1917 Washington State football team

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1917 Washington State football
PCC champion
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record6–0–1 (3–0 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Single-wing
CaptainClarence Zimmerman
Home stadium Rogers Field
Seasons
←  1916
1918  →
1917 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington State $ 3 –0 –06 –0 –0†
California 2 –1 –05 –5 –1
Oregon Agricultural 1 –2 –14 –2 –1
Oregon 1 –2 –04 –3 –0
Washington 0 –2 –11 –2 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • †1 tie game recognized by WSU, but not Pac-12

The 1917 Washington State football team represented Washington State College in the 1917 college football season, its first in the Pacific Coast Conference. [1] [2] Home games were played on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman, Washington.

Contents

Washington State defeated in-state rival Washington for the first time in a decade. [3] [4] [5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13vs. 362nd Infantry *
T 0–0^15,000 [6]
October 20 Oregon
W 26–3 [7]
October 27 Whitman *
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
W 19–0 [8]
November 3at Idaho *
W 19–0 [9] [10] [11] [12]
November 10at Oregon Agricultural
W 6–0 [13]
November 17vs. Montana *
W 28–02,000 [14]
November 29at Washington
W 14–07,000 [3] [4] [5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • ^ Tie game appears in the WSU Media Guide, but not Pac-12

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References

  1. ↑ "1917 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Cougar Football Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Football season ends tomorrow". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 28, 1917. p. 14.
  4. 1 2 "Pullman trims Washington". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 30, 1917. p. 5.
  5. 1 2 "W.S.C. mows down University team". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 30, 1917. p. 20.
  6. ↑ "Officers held to scoreless tie". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 14, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  7. ↑ "State College defeats Oregon by team work and powerful defense". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 21, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  8. ↑ "Whitman goes down to stubborn defeat to W.S.C.'s fast eleven". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 28, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  9. ↑ "Idaho expects upset of dope; Pullman looks for hard battle". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 2, 1917. p. 19.
  10. ↑ "Idaho meets W.S.C. team today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 3, 1917. p. 14.
  11. ↑ "Line up against Pullman team today". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). November 3, 1917. p. 11.
  12. ↑ "W.S.C. bowls over Idaho, 19 to 0, by fierce hammering of backs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 4, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  13. ↑ "Washington State College team beats Oregon Aggies by single touchdown". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 11, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  14. ↑ "Washington State College team defeats Montana Grizzlies, 28-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 18, 1917. p. 1, part 3.


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