| 1938 Western Washington Vikings football | |
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WINCO champion | |
| Conference | Washington Intercollegiate Conference |
| Record | 7–0 (3–0 WINCO) |
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| Captain | Fritz Chorvat |
| Home stadium | Battersby Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Washington $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Washington | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific Lutheran | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1938 Western Washington Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Western Washington State College (later renamed Western Washington University) of Bellingham, Washington, as a member of the Washington Intercollegiate Conference (WINCO) during the 1938 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Charles Lappenbusch, the Vikings compiled a perfect 7–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 98 to 30. [1] [2]
The 1938 team was the first to win a conference championship in Western Washington football history. [3] It also remains the only team in Western Washington's 100-plus history to complete a full football season without a loss or tie. [4]
Western Washington challenged San Jose State to a postseason game in California, but the challenge was not accepted. [5]
Western Washington was one of several teams, including Tennessee, TCU, West Tennessee State, Western Reserve, and Maryville, to complete the 1938 season without a loss or tie. [6]
The team played its home games at Battersby Field in Bellingham.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 30 | Saint Martin's * |
| W 6–3 | 1,600 | [7] | ||
| October 8 | Oregon Normal * |
| W 13–0 | [8] | |||
| October 15 | Fort Lewis (WA) * |
| W 20–7 | [9] | |||
| October 22 | Washington freshmen * |
| W 6–0 | ||||
| October 29 | at Central Washington | Ellensburg, WA (rivalry) | W 13–6 | [10] | |||
| November 5 | vs. Pacific Lutheran |
| W 33–14 | [11] [12] | |||
| November 19 | Eastern Washington  |
| W 7–0 | 2,000 | [13] | ||
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The following Western Washington players are confirmed from the coverage cited above.
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