1946 Washington State Cougars football team

American college football season

1946 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	1–6–1 (1–5–1 PCC)
Head coach	Phil Sarboe (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rogers Field
Seasons← 1945 1947 →

1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 UCLA $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Oregon State	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
USC	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Washington	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Oregon	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Montana	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Washington State	1	–	5	–	1	1	–	6	–	1
California	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Idaho	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1946 college football season. Second-year head coach Phil Sarboe led the Cougars to a 1–6–1 overall record (1–5–1 in PCC, eighth).

Washington State was ranked at No. 89 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.

All three home games were played in October, on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–13	68,282
October 5	Idaho	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	W 32–0	14,000
October 12	Washington	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	L 7–21	26,000
October 19	at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	T 0–0	18,000
October 26	Oregon State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 12–13	15,000
November 2	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–47	30,000
November 16	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 26–27	8,000
November 30	at Michigan State*	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	L 20–26	19,691
*Non-conference game

NFL draft

Four Cougars were selected in the 1947 NFL draft, held on December 16, 1946.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	NFL club
20	177	Darrell Waller	Back	Bostpn Yanks
21	188	Elmo Bond	Tackle	Washington Redskins
26	239	Francis Bocoka	End	Washington Redskins
27	252	Dick Abrams	Back	Chicago Cardinals

References

"2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
"Scrappy Cougars Narrowly Beaten by Trojans". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 28, 1946. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
"W.S.C. Cougars Lose to Trojans 13-7 Before 70,000 Fans at Los Angeles: Lack of Punch Has Score Low; Trojans Don't Have Scoring Power Needed". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. September 28, 1946. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
Bob Miller (October 6, 1946). "Raging Cougars Run Riot Over Vandals, 32 to 0, in Rugged Grid Battle: W.S.C. Scores in Every Period; Idaho Scraps Hard but Can't Stem Rivals' Rush". The Spokesman Review. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
Bob Miller (October 13, 1946). "Huskies Spark in Second Half to Whip Cougars, 21-7, Before 26,000: Comeback Wins for Washington". The Spokesman-Review. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
Dick Strite (October 20, 1946). "18,000 See Rain 'Win' Big Game: Factually, Oregon Homecoming Tilt With W.S.C. Ends in a Wet 0-0 Tie". Eugene Register-Guard. pp. 1, 20 – via Newspapers.com.
B.M. (October 27, 1946). "Washington State Loses Closely Fought Battle to Oregon State Beavers: Cougars Edged by Score of 13-12; Early Fumble Costs Staters Possible Win". The Spokesman Review. p. Sports 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
'16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
Bill Dunbar (November 17, 1946). "Tribe Beats W.S.C., 27-26: Reds Notch Second PCC Win of Year; Stanford Comes From Behind To Scalp Cougars". Oakland Tribune. pp. 20, 21 – via Newspapers.com.
Lad Slingerland (December 1, 1946). "Spartans Edge Washington State, 26-20: Scoring Bee Finds M.S.C. On Long End; Thrilling Victory in Final Period Gives State .500 Grid Season". Lansing State Journal. pp. 33–34 – via Newspapers.com.
"1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

External links

Game program: Idaho at WSC – October 5, 1946
Game program: Washington at WSC – October 12, 1946
Game program: Oregon State at WSC – October 26, 1946

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Venues	Rogers Field (1895–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983 as alternate; 1970–1971 as sole) Martin Stadium (1972–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho: Battle of the Palouse Washington: Apple Cup Northwest Championship
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band Coug it Ol' Crimson
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