1917 Washington State football team

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]

  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. ^ "Football season ends tomorrow". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 28, 1917. p. 14.
  4. ^ "Pullman trims Washington". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 30, 1917. p. 5.
  5. ^ "W.S.C. mows down University team". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 30, 1917. p. 20.