archives mounted on conventional reels
and in metal cases was left in that housing. Much of the 16 mm film arrived not on
reels but wound around plastic cores from which the film could easily fall off. Each
film on these cores was wrapped in archival grade polyethylene foam to reduce
shifting and transferred to an archival media box for both preservation purposes as
well as to prevent the core-mounted films from unspooling. In some instances, a
single archival box houses more than one film. Each box or case contains a paper
slip identifying teams in addition to the item label on the exterior and/or labeled
archival tape on the film or labeling on the film leader.
Arrangement into series was determined by medium (16 mm film versus DVD) for ease of
storage and preservation with the third series composed of six oversize items
containing 16 mm films. Within each series, the arrangement is primarily but not
exclusively chronological.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Due to copyright restrictions, only films which may be positively determined as originating within WSU may be reproduced for external use.
[Item Description]
Intercollegiate Athletics Football Films, 1940-1989 (Archives 329)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Digital video recordings transferred to the University Libraries in 2011 from Graham
Warger were combined with 16 mm films transferred in 2005 and 2006 by Scott Vik,
Director of Sports Video, and in 2012 by Bill Stevens, Sports Information Director,
both in the WSU Office of Intercollegiate Athletics. The Intercollegiate Athletics
recordings were retained as UA2006-12 and UA2012-12, respectively, and the Warger
recordings as UA 2011-11. In 2015, an additional 18 games on DVDs were added to the
collection; the provenance of these is unknown, save that they'd been in MASC since
before 2008.
This collection was processed in 2012 by Susan Vetter.
Washington State University Intercollegiate Athletics Football Films, 1929-1976 (Archives 29)
Washington State University Intercollegiate Athletics Football Films, 1971-1983 (Archives 188)
Washington State University Intercollegiate Athletics Football Motion Pictures, 1983-1986 (Archives 204)
Washington State University Intercollegiate Athletics Football Films and Video Tapes, 1950-1987 (Archives 212)
Washington State University Intercollegiate Athletics Football Films, 1986-1988 (Archives 227)
Washington State University Intercollegiate Athletics Football Films, 1968-1978 (Archives 338)
Washington State University Intercollegiate Athletics Football Videotapes, 1985-2007 (Archives 400)
Washington State University Intercollegiate Athletics Department Coaching Videos, 1993-2009 (Archives 344)
Additionally, a combined chronological listing of all the WSU football films collections has been created.
A selection of the WSU football films can be viewed online through MASC’s WSU Digital Football Films Collection.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Washington State Cougars (Football team) -- History.
Washington State University -- Football -- History.
State College of Washington -- Football -- History.
Washington State University. Intercollegiate Athletics.
State College of Washington. Intercollegiate Athletics.
Football -- Washington (State) -- Pullman.
Colleges and Universities
Washington (State)
Sports and Recreation
Series 1 - 16 mm film
1
1
WSU v. University of Washington @UW, n.d.,
~20 min, color, no sound
1
2
WSU v. [Stanford?] @WSU, n.d., ~20 min,
color, possible optical sound track
1
3
WSU v. unidentified opponent @WSU, n.d.,
~20 min, color, no sound
1
4
WSU v. [University of Southern
California?] @USC, n.d., ~20 min, color, no sound
1
5
WSU v. University of Kansas @KU, [likely
1970-1977], ~20 min, color, possible sound
1
6
WSU v. [California?] @WSU, [1972 and 1976
dates on film leader], ~20 min, color, no sound
1
7
WSU v. Oregon State University, 1977, ~20
min, color, no sound
1
8
73 Cougar Football Highlites "A" Roll,
1973, ~20 min, color, no sound, 9.5" metal case
2
9
Appears to be magnetic sound track in many
segments separated by white leader. Tracks generally not identified
("Neb." written on tape for one) , ~25 min, sound track?
2
10
WSU v. University of Washington @UW [Film
titles identify as WSU Athletics Department and narrated by Bob
Robertson but no sound track(?)], n.d., ~20 min, color, separate sound
reel?
