1941 Washington State Cougars football team

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1941 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record6–4 (5–3 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainJoe Beckman
Home stadiumRogers Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Oregon State $ 7 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Washington 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
No. 19 Washington State 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Stanford 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Oregon 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
UCLA 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
California 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
USC 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Montana 1 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1941 college football season. Sixteenth-year head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 6–4 record (5–3 in the PCC).[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at UCLA
L 6–745,000[2]
October 4California
W 13–65,000[3]
October 11Washington
L 13–2322,000[4]
October 18at USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 6–740,000[5]
October 25 No. 18 Oregon State
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
W 7–010,000[6]
November 1at Oregon
W 13–05,000[7]
November 8Idaho
W 26–09,000[8][9][10]
November 15at No. 6 Stanford
W 14–1345,000[11]
November 22at Gonzaga*
W 59–06,000[12][13][14]
December 6vs. No. 9 Texas A&M*No. 19
L 0–726,000[15][16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Al Wolf (September 27, 1941). "Bruins Nip Cougars, 7-6, Before 45,000 Fans". Los Angeles Times. p. I-7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Herbert Ashloch (October 5, 1941). "W.S.C. 13, Bears 6". Oakland Tribune. pp. 11A–12A – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Jack Hewins (October 12, 1941). "Husky Claws Win From Cougar". The Oregon Statesman. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Paul Lowry (October 19, 1941). "S.C. Comes From Behind". Los Angeles Times. p. II-9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jim Thomas (October 26, 1941). "Washington State Scores 7 to 0 Victory Over Oregon State". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Dick Strite (November 2, 1941). "WSC Hands Ducks 13-0 Drubbing". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "WSC is host to Idaho team". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 8, 1941. p. 10.
  9. ^ Small, Collie (November 9, 1941). "Last half splurge wins for WSC, 26-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. p. 6.
  10. ^ "Twelve yard gain by Vandal halfback goes for naught". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). November 10, 1941. p. 11.
  11. ^ Prescott Sullivan (November 16, 1941). "Cougars Crush Indians' Bowl Hopes". The San Francisco Examiner. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Gonzaga Just a Whistle Stop". Oakland Tribune. November 23, 1941. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Stark, Charles R. Jr. (November 23, 1941). "W.S.C. races to victory over Gonzaga". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  14. ^ "Kennedy scores on Gonzaga as Cougars romp through to lopsided victory". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). November 24, 1941. p. 12.
  15. ^ Craig Hill (December 12, 2018). "Remembering the 1941 Evergreen Bowl: One Day It Was Football, and the Next It Was War". The Daily Chronicle.
  16. ^ "Washington State loses "Evergreen Bowl" to Texas A. and M." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 7, 1941. p. 2, sports.

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