Stadium in Spokane from 1950–80, rather than in Pullman. The Cougars went in these fifteen Spokane Apple Cups (winning in 1958, 1968, and 1972), while winning the previous two games played in Pullman (1948, 1954). Since 1982, a Cougar victory, all WSU home games in the rivalry have been played at Martin Stadium, with the Cougars winning seven of the 19 Pullman games () through 2018; the most recent win was in 2012, in overtime. Sharing with a rival For two and a half seasons, 1999–2001, the Idaho Vandals of nearby Moscow borrowed Martin Stadium to use as its home field, as Idaho transitioned from Division I-AA back up to I-A. At the time, the Vandals' Kibbie Dome was too small to support the NCAA's attendance requirements for Division I-A. The attendance criteria were changed, and Idaho has used the Kibbie Dome as its football home ever since. The Vandals continued as an FBS member through the 2017 season, after which they returned to FCS play in the Big Sky Conference, which the rest of the Idaho athletic program had rejoined in 2014. Washington State and Idaho renewed their dormant football rivalry in 1998, and matched up annually in the Battle of the Palouse for a decade. The game was played at Martin Stadium in September, although the 2003 game was played far from the Palouse, west at year-old Seahawks Stadium, now known as Lumen Field, in Seattle. After a ten-year renewal, the Vandal head coach Robb Akey, a former WSU defensive coordinator, stated that he preferred the game not be played every year. The regular series ceased again after 2007; they met in 2013 and 2016, and a game scheduled for 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic. Fire at Rogers Field At 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, 1970 (the first day of spring break), residents heard what they described as a gunshot at the football stadium. By 2:00 a.m., the south grandstand and press box of the 1930s wooden venue had burned to the ground, witnessed by a thousand residents and firefighters. The exact cause, or offender, was never found, though there were several suspects. The Cougars played their entire home schedule for the 1970 and 1971 football seasons at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane. The fire also displaced the Idaho Vandals, whose wooden Neale Stadium was condemned before the 1969 season (and set afire by arson