1948 Washington State Cougars football team

1948 Washington State Cougars football
Program for Nov. 6 game vs. OSC
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–5–1 (4–3–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRogers Field, Tacoma Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 California ^ + 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Oregon + 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
USC 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Washington State 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Stanford 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Oregon State 2 – 3 – 2 5 – 4 – 3
Washington 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
UCLA 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Idaho 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Montana 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1948 college football season. Fourth-year head coach Phil Sarboe led the team to a 4–3–1 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 4–5–1 overall.[1]

Washington State was ranked at No. 64 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

The Cougars' had four home games on campus in Pullman at Rogers Field, with the season finale in Tacoma.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at UCLA
L 26–4843,399
October 2Stanford
W 14–717,300
October 9at Montana
W 48–0  9,000
October 16Washington
W 10–023,000
October 23at Oregon
L 7–3320,000[3]
October 30Idaho
W 19–1417,000[4]
November 6Oregon State
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
T 26–2612,000[5]
November 13at No. 4 California
L 14–4440,000
November 20at No. 12 Michigan State*
L 0–4036,045
November 27No. 18 Penn State*
L 0–718,000[6]
  • *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. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Strite, Dick (October 24, 1948). "Webfoots show real stuff in topping Cougars, 33–7". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1. Retrieved April 10, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
  4. ^ Faris, Don (October 31, 1948). "Cougars post 19–14 win over 'jinxed' Vandal gridders". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 8. Retrieved April 10, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
  5. ^ "Cougars, Beavers tie it up, 26-all in gridiron score fest". Long Beach Press-Telegram. November 7, 1948. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jacobs, William (November 28, 1948). "Penn State wins, 7–0, over Wash. State". Pittsburgh Press. p. 27. Retrieved April 10, 2021 – via Google News Archives.


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