Washington vs. Whitman
Washington and Whitman first met in 1916 and have played 17 times; Washington leads the series 17–0. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Washington 10–0, and Washington has won the last 17. Share
- Washington wins
- 17
- Whitman wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1916
- Longest streak
- 17 Washington
- Current streak
- 17 Washington
- Last 10 meetings
- Washington 10–0
- Most recent
- 1944
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 9–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–0 |
- Average margin
- 44.4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Washington
- 15–0 Washington’s record at home
- At Whitman
- 0–2 Whitman’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 10
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Washington’s biggest win1919: Washington 120, Whitman 0by 120 points
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1916 · The daily Alaskan, Alaska, Oct 30, 1916
1917 · Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, Oct 21, 1917
1919 · The Alaska daily empire, Alaska, Oct 27, 1919
1920 · The Caldwell tribune, Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho], Oct 15, 1920
1921 · The Seattle star, Seattle, Wash., Oct 10, 1921
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 14, 1944 | Washington 71, Whitman 0 | at Whitman | ||
| Sep 30, 1944 | Washington 65, Whitman 6 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 29, 1932 | Washington 33, Whitman 7 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 31, 1931 | Washington 77, Whitman 0 | at Washington | ||
| Sep 27, 1930 | Washington 48, Whitman 0 | at Washington | ||
| Sep 28, 1929 | Washington 47, Whitman 0 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 6, 1928 | Washington 7, Whitman 0 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 29, 1927 | Washington 61, Whitman 7 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 30, 1926 | Washington 44, Whitman 0 | at Whitman | ||
| Oct 24, 1925 | Washington 64, Whitman 2 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 11, 1924 | Washington 55, Whitman 0 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 13, 1923 | Washington 19, Whitman 0 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 8, 1921 | Washington 7, Whitman 0 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 9, 1920 | Washington 33, Whitman 14 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 25, 1919 | Washington 120, Whitman 0 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 20, 1917 | Washington 14, Whitman 6 | at Washington | ||
| Oct 28, 1916 | Washington 37, Whitman 6 | at Washington |
Every game is listed as played on the field.