Winter 2025 43 TOP: OSU SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES; BOTTOM: KARL MAASDAM, ’93 GAME ON Here are some of Gill Coliseum’s most memorable moments in athletics. 1949–50 Men’s Basketball 1954–55 Men’s Basketball 1960–61 Wrestling On Dec. 16, Oregon State defeats Utah 53-41 in the first-ever game at Gill Coliseum. The Beavs take the win in front of 5,694 fans in the still-unfinished building. San Francisco beats Oregon State 57-56 in the NCAA West Regional final as a lastsecond shot by the Beavs misses in front of 11,206 fans. The Dons go on to win the NCAA title. (See the game at bit.ly/beavs-1955.) Oregon State hosts the NCAA Wrestling Championships — the first school west of the Rockies to do so — and OSU 167- pounder Don Conway wins a national title. OSU places fourth. Previous page: A record crowd watched No. 26 Oregon State battle a closely contested wrestling match with 12th-ranked Oklahoma State on Jan. 8, 2023. From top: Gill Coliseum under construction in 1949; Gill Coliseum today.
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