1916 Washington State football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1916

| team = Washington State

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Northwest Conference

| short_conf = Northwest

| record = 4–2

| conf_record = 2–2

| head_coach = William Henry Dietz

| hc_year = 2nd

| off_scheme = Single-wing

| def_scheme =

| captain = Ben Bangs

| stadium = Rogers Field

}}

{{1916 Northwest Conference football standings}}

The 1916 Washington State football team represented Washington State College—now known as Washington State University—as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1916 college football season. Led by second-year head coach William Henry Dietz, compiling an overall record of 4–2 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the Northwest Conference. The team played home games at Rogers Field, on campus in Pullman, Washington.

Washington State joined the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) the following season, in the conference second year of competition.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| w/l = l

| opponent = Oregon Agricultural

| site_stadium = Rogers Field

| site_cityst = Pullman, WA

| score = 10–13

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Montana

| site_stadium = Dornblaser Field

| site_cityst = Missoula, MT

| score = 27–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xrRYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=meADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6189%2C3762810 |work=Spokesman-Review |title=W.S.C. uncorks powerful offense and smothers Montana, 27 to 0 |date=October 29, 1916 |page=1, sports |via=Google News Archives |accessdate=April 11, 2021}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 4

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Idaho

| site_stadium = Rogers Field

| site_cityst = Pullman, WA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 31–0

| attend = 2,500

| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iMRXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LPQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5471%2C2271476 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Washington State wallops Idaho U |date=November 6, 1917 |page=18 |via=Google News Archives |accessdate=April 11, 2021}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Oregon

| site_stadium = Multnomah Field

| site_cityst = Portland, OR

| score = 3–12

| attend = 6,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 25

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1916|team=Gonzaga Blue and White|title=Gonzaga}}

| site_stadium = Spokane Fairgrounds

| site_cityst = Spokane, WA

| score = 18–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{dow tooltip|November 30, 1916}}

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1916|team=Whitman Fighting Missionaries|title=Whitman}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Walla Walla, WA

| score = 46–0

}}

}}

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