1946 Washington State Cougars football team
| 1946 Washington State Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 1–6–1 (1–5–1 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Rogers Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 UCLA $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon
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3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Washington State Cougars football team was an
Washington State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1946 college football season. Second-year head coach Phil Sarboe led the Cougars to a 1–6–1 overall record (1–5–1 in PCC, eighth).[1]
Washington State was ranked at No. 89 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[2]
All three home games were played in October, on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | at USC | L 7–13 | 68,282 | [3][4] | |
| October 5 | Idaho | W 32–0 | 14,000 | [5] | |
| October 12 | Washington |
| L 7–21 | 26,000 | [6] |
| October 19 | at Oregon | T 0–0 | 18,000 | [7] | |
| October 26 | Oregon State |
| L 12–13 | 15,000 | [8] |
| November 2 | at California | L 14–47 | 30,000 | [9] | |
| November 16 | at Stanford | L 26–27 | 8,000 | [10] | |
| November 30 | at Michigan State* | L 20–26 | 19,691 | [11] | |
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NFL Draft
Four Cougars were selected in the
1947 NFL Draft, held on December 16, 1946.[12]
| Round | Overall | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 20 | 177 | Darrell Waller | Back | Bostpn Yanks |
| 21 | 188 | Elmo Bond | Tackle | Washington Redskins |
| 26 | 239 | Francis Bocoka | End | Washington Redskins |
| 27 | 252 | Dick Abrams | Back | Chicago Cardinals |
References
- ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
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- ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
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- ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
External links
- Game program: Idaho at WSC – October 5, 1946
- Game program: Washington at WSC – October 12, 1946
- Game program: Oregon State at WSC – October 26, 1946
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