JOE ALBI STADIUM

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Washington State Cougars (1950–1983) Eastern Washington Eagles (1965-1966, 1983-1989) Spokane Shadow (PDL) (1996–2005) Spokane Spiders (PDL) (2010) Spokane Black Widows (WPSL) (2010) Spokane Shock (AFL) (2011) Spokane Shine (WPSL) (2011-present)

Joe Albi Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium located in Spokane, Washington. Opened in 1950 and primarily used for high school football, it is located in the northwest part of the city, just east of the Spokane River.

Prior to the mid-1980s, the WSU Cougars played several home games each season at Joe Albi Stadium, usually before classes began in Pullman in late September. During the stadium's first thirty years (1950–80), WSU hosted the Apple Cup at Joe Albi in the even-numbered years (except 1954), rather than on-campus in Pullman. The Cougars won only three of the fifteen (.200) Apple Cups played at the Spokane venue (1958, 1968, 1972). The rivalry game returned to Pullman in 1982, where the Cougars have won seven of eighteen (1982, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2008, 2012) at Martin Stadium through 2016, a winning percentage of .389.

In 1970 and 1971, the Cougars played their entire home schedule at Joe Albi, after the south grandstand at the wooden Rogers Field stadium on the Pullman campus was damaged by fire in April 1970. The Idaho Vandals played their home games at Rogers Field in 1969 & 1970 (after the fire), as its wooden Neale Stadium in Moscow had been condemned during the summer of 1969. On September 19, 1970, WSU and Idaho met up in their annual "Battle of the Palouse," which became known as the "Displaced Bowl" (since neither team was able to play on their home field); the Cougars dominated the second half (38–0) to win 44–16 at Joe Albi in their only victory of the season.

Unused 4" x 6" deckled continental size chrome postcard.

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