1940 Washington State Cougars football team

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
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Washington 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Oregon State 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Washington State 3 – 4 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Oregon 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
California 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
USC 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Montana 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
UCLA 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

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[3]
October 5Montana
W 13–07,500[4]
October 12at California
W 9–625,000[5]
October 19 No. 10 StanfordNo. 19
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
L 14–2623,000[6]
October 26Oregon
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
T 6–66,500 [7]
November 2at Idaho
W 26–04,500.[8]
November 9at Oregon State
L 0–218,000[9]
November 16at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles
L 26–3435,000[10]
November 23at Gonzaga*
W 14–78,000[11]
November 30at No. 12 Washington
L 9–3325,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[13]

Rankings

See also: 1940 college football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP19———————

References

  1. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. 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. ^ "Trojans tied 14 to 14 by Cougars". The Sacramento Union. September 29, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "W.S.C. steamrollers Grizzlies, 13 to 0". The San Francisco Examiner. October 6, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Field goal gives Cougars 9–6 win". Press-Telegram. October 13, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Stanford crushes Washington State, 26–14". The Fresno Bee. October 20, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Oregon rallies to tie Staters in last period". The Bellingham Herald. October 27, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Camera catches Billy Sewell ringing up four yards for W.S.C." Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 4, 1940. p. 11.
  9. ^ "Orange eleven drubs Cougars by 21–0 score". The Oregon Statesman. November 10, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bruins tumble Cougars 34–26". The El Paso Times. November 17, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Washington State Edges Gonzagans Amid Severe Cold". Nevada State Journal. November 24, 1940. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Huskies Rally To Down WSC Gridders, 33–9". The Bellingham Herald. December 1, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1940 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
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