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1917 Washington State football
PCC champion
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record6–0–1 (3–0 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainClarence Zimmerman
Home stadiumRogers Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – 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.

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 20Oregon
W 26–3[7]
October 27Whitman*
  • 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

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. ^ a b "Football season ends tomorrow". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 28, 1917. p. 14.
  4. ^ a b "Pullman trims Washington". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 30, 1917. p. 5.
  5. ^ a b "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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