has won ten straight meetings and holds a 73–16–3 () advantage in the series. 1915 football season Washington State won the 1916 Rose Bowl, finished the season at 10–0 and outscored its opponents 204–10. In 1915, WSC was awarded the opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl Game and was set to play Brown University, which had lost only one game, to Harvard University (who in turn lost to Cornell 10–0) by a score of 16–7. Washington State beat Brown in the Rose Bowl 14–0. and Cornell was awarded the title twenty years after the 1915 season. Athletic directors Individuals who have served as athletic director for the Cougars, according to WSU Sports Information, include: Fred Bohler, Director of Department of Physical Education and Athletics, 1915–1948 Earl Foster, 1925–1946, AD/Graduate Manager Lloyd Bury, 1946–1949, AD/Graduate Manager Robert Brumblay, 1949–1950 Golden Romney, 1951–1954, both AD and Dean of Physical Education Stan Bates, 1954–1971 Ray Nagel, 1971–1976 Sam Jankovich, 1976–1983 Dick Young, 1983–1987 Jim Livengood, 1987–1994 Rick Dickson, 1994–2000 Jim Sterk, 2000–2010 Bill Moos, 2010–2017 John Johnson, interim, 2017–2018 Patrick Chun, 2018–present Spirit and traditions Cougar mascot The first mascot was a terrier named "Squirt" as someone brought a pet dog to campus. The mascot became the Indians during the decade spanning 1910–1919, known as "Carlisle Connection". Three football coaches came from the famous Carlisle Indian College in Pennsylvania: Frank Shivley, William "Lone Star" Dietz and Gus Welch. Following the first football game between WSC and California in 1919, an Oakland cartoonist portrayed the Washington State team as fierce Northwest cougars chasing the defeated Golden Bears. A few days later, on October 28, WSC students officially designated "Cougars" as their team mascot, and then shut out Palouse neighbor Idaho 37–0. During halftime of the 1927 Homecoming tie against Idaho, Governor Roland Hartley presented a cougar cub to the WSC students. The cub was originally to be called "Governor Hartley," in honor of its donor. The governor gracefully declined and suggested the name "Butch," in honor of senior quarterback Herbert "Butch" Meeker of Spokane. Governor Clarence Martin presented Butch II to the student body in 1938. Butch III and IV were twin cubs presented by Governor Arthur Langlie in January 1942, who also presented Butch V in 1955. Butch VI, the last live mascot on campus, was presented by Governor Albert Rosellini in 1964 from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. Fourteen years later, in