1909 Washington State football team

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1909 Washington State football
Northwest Conference co-champion
Conference Northwest Conference
Record4–1 (2–0 Northwest)
Head coach
CaptainCecil Cave
Home stadium Rogers Field
Seasons
←  1908
1910  →
1909 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington + 4 –0 –07 –0 –0
Washington State + 2 –0 –04 –1 –0
Oregon 2 –1 –03 –2 –0
Oregon Agricultural 1 –2 –04 –2 –1
Whitman 1 –3 –04 –3 –1
Idaho 0 –4 –03 –4 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1909 Washington State football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1909 college football season. Led by Willis Kienholz in his first and only season as head coach, the team compiled an overall record of 4– 1with a mark of 2–0 in conference play, sharing the Northwest Conference title with Washington. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 20 Puget Sound *
W 74–0 [2]
November 5at Idaho
W 18–0 [3] [4]
November 16 Whitworth *
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
W 38–0 [5]
November 25at Whitman
W 23–6 [6]
December 42:00 p.m. Denver *
L 6–112,000 [7] [8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Source: [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Ranking of College Teams in Northwest". The Oregon Sunday Journal . Portland, Oregon. November 28, 1909. p. 4, section 6. Retrieved January 2, 2025– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. ↑ "U.P.S. swamped". The Tacoma Daily News. October 21, 1909. Retrieved October 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "The W.S.C. won". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 6, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved April 11, 2021– via Google News Archives.
  4. ↑ "Idaho lost to W.S.C." Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 6, 1909. p. 13. Retrieved April 11, 2021– via Google News Archives.
  5. ↑ "W.S.C. wins fast game". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 17, 1909. Retrieved October 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Whitman loses to State College through sheer lack of weight to back her skill". The Evening Statesman. November 26, 1909. Retrieved October 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Football In The Snow? Certainly". The Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. December 4, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved January 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  8. ↑ "Denver Wins Beautiful Game of Football on Snow-Covered Field from W. S. C." The Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. December 5, 1909. p. B1. Retrieved January 22, 2024– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  9. ↑ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.


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