1933 Washington State Cougars football team

1933 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–3–1 (3–3–1 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainFrank Ingram
Home stadiumRogers Field
1933 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Stanford ^ + 4 1 0 8 2 1
No. 8 Oregon + 4 1 0 9 1 0
No. 6 USC 4 1 1 10 1 1
Oregon State 2 1 1 6 2 2
Washington State 3 3 1 5 3 1
California 2 2 2 6 3 2
Washington 3 4 0 5 4 0
UCLA 1 3 1 6 4 1
Idaho 1 4 0 4 4 0
Montana 0 4 0 3 4 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1933 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1933 college football season. Eighth-year head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 3–3–1 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 5–3–1 overall.[1]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Puget Sound*W 56–05,000[2]
October 7at USCL 0–3360,000[3]
October 14at MontanaW 13–76,000[4]
October 21California
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
T 6–616,000[5][6]
October 28vs. Oregon StateL 0–210,000[7]
November 4at Gonzaga*W 16–010,000[8]
November 11at IdahoW 14–69,000[9]
November 25Washington
W 17–617,000[10]
November 30at UCLA
L 0–720,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Source: [12]

References

  1. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 75. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "W.S.C. easily wins over C.P.S." The Sunday Olympian. October 1, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Trojans rout Cougars, 33–0; Warburton on scoring spree". The San Francisco Examiner. October 8, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Montana gives Cougars scare". Oakland Tribune. October 15, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "W.S.C. field from air just prior to kickoff to California". The Spokesman-Review. October 22, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ "Bear and Cougar tie". Spokane Daily Chronicle. October 21, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ^ "Oregon State defeats Washington State in bitter football battle in rain and mud". The Spokesman-Review. October 29, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Washington State College Shows Mighty Power to Defeat Gonzaga University, 16 to 0: More Than 10,000 Persons See Victory Play -- Fan Takes Ball". The Spokesman Review. November 5, 1933. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Cougars outscore Idaho University". The Sunday Oregonian. November 12, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Washington State outgained but defeats rugged Husky team by 17-to-6 margin". The Los Angeles Times. November 26, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "U.C.L.A. intercepts pass to provide winning margin over Washington State, 7 to 0". Spokesman-Review. December 1, 1933. p. 10. Retrieved April 11, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
  12. ^ "1933 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2026.