1917 Washington State football team

American college football season

1917 Washington State football
Northwest Conference champion PCC champion
Conference	Northwest Conference, Pacific Coast Conference
Record	6–0–1 (5–0 Northwest, 3–0 PCC)
Head coach	William Henry Dietz (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Clarence Zimmerman
Home stadium	Rogers Field
Seasons← 1916 1918 →

1917 Northwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Washington State $	5	–	0	–	0	6	–	0	–	1
Oregon Agricultural	2	–	1	–	1	4	–	2	–	1
Washington	1	–	1	–	1	1	–	2	–	1
Oregon	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Idaho	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	3	–	0
Whitman	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1917 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Washington State $	3	–	0	–	0	6	–	0	–	1
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

The 1917 Washington State football team represented Washington State College—now known as Washington State University as a member of the Northwest Conference and the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1917 college football season. Led by William Henry Dietz in his third and final season as head coach, Washington State compiled an overall record of 6–0–1, with marks of 5–0 in Northwest Conference play, and 3–0 against PCC opponents, winning both conference titles. The team played home games on campus, at Rogers Field in Pullman, Washington.

Washington State defeated in-state rival Washington for the first time in a decade.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 13	vs. 362nd Infantry*	Tacoma Stadium Tacoma, WA	T 0–0	15,000
October 20	Oregon	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 26–3
October 27	Whitman*	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 19–0
November 3	at Idaho	MacLean Field Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 19–0
November 10	at Oregon Agricultural	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 6–0
November 17	vs. Montana*	Recreation Park Spokane, WA	W 28–0	2,000
November 29	at Washington	University Field Seattle, WA (rivalry)	W 14–0	7,000
*Non-conference game

References

"Washington State Is Coast Champion For '17 Football Season". The Oregon Sunday Journal. Portland, Oregon. December 2, 1917. p. 4, section 2. Retrieved December 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football season ends tomorrow". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 28, 1917. p. 14.
^ "Pullman trims Washington". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 30, 1917. p. 5.
^ "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.
"1917 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.

External links

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

v t e Washington State Cougars football
Venues	Rogers Field (1895–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983 as alternate; 1970–1971 as sole) Martin Stadium (1972–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho: Battle of the Palouse Washington: Apple Cup Northwest Championship
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band Coug it Ol' Crimson
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Pac-12 Conference football champions
Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) California & Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) California, Oregon, Stanford, & USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)
AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)
Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)
Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)
Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016) USC (2017) Washington (2018) Oregon (2019) Oregon (2020) Utah (2021) Utah (2022) Washington (2023)
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