1917 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1917
| team = Oregon Agricultural Aggies
| sport = football
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| conference = Northwest Conference
| short_conf = Northwest
| conference2 = Pacific Coast Conference
| short_conf2 = PCC
| record = 4–2–1
| conf_record = 2–1–1
| conf2_record = 1–2–1
| head_coach = Joseph Pipal
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = Meier Newman
| stadium = Bell Field
}}
{{1917 Northwest Conference football standings}}
{{1917 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}
The 1917 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (OAC)—now known as Oregon State University as a member of the Northwest Conference and the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1917 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Joseph Pipal, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 4–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 83 to 33. Oregon Agricultural had a record of 2–1–1 in Northwest Conference play, placing second, and 1–2–1 against PCC opponents, finishing third.{{cite news |author= |title=Washington State Is Coast Champion For '17 Football Season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregon-daily-journal/160253175/ |newspaper=The Oregon Sunday Journal |location=Portland, Oregon |date=December 2, 1917 |page=4, section 2 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} The team played home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon.
Schedule
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|October 13||Vancouver Barracks Field Hospital Corps
|October 20|vs|Idaho|Round-Up Park|Pendleton, OR|W 26-6||{{cite news |author= |title=O. A. C. And Idaho Will Fight It Out Tomorrow At The Round-Up Field |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/east-oregonian/160178052/ |newspaper=East Oregonian |location=Pendleton, Oregon |date=October 19, 1917 |page=1 |access-date=December 2, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hsVXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NfQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6719%2C4046766 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |last=Varnell |first=George M. |title=Big gridiron offensive starts swing tomorrow |date=October 19, 1917 |page=25}}{{cite news |author= |title=O. A. C. Defeats Idaho, 26-6, In First College Football Game Ever Played Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/east-oregonian/160177777/ |newspaper=East Oregonian |location=Pendleton, Oregon |date=October 21, 1917 |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/east-oregonian/160177928/ 4] |access-date=December 2, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m94UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jeADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6231%2C475686 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Superior weight wins for O.A.C. |date=October 21, 1917 |page=1, part 3}}
|October 27|at|California|California Field|Berkeley, CA|L 3-14||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-morning-republican-university/171868532/|work=The Fresno Morning Republican|title=University of California eleven defeats Oregon Aggies, 14 to 3|date=October 28, 1917|accessdate=May 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 3||Multnomah Athletic Club
|November 10||Washington State|Bell Field|Corvallis, OR|L 0-6|3,000Homecoming game, photographs indicate 3,000 seat Bell Field was at capacity.|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iaVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jeADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6771%2C4303508|work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Washington State College team beats Oregon Aggies by single touchdown |date=November 11, 1917 |page=1, part 3}}
|November 17|at|Washington|Denny Field|Seattle, WA|T 0-0|3,000|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kKVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jeADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6338%2C5556317 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=OAC is held to scoreless tie |date=November 18, 1917 |page=1, part 3}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=us9eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_jIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5655%2C3497637 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Washington 0, Oregon A.C. 0 |date=November 18, 1917 |page=4}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mL9XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K_QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6633%2C185863 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Hunt turns a trick |date=November 19, 1917 |page=16}}
|November 29|vs|Oregon|Multnomah Field|Portland, OR (rivalry)|W 14-7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/east-oregonian-oac-wins-from-universi/171868597/|work=East Oregonian|title=O.A.C. wins from University 14–7|date=November 30, 1917|accessdate=May 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
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