1942 Washington State Cougars football team

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Ranking
AP	No. 17

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. Head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 5–1–1 mark in the PCC and 6–2–2 overall. The season was Hollingbery's last and marked the longest tenure at the school. Due to World War II, no team was fielded again until 1945.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Score	Attendance
September 26	Stanford	Away	6-0 W	15,000
October 3	Oregon	Home	7-0 W	8,000
October 10	Montana	Home	68-16 W	10,000
October 17 (10)	USC	Away	12-26 L	45,000
October 24	Oregon State	P	26-13 W	21,786
November 7	Michigan State	S	25-13 W	13,000
November 14 (14)	Idaho	Away	7-0 W	5,000
November 21 (12)	Second Air Force	S	6-6 T	9,000
November 28 (15)	Washington	Away	0-0 T	22,000
December 5 (17)	Texas A&M	SA	0-21 L	18,000