1919 Washington State Cougars football team

1919 Washington State Cougars football
ConferenceNorthwest Conference, Pacific Coast Conference
Record5–2 (3–1 Northwest, 2–2 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainDick Hanley
Home stadiumRogers Field
1919 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
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
1919 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 18Multnomah Athletic Club*
W 49–02,500[1]
October 25at California
W 14–0[2]
November 1Idaho
W 37–03,000[3]
November 8at Oregon
W 7–012,000[4][5][6]
November 15Washington
L 7–138,000[7]
November 22at Oregon Agricultural
  • Multnomah Field
  • Portland, OR
L 0–67,500[8]
November 27at Montana
W 42–14[9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "Winged 'M' squad loses". The Sunday Oregonian. October 19, 1919. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Bruins hold Cougars to 14 to 0 score". The San Francisco Examiner. October 26, 1919. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "State College downs Oregon; clinches title". The Spokesman-Review. November 9, 1919. p. 1, sec. 2. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ^ "Washington's Fighting Warriors defeat Pullman 13 to 7". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. November 16, 1919. Retrieved May 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Cougars maul Montana Bruin". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 28, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
  10. ^ "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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