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1940 Washington State Cougars football
1940 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–4–2 (3–4–2 PCC)
Head coach	Babe Hollingbery (15th season);
Captain	Don Greeley
Home stadium	Rogers Field
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 14–14	40,000
October 5	Montana		Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 13–0	7,500
October 12	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 9–6	25,000
October 19	No. 10 Stanford	No. 19	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 14–26	23,500
October 26	Oregon		Rogers Field Pullman, WA	T 6–6	6,500
November 2	at Idaho		Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (Battle of the Palouse)	W 26–0	4,500	.^[3]
November 9	at Oregon State		Bell Field Corvallis, OR	L 0–21	8,000
November 16	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	L 26–34	35,000
November 23	at Gonzaga*		Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA	W 14–7	8,000	^[4]
November 30	at No. 12 Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	L 9–33	25,000	^[5]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Camera catches Billy Sewell ringing up four yards for W.S.C." Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). November 4, 1940. p. 11.
^ "Washington State Edges Gonzagans Amid Severe Cold". Nevada State Journal. November 24, 1940. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Huskies Rally To Down WSC Gridders, 33-9". The Bellingham Herald. December 1, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.