1940 Washington State Cougars football team

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]

1940 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–4–2 (3–4–2 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainDon Greeley
Home stadiumRogers Field
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 –0 –010 –0 –0
No. 10 Washington 7 –1 –07 –2 –0
Oregon State 4 –3 –15 –3 –1
Washington State 3 –4 –24 –4 –2
Oregon 3 –4 –14 –4 –1
California 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
USC 2 –3 –23 –4 –2
Montana 1 –2 –04 –4 –1
UCLA 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –01 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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
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
  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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