1922 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1922 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State College (renamed Washington State University in 1959) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1922 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Gus Welch, the team compiled a 2–5 record (1–5 against PCC opponents), finished in seventh place in the PCC, and was outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 163 to 44.[1][2]

1922 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1922 record2–5 (1–5 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainFord Dunton
Home stadiumRogers Field
1922 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
California $ 4 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
Oregon 3 –0 –1  6 –1 –1
Washington 4 –1 –1  6 –1 –1
USC^ 3 –1 –0  10 –1 –0
Oregon Agricultural 1 –3 –0  3 –4 –0
Stanford 1 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Washington State 1 –5 –0  2 –5 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ Selected as Rose Bowl representative

Washington State opened the season with a 10–7 victory over Gus Dorais' Gonzaga team with the victory being sealed on a last-minute field goal by quarterback Vernard Hickey.[3] The team followed with an 18–9 victory over Idaho in a game played in Moscow. Washington State scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, including an interception by Hickey returned 20 yards for a touchdown, to secure the victory.[4] After winning its first two games, the team failed to win another game, losing to Washington (13–16),[5] co-national champion California (0–61),[6] Oregon (0–13),[7] Oregon Agricultural (0–16),[8] and USC (3–41).[9]

Ford Dunton, a tackle from Spokane, was unanimously chosen by his teammates as the team captain.[10] At the end of the 1922 season, Dunton was selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1922 All-Pacific Coast football team.[11]

On December 23, 1922, Gus Welch resigned his position after four years as the team's head coach. Criticism of the team's record was reported to be a factor for the resignation.[12]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 14at Gonzaga*
W 10-76,000
October 20at Idaho
W 18-94,000
October 28Washington
L 13-167,000
November 4at California
L 0-6120,000
November 11at Oregon
L 0-1312,000
November 25at Oregon Agricultural
L 0-166,000
November 30at USC
L 3-4111,000
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "1922 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  2. "2016 Washington State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Washington State University. p. 74. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  3. "Washington State Noses Out Gonzaga". The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah). October 15, 1922. p. 11.
  4. "Washington State Defeats Idaho After Bad Start". The Oregon Daily Journal (Portland, Oregon). October 21, 1922. p. 8.
  5. "Washington Staters Lose to Sun-Dodgers". Morning Register (Eugene, Oregon). October 29, 1922. p. 6.
  6. "Washington State Completely Routed By Berkeley Bruins". Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California). November 5, 1922. p. 9.
  7. "U. of O. Defeats WSC 13 to 0 in Annual Homecoming Battle". Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon). November 12, 1922. p. 2.
  8. George Bertz (November 26, 1922). "Aggies Beat Cougars: Cougars Are Outplayed by Aggies, 16-0". Oregon Journal (Portland). p. 59.
  9. "Trojans Beat W.S.C. By Score 41 to Three". Morning Register (Eugene, Oregon). Dec 1, 1922. p. 6.
  10. "Dunton, Tackle, To Captain 1922 Cougars". The Pullman Herald. December 9, 1921. p. 1.
  11. M.D. Tracy (December 5, 1922). "Seven Bears Picked For Mythical Coast Football Eleven". Modesto Evening News. p. 10.
  12. "Gus Welch Leaves Washington State". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 24, 1922. p. 9.


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