1940 Washington State Cougars football team

1940 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–4–2 (3–4–2 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainDon Greeley
Home stadiumRogers Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Washington 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Oregon State 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Washington State 3 – 4 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Oregon 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
California 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
USC 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Montana 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
UCLA 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1940 college football season. Fifteenth-year head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 3–4–2 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 4–4–2 overall.[1]

Washington State was ranked at No. 71 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

The Cougars played their three home games, all in October, on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman, Washington. Two road games were played nearby, in Moscow and Spokane.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at USC
T 14–1440,000
October 5Montana
W 13–07,500
October 12at California
W 9–625,000
October 19 No. 10 StanfordNo. 19
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
L 14–2623,500
October 26Oregon
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
T 6–66,500
November 2at Idaho
W 26–04,500.[3]
November 9at Oregon State
L 0–218,000
November 16at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles
L 26–3435,000
November 23at Gonzaga*
W 14–78,000[4]
November 30at No. 12 Washington
L 9–3325,000[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Camera catches Billy Sewell ringing up four yards for W.S.C." Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). November 4, 1940. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Washington State Edges Gonzagans Amid Severe Cold". Nevada State Journal. November 24, 1940. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Huskies Rally To Down WSC Gridders, 33-9". The Bellingham Herald. December 1, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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