The 1920 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1920 college football season. Head coach Gus Welch led the team to a 1–1 mark in the PCC and 5–1 overall.[1] This year marked the team's adoption of the "Cougars" nickname.
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Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Record | 5–1 (1–1 PCC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Fred Hamilton |
Home stadium | Rogers Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon Agricultural | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 9 | at Gonzaga* | Spokane, WA | W 35–0 | 3,000 | [2] |
October 15 | at Idaho* | W 14–7 | 5,000 | [3] | |
October 30 | Montana* | W 31–0 | 5,000 | ||
November 6 | at California | L 0–49 | 20,000 | ||
November 13 | Oregon Agricultural |
| W 28–0 | 3,000 | |
November 25 | at Nebraska* | W 21–20 | 10,000 | ||
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References
edit- ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ "Cougars, 35; Gonzaga, 0". The Pullman Herald. October 15, 1920. p. 14. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Idaho's team was surprise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 16, 1920. p. 9. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Google News Archives.