1917 Washington State football team
| 1917 Washington State football | |
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PCC champion | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 6–0–1 (3–0 PCC) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Captain | Clarence Zimmerman |
| Home stadium | Rogers Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0† | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Washington State defeated in-state rival Washington for the first time in a decade.[3][4][5]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 13 | vs. 362nd Infantry* | T 0–0^ | 15,000 | [6] | |
| October 20 | Oregon | W 26–3 | [7] | ||
| October 27 | Whitman* |
| W 19–0 | [8] | |
| November 3 | at Idaho* | W 19–0 | [9][10][11][12] | ||
| November 10 | at Oregon Agricultural | W 6–0 | [13] | ||
| November 17 | vs. Montana* | W 28–0 | 2,000 | [14] | |
| November 29 | at Washington | W 14–0 | 7,000 | [3][4][5] | |
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References[edit]
- ^ "1917 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Cougar Football Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ a b "Football season ends tomorrow". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 28, 1917. p. 14.
- ^ a b "Pullman trims Washington". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 30, 1917. p. 5.
- ^ a b "W.S.C. mows down University team". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 30, 1917. p. 20.
- ^ "Officers held to scoreless tie". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 14, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
- ^ "State College defeats Oregon by team work and powerful defense". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 21, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
- ^ "Whitman goes down to stubborn defeat to W.S.C.'s fast eleven". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 28, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
- ^ "Idaho expects upset of dope; Pullman looks for hard battle". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 2, 1917. p. 19.
- ^ "Idaho meets W.S.C. team today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 3, 1917. p. 14.
- ^ "Line up against Pullman team today". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). November 3, 1917. p. 11.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Washington State College team beats Oregon Aggies by single touchdown". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 11, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
- ^ "Washington State College team defeats Montana Grizzlies, 28-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 18, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
External links[edit]
- Game program: 362nd Infantry vs. Washington State at Tacoma – October 13, 1917
- Game program: Whitman at Washington State – October 27, 1917
- Game program: Washington State at Idaho – November 3, 1917
- Game program: Washington State at Washington – November 29, 1917
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