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1916 - Washington State 14 Brown 0
Washington State (6-0) defeats Brown (5-3-1) before 7,000 rain-soaked spectators, 14-0, in the resumption of football after chariot racing fails as Pasadena's New Year's Day attraction. Carl Dietz leads Cougar attack with 105 yards followed by Benton Bangs with 98 and Ralph Boone with 86. Brown star Fritz Pollard is stopped by Cougar defense and guard Wallace Wade, who will return another day as a successful coach, says "We were over-confident and took the game as a lark, even attending the Rose Parade first."
1917 - Oregon 14 Pennsylvania 0
Oregon (6-0-1) defeats Pennsylvania (7-2-1) in a 14-0 upset before 26,000 fans. Oregon Coach Hugo Bezdek unleashes the Huntington Brothers, Hollis and Shy, and receiver Lloyd Tegert who are too much for the highly touted easterners, featuring future Columbia coach Lou Little at tackle, upcoming pro football luminary Bert Bell at quarterback and All-American fullback Howard Berry. The victory establishes western football's capability in competing with the previously rated superiority of the east.
1918 - Mare Island USMC 19 Camp Lewis Army 7
Mare Island Marines (5-0) defeat Camp Lewis Army (5-1-1) by a 19-7 score as service teams supply the competition for war-time continuance of the Tournament of Roses Game. Returning to the Pasadena New Year's scene are Hugo Bezdek as coach of the Marines and Hollis Huntington who gains 111 yards in 20 fullback smashes. Jap Brown at quarterback is as hot as the 86-degree temperature as he engineers an attack that offsets the speed of Camp Lewis' Doug McKay and E.L. Romney.
1919 - Great Lakes Navy 17 Mare Island USMC 0
The Great Lakes Navy (6-2) defeats the Mare Island Marines (10-0) in a 17-0 display of the sting of a Wasp. The Wasp is Paddy Driscoll, who thrills 27,000 spectators by completing four of eight passes including a 45-yard touchdown to George Halas, rushing for 34 yards, drop-kicking a 30-yard field goal, averaging 43.5 yards with six punts and returning nine punts for 115 yards. Halas, destined to fame as a National Football League Pioneer coach and owner, just misses scoring his third touchdown when nailed on the three after returning an intercepted pass 77 yards. He says, "Nobody had a day like Driscoll."
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