Old Trapper

Old Trapper Official 2021 and 2022 Sponsor of Pac-12 Conference

July 27, 2021

Official Jerky of Pac-12 Conference and Sponsor of Football Championship Game and Men’s Basketball Tournament

Forest Grove, Ore. – July 2021 – Old Trapper today announced that the beef jerky brand is an official sponsor of both the 2021 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, presented by 76®, and the 2022 Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament, presented by New York Life.

As the official jerky of the Pac-12 Conference and a sponsor of next season’s Pac-12 Football Championship Game and Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament, Old Trapper will receive a slate of media inventory across Pac-12 Networks’ linear, digital and social channels, along with in-stadium branding and hospitality at the two flagship championship events. 

“Old Trapper is Proud to be an official Partner of the Pac-12 helping support college athletics throughout the conference,” said Robert Leary, Director of Marketing of Old Trapper. “As locals to the Pacific Northwest and many of us as alumni of Pac-12 schools, the college sports seasons are something we look forward to as fans. Life is great when you are able to snack on the best beef jerky while watching the finest college athletes in your home region.”

“We are pleased to welcome Oregon-based Old Trapper as the official jerky of the Pac-12 and to have them involved with our championship events,” said Steve Tseng, Pac-12 Networks Executive Vice President of Sales. “Old Trapper is a 50-year-old family business headquartered just outside Portland, Ore. and we are thrilled to partner with a brand that makes a wide variety of the tastiest jerky available today.”

The 2021 Pac-12 Football Championship Game, presented by 76®, will be played Friday, Dec. 3, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and broadcast on ABC. The Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament will be played March 9-12, 2022, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the sixth year.

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About Old Trapper Smoked Products

Old Trapper Smoked Products has produced its signature line of authentic handmade beef jerky from its headquarters in Forest Grove, Oregon since 1969. That 50 years of experience, complemented by continued investments in state-of-the-art processes, result in top-quality products that are distributed nationwide. A family-run business, Old Trapper offers a full line of high-quality, naturally smoked meat snacks using only the best lean strips of beef, the freshest seasoning ingredients and real wood-fired smoke. For more information, please visit www.OldTrapper.com.  

About the Pac-12 Conference

The Pac-12 Conference has a tradition as the “Conference of Champions,” leading the nation in NCAA Championships in 54 of the last 60 years, with 536 NCAA team titles overall. The Conference comprises 12 leading U.S. universities - the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Colorado, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, Stanford University, the University of Southern California, the University of Utah, the University of Washington and Washington State University. For more information on the Conference’s programs and member institutions, please visit Pac-12.com/conference.