1914 Washington football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1914

| team = Washington

| team_link = Washington Huskies

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Northwest Conference

| short_conf = Northwest

| record = 6–0–1

| conf_record = 3–0–1

| head_coach = Gil Dobie

| hc_year = 7th

| captain = Walter Schiel

| stadium = Denny Field

| champion = Northwest Conference champion

}}

{{1914 Northwest Conference football standings}}

The 1914 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1914 college football season. In its seventh season under coach Gil Dobie, the team compiled an overall record of 6–0–1 with a mark of 3–0–1 in conference play, winning the Northwest Conference title. Washington shut out five of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 242 to 13. Walter Schiel was the team captain. Their tie to Oregon State ended their winning streak.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Aberdeen High School

| site_stadium = Denny Field

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| score = 33–6

| attend = 1,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 3

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Washington Park Athletic Cub

| site_stadium = Denny Field

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| score = 45–0

| attend = 2,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Rainier Valley Athletic Cub

| site_stadium = Denny Field

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| score = 81–0

| attend = 2,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1914|team=Whitman Fighting Missionaries|title=Whitman}}

| site_stadium = Denny Field

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| score = 28–7

| attend = 3,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 31

| w/l = t

| neutral = y

| opponent = Oregon Agricultural

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Albany, OR

| score = 0–0

| attend = 2,000

| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zeIUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3932%2C1984327 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=O.A.C. players hurl back attack of champion Washington team |date=November 1, 1914 |page=1, part 3}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tudaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PfQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4585%2C3656978 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Washington and Oregon "Aggies" in a close game |date=October 31, 1914 |page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t-daAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PfQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5038%2C3891243 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Oregon Aggies first team to hold Dobie machine scoreless|date=November 2, 1914 |page=20}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| w/l = w

| opponent = Oregon

| site_stadium = Denny Field

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 10–0

| attend = 4,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{dow tooltip|November 26, 1914}}

| w/l = w

| opponent = Washington State

| site_stadium = Denny Field

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 45–0

| attend = 6,000

| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E6FQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6666%2C5347084 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Washington to meet W.S.C. today |date=November 26, 1914 |page=12}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y-daAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PfQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6586%2C6085808 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Dobie team wins |date=November 26, 1914 |page=6}}

}}

| seasonsource ={{cite web |author= |title=1914 Football Schedule |url=https://gohuskies.com/sports/football/schedule/1914 |publisher=The University of Washington Athletics |access-date=December 2, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2024 Football Media Guide |url=https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/washington.sidearmsports.com/documents/2024/8/8/2024_UW_Football_Media_Guide.pdf |publisher=The University of Washington Athletics |page=152 |access-date=December 2, 2024 }}

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