1914 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team
| 1914 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Northwest Conference |
| Record | 7–0–2 (2–0–2 Northwest) |
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| Captain | Gus Hofer |
| Home stadium | Bell Field |
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| Washington $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | 2 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whitman | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1914 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College—now known as Oregon State University—as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1914 college football season. In their second season under head coach E. J. Stewart, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 7–0–2 record with a mark of 2–0–2 in conference play, placing second in the Northwest Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 172 to 15. Against major opponents, the Aggies defeated Washington State (7–0), Idaho (26–0), and USC (38–6), and played to a tie against Washington (0–0) and Oregon (3–3). The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon. Right tackle "Gloomy Gus" Hofer was the team captain.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | O.A.C. alumni* | W 12–0 | [2] | |||||
| October 3 | Freshmen* |
| W 12–0 | [3] | ||||
| October 10 | 3:00 p.m. | at Multnomah Athletic Club* | W 10–6 | [4][5] | ||||
| October 17 | Willamette* |
| W 64–0 | [6] | ||||
| October 24 | at Washington State | W 7–0 | ||||||
| October 31 | vs. Washington | Albany, OR | T 0–0 | [7][8][9] | ||||
| November 14 | vs. Idaho | W 26–0 | [10] | |||||
| November 21 | Oregon |
| T 3–3 | [11][12][13] | ||||
| November 26 | vs. USC* | W 38–6 | 7,000 | |||||
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Roster
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The 1916 OAC yearbook lists the following students as members of the 1914 Aggies team:[14]
- LE Peck Huntley (Commerce, Sophomore)
- LT Hungry Smyth (Pharmacy, Junior)
- LG Leo Laythe (Agriculture, Junior)
- C Pete Ancerson (Forestry, Senior)
- RG "Prunes" Moore (Forestry, Senior)
- RT Gus Hofer (Agriculture, Junior) — Captain
- RE Billie King (Agriculture, Sophomore)
- RE Steve Schuster (Pharmacy, Sophomore)
- FB Brewer Billie (Mechanical Engineering, Junior)
- FB "Abe" Abraham (Pharmacy, Sophomore)
- FB "Ooch" Hoerline (Agriculture, Freshman)
- LHB Art Lutz (Agriculture, Sophomore)
- RHB DeWitt Yeager (Agriculture, Sophomore)
References
[edit]- ^ Godfrey R. Hoerner (ed.), The Orange 1916. Corvallis, OR: Junior Class of Oregon Agricultural College, 1915; p. 147.
- ^ "Cheek Bone Smashed". The Sunday Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. October 10, 1914. p. 3, section 2. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Aggie Freshmen Lose". The Sunday Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. October 4, 1914. p. 5, section 2. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Football Is On Today". Morning Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. October 10, 1914. p. 10. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Lutz And Huntley In A Combination That Defeats Multnomah". The Oregon Sunday Journal. Portland, Oregon. October 11, 1914. p. 2, section 3. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "O. A. C. Teams Takes Williamette's Scalp To Tune Of 64 To 0". The Oregon Sunday Journal. Portland, Oregon. October 18, 1914. p. 1, section 3. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "O.A.C. players hurl back attack of champion Washington team". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 1, 1914. p. 1, part 3.
- ^ "Washington and Oregon "Aggies" in a close game". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 31, 1914. p. 1.
- ^ "Oregon Aggies first team to hold Dobie machine scoreless". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 2, 1914. p. 20.
- ^ "O.A.C. smothers Idaho, 26-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 15, 1914. p. 4, part 3.
- ^ "Special train: $1.35 round trip". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). (advertisement). November 18, 1914. p. 5.
- ^ "Direct wire for game". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). November 20, 1914. p. 1.
- ^ "U. of O. ties O.A.C. at Corvallis". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). November 21, 1914. p. 1.
- ^ Godrey R. Hoerner (ed.), The Orange: Volume IX. Corvallis, OR: Associated Students of Oregon Agricultural College, 1916; pp. 147–150.