1915 Washington State football team
| 1915 Washington State football | |
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Northwest Conference co-champion Rose Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Northwest Conference |
| Record | 7–0 (4–0 Northwest) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Captain | Asa Clark |
| Home stadium | Rogers Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State ^ + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington + | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whitman | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.