1940 Washington State Cougars football team

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]

1940 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1940 record4–4–2 (3–4–2 PCC)
Head coach
Assistant coachBuck Bailey
CaptainDon Greeley (QB)
Home stadiumRogers Field
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 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
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 28at USC
T 14–1440,000
October 5Montana
W 13–0  7,500
October 12at California
W 9–625,000
October 19 No. 10 StanfordNo. 19
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
L 14–2623,500
October 26Oregon
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
T 6–6  6,500
November 2at Idaho
W 26–0  4,500
November 9at Oregon State
L 0–21  8,000
November 16at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles
L 26–3435,000
November 23at Gonzaga *
W 14–7  8,000
November 30at No. 12 Washington
L 9–3325,000
  • *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.
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