1919 Washington State Cougars football team
| 1919 Washington State Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Northwest Conference, Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 5–2 (3–1 Northwest, 2–2 PCC) |
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| Captain | Dick Hanley |
| Home stadium | Rogers Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whitman | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon ^ + | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington + | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1919 Washington State Cougars 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 1919 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Gus Welch, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 5–2. Washington State had a record of 3–1 in Northwest Conference play and 2–2 against PCC opponents, placing in a three-way tie for third.
This year marked the team's adoption of the "Cougars" nickname.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 18 | Multnomah Athletic Club* |
| W 49–0 | 2,500 | [1] |
| October 25 | at California | W 14–0 | [2] | ||
| November 1 | Idaho | W 37–0 | 3,000 | [3] | |
| November 8 | at Oregon | W 7–0 | 12,000 | [4][5][6] | |
| November 15 | Washington |
| L 7–13 | 8,000 | [7] |
| November 22 | at Oregon Agricultural |
| L 0–6 | 7,500 | [8] |
| November 27 | at Montana | W 42–14 | [9] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Winged 'M' squad loses". The Sunday Oregonian. October 19, 1919. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bruins hold Cougars to 14 to 0 score". The San Francisco Examiner. October 26, 1919. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "W.S.C. runs rough shod over Idaho, scoring at will". Spokesman-Review. November 2, 1919. p. 1, sports. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
- ^ Varnell, George M. (November 10, 1919). "Ability to come through in pinch wins for W.S.C." Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 14. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "W.S.C. eleven whallops Oregon by score of 7 to 0". Eugene Daily Guard. November 8, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "State College downs Oregon; clinches title". The Spokesman-Review. November 9, 1919. p. 1, sec. 2. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Washington's Fighting Warriors defeat Pullman 13 to 7". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. November 16, 1919. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lodell kicks way to O.A.C. victory over W.S.C. team". The Oregon Daily Journal. November 23, 1919. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cougars maul Montana Bruin". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 28, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
- ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
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