Washington State's Don Steinbrunner is pursued by California's Les Richter during a 1951 game at Rogers Field.
When Washington State University faces the Air Force Academy at Friday's Cheez-It Bowl, it will mark the first meeting between the two teams.
Though the Cougars and Falcons have never met on the gridiron, the two institutions share a permanent bond.
The bond was created by individual whose life spanned experiences from a collegiate star at Washington State College, playing for the Cleveland Browns, an assistant football coach at the Air Force Academy, to a serviceman who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War.