2
11
WSU v. University of Southern California
@WSU, n.d., ~20 min, color, no sound
2
12
WSU v. unidentified opponent @ WSU , n.d.,
~18 min, color, no sound
2
13
WSU v. [UCLA?] @WSU, n.d., ~20 min, color,
possible sound
2
14
WSU v. UCLA @WSU, n.d., ~18 min, color, no
sound
2
15
WSU v. Michigan State University @MSU,
[1970 or 1977], ~16 min, color, possible sound
2
16
1973 Football Highlights Film Release
Print, 1973, ~20 min , color, sound - optical track visible
3
17
WSU v. [Cal?] @ WSU, n.d., ~18 min, color,
possible sound
3
18
WSU v. OSU @ OSU, n.d., ~16 min, color, no
sound
3
19
WSU v. Stanford @ WSU, [1972, 1974, 1976,
1978], ~15 min, color, no sound
3
20
WSU v. USC @ Seattle, 1976, ~16 min,
color, no sound
3
21
WSU v. Idaho [@WSU] - leader labeled
"Idaho Promo 60 sec.", n.d., 1 min, color, possible sound on optical
track
3
22
WSU v unidentified opponent away game for
WSU , n.d., ~1 min, color, possible sound on optical track
3
23
WSU v. [Stanford @ Stanford], n.d., ~11
min, color, possible sound
3
24
WSU v. Stanford @ Stanford, n.d., ~15 min,
color, possible sound
3
25
WSU v. [at least 3 different teams], n.d.,
~6 min, color, possible sound
3
26
WSU v. [Cal, U of Oregon] @ WSU , n.d., ~3
min, color, possible sound
3
27
WSU v. [UCLA @WSU], n.d., ~10 min, color,
no sound
3
28
WSU v. UCLA [@WSU], n.d., ~14 min, color,
no sound
4
29
WSU v. Michigan State University @MSU,
[1977], ~10 min, color, possible sound on optical track
4
30
WSU v. Nebraska @ Nebraska, [1977], ~10
min, color, no sound
4
31
WSU v. USC @ Seattle, 1976, ~3 min, color,
possible sound
4
32
USC '77 Slowmo outs, 1977, ~12 min, color,
possible sound on optical track
4
33
WSU v. unidentified opponent [@WSU], n.d.,
~8 min., color, no sound
4
34
WSU v. [Cal] @ WSU, undated, ~12 min,
color, possible sound
4
35
WSU v UW @UW, undated, ~15 min, color,
possible sound
4
36
WSU v. KU (Univ of Kansas)@ KU, [1970s],
~10 min., color, possible sound
4
37
WSC v. Alabama, 1931 Rose Bowl, 1931 Jan.
1, B/W, no sound
4
38
WSU v. Oregon State University @ OSU,
undated, 0:1:02, color, no sound
4
39
Oregon Promo label, undated, 0:1:02,
color, no sound
4
40
WSU v. Nebraska @ Nebraska, [1977], ~3
min, color, no sound
4
41
WSU v. Nebraska @ Nebraska, [1977], ~1
min, color, no sound
4
42
WSU v. KU (Univ of Kansas) at KU, 1977,
color, no sound
Series 2 - DVD recordings
4
43
3 films: Ansco film created by Jas. Sulzer
and Strickland Industrial Film Co.; "Rose Bowl Activities/Parade/Game
Film" from Bear Bryant Museum; Paramount Sound News, 1931 Jan. 1, 10:47,
10:35, 2:20
4
43e
4 e-files (3 .mov, 1 .mpg) from 1931 Rose
Bowl. Might duplicate items on DVD above.
4
44
WSC-Idaho, 1940.
4
45
WSC-Idaho, 1954.
4
46
WSU-Stanford, 1961.
4
47
WSU-Idaho, 1967.
4
48
WSU-Idaho, 1968.
4
49
WSU-San Jose State, 1968.
4
50
WSU-Illinois, 1970.
4
51
WSU-Idaho, 1976.
4
52
WSU-Idaho, 1977.
4
53
WSU-Ohio State, 1979.
4
54
WSU-Idaho, 1989.
4
55-56
WSU-Washington, 1989.
4
57-58
WSU-Washington, 1990.
4
59-60
WSU-Washington, 1991.
4
61-62
WSU-Utah (Copper Bowl), 1992.
4
63-64
WSU-Washington, 1992.
4
65-66
WSU-Washington, 1993.
4
67-68
WSU-Washington, 1995.
4
69-70
WSU-Washington, 1996.
4
71-72
WSU-Washington, 1997.
4
73-74
WSU-Michigan (Rose Bowl), 1998.
4
75-76
WSU-Washington, 2000.
4
77-78
WSU-Purdue (Sun Bowl), 2001.
4
79-80
WSU-Washington, 2001.
4
81-82
WSU-Washington, 2002.
4
83-84
WSU-Notre Dame, 2003.
4
85-86
WSU-Washington, 2003.
4
87-88
WSU-Washington, 2004.
4
89
WSU-Washington, 2006.
Series 3 - oversize 16 mm film
5
90
WSU v. [Stanford@Stanford], undated, ~30
min, color, no sound
5
91
WSU v. Stanford, undated, 1:03, color, no
sound
6
92
WSU v. UCLA [at WSU], undated, ~28 min,
color, no sound
7
93
74 Highlight No. 5, 1974, ~20 min, color,
no sound
8
94
WSU Cougars 1984 Highlights, A roll, 1985,
~30 min, color, no sound
8
95
WSU Cougars 1984 Highlights, B roll, 1985,
~30 min, color, no sound