1942 Washington State Cougars football team

1942 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 17
Record6–2–2 (5–1–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRogers Field, Gonzaga Stadium
1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 UCLA $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Washington State 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
No. 12 Stanford 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
USC 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Oregon State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Washington 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 3 – 3
California 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Idaho 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Montana 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1942 college football season. Seventeenth-year head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 5–1–1 mark in the PCC and 6–2–2 overall.[1]

Washington State was ranked at No. 50 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Two home games were played on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman and two in Spokane at Gonzaga Stadium.

The season was Hollingbery's last and marked the longest tenure at the school. Shortly before the start of the 1943 season, the WSC football program (with Idaho and Oregon State), went on hiatus due to World War II, joining Oregon and Montana.[3][4] Two seasons were missed, and Cougar football returned in 1945.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Stanford
W 6–015,000[5]
October 3Oregon
W 7–08,000[6]
October 10Montana
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
W 68–1610,000[7]
October 17at USCNo. 10
L 12–2640,000[8]
October 24at Oregon State
W 26–1320,000[9]
November 7Michigan State*
W 25–1313,000[10]
November 14at IdahoNo. 14
W 7–0  5,000[11]
November 21Second Air Force*No. 12
  • Gonzaga Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
T 6–610,000[12][13]
November 28at WashingtonNo. 15
T 0–029,000[14]
December 5vs. Texas A&M*No. 17
L 0–2118,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [16]

Rankings

See also: 1942 college football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP10 (3)———1412 (1)15 (1)17

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 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Idaho, Washington State, and O.S.C. withdraw from Northern Division football loop". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. September 24, 1943. p. 8.
  4. ^ Ashlock, Herb (September 24, 1943). "Hollingbery to stay "at present salary," but Schmidt's status not revealed". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Cougars defeat Indians". The Sunday News Tribune. September 27, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Washington State beats Oregon, 7–0". Wisconsin State Journal. October 4, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Montana grid eleven tastes 68–16 setback". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 11, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Trojans surprise unbeaten Washington State". Nevada State Journal. October 18, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tricky Cougars turn tables on Beavers". The Pasadena Post. October 25, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Hewins, Jack (November 8, 1942). "Kennedy leads Cougar victory over Spartans". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. p. 11. Retrieved April 10, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
  11. ^ "Officials' ruling on lateral saves Cougars from Vandal tie". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. November 15, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved April 10, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
  12. ^ "Air Force Eleven Holds Powerful Cougars to Tie". Great Falls Tribune. November 22, 1942. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Cougars and Second Air Force play 6–6 tie at Spokane with WSC line taking spotlight". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. November 22, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved April 10, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
  14. ^ "Cougars tied; W.S.C.'s bowl hopes suffer in 0–0 battle". The Bellingham Herald. November 29, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Aggies roll over Cougars". The Pittsburgh Press. December 6, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "1942 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
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