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1915 Washington State football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1915
team	Washington State
sport	football
image	File:1915 Washington State football team.png
image_size	300px
conference	Northwest Conference
short_conf	Northwest
record	7–0
conf_record	4–0
head_coach	William Henry Dietz
hc_year	1st
off_scheme	Single-wing
captain	Asa Clark
stadium	Rogers Field
champion	Northwest Conference co-champion
Rose Bowl champion
bowl	[Rose Bowl](1916-rose-bowl)
bowl_result	W 14–0 vs. [Brown](1915-brown-bears-football-team)

Rose Bowl champion The 1915 Washington State football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College (now known as Washington State University) as a member of the Northwest Conference (NWC) during the 1915 college football season. In their first year under head coach William Henry Dietz, the team compiled a perfect 7–0 record (4–0 in conference games), tied for the NWC championship, shut out five of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 204 to 10. Defensively, the team was near perfect as the only touchdown allowed, by Montana, was scored on a blocked punt recovered in the end zone.

Washington State represented the West Coast in the 1916 Rose Bowl, defeating a Brown team featuring African-American star Fritz Pollard. Washington State dominated the Rose Bowl game, outscoring Brown 14–0, gaining 329 yards from scrimmage to 99 for Brown, and tallying 22 first downs to four. The victory remains Washington State's only Rose Bowl win.

For the first of two consecutive years, Washington State did not play in-state rival Washington, which also finished 7–0 and with claims to the NWC championship.

The team played its home games at Rogers Field in Pullman, Washington.

Schedule

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Awards and legacy

Four Washington State players received first-team honors on the all-conference team selected by George M. Varnell, conference referee, as the official selection for the Northwest Conference. The first-team honorees were: Benton Bangs at halfback; Alfred "Bull" Durham at quarterback; Alfred Langdon at center; and Clarence Zimmerman at end. Harry Applequist and Carl "Red" Dietz were named to the second teamm.

The team was inducted as a group into the Washington State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2014, Washington State Senate Resolution 8715 recognized the 1915 Washington State football team as the national champion.

Coach Dietz

Coach Dietz had played college football at the Carlisle Indian School and later coached the 1918 Mare Island Marines football team to a berth in the 1919 Rose Bowl. He was charged in 1919 with having falsely claimed Native American heritage to avoid the draft during World War I, eventually being sentenced to 30 days in jail. He later served as head coach of, among others, the Haskell Fighting Indians and the Boston Redskins. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.

Personnel

Players

The following 17 players received varsity letters for their participation on the 1915 football team:

Harry Applequist, tackle/guard
Benton Bangs, halfback
Ralph "Clyde" Boone, halfback
Robert "Happy" Brooks, tackle
Asa V. "Ace" Clark, captain
Carl "Red" Dietz, end/fullback
Basil Doane, fullback
T. Alfred "Bull" Durham, quarterback
M. Ray "Buck" Finney, guard
Ronald "Fish" Fishback, guard
Dick Hanley, halfback
Walter Herreid, tackle
Carl King, guard
Alfred Langdon, center
Ray Loomis, end
Silas "Si" Stites, guard
Clarence Zimmerman, end

Coaches and administrators

Head coach: William Henry Dietz
Athletic director Fred Bohler
Assistant coaches: Tom Tyrer, Eddie Keinholtz

References

Fawcett, Roscoe. (November 22, 1915). "Oregon's Team Is Best Since 1910". [[The Oregonian.
Varnell, George M.. (November 20, 1915). "Most Any Team Can Be Figured Winner — Northwest Conference Champion Must Remain in Doubt". [[Spokane Chronicle]].
"Washington State Cougars College Football History, Stats, Records".
(October 15, 1915). "Washington State Wins From Oregon University, Score 28-3". The Pullman Herald.
(October 17, 1915). "Washington State Drubs Aggies, 29-0: Corvallis Eleven outclassed in Every Department by Pullman Team". The Sunday Oregonian.
(October 29, 1915). "WSC-Idaho football statistics for annual contest on Saturday". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
(October 30, 1915). "W.S.C.-Idaho game at Moscow today will attract many from Spokane". Spokesman-Review.
(October 31, 1915). "WSC gets sweet revenge on Idaho, scoring its greatest victory, 41 to 0". Spokesman-Review.
(November 12, 1915). "Dietz Football Machine Tramples Montana Team: Well-Deserved 27-7 Victory Proves Superiority of Well Organized Team Play Over Galaxy of Former Individual Stars". The Pullman Herald.
(November 19, 1915). "W.S.C. Defeats Whitman College". The Pullman Herald.
(November 26, 1915). "Washington State Football Team Class of Pacific Coast: Decisive 48-0 Score Over Gonzaga Prove Superiority of Dietz's Men Over Dobie Eleven --- W.S.C. Carries Ball 693 Yard to 5 for Irishmen". The Pullman Herald.
(November 26, 1915). "Washington State rolls up 48-0 score on Gonzaga on muddy field". Spokesman-Review.
(January 2, 1916). "W.S.C. Smothers Big Eastern Team". The Pullman Herald.
1916 Chinook, p. 125.
"Football 1915". Washington State University.
(March 7, 2014). "SR 8715 — Honoring the 99th Anniversary of the National Champion 1915 Washington State College Football Team".
(June 24, 1919). "Dietz Is Not Indian Declare Witnesses: Trial Of Famous Football Coach For Evasion Of Draft Is Opened". The Daily Capital Journal.
(June 27, 1919). "Jury Fails To Agree in case of William Deitz: Was Charged With Falsification of His Draft". Morning Register.
Waggoner, Linda M.. "On Trial: The R*dskins Wily Mascot: Coach William "Lone Star" Dietz". [[Montana (journal).
1916 Chinook, p. 125.
1916 Chinook, pp. 111-118.
1916 Chinook, p. 111.

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