1952 Washington State Cougars football team

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1952 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 USC $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 6 UCLA	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
California	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Idaho	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1952 college football season. Head coach Al Kircher led the team to a 3–4 mark in the PCC and 4–6 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	at No. 16 USC	No. 15	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–35	58,288
September 27	No. 13 Stanford	No. 15	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 13–14	25,000
October 4	at Baylor*		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 7–31	17,000
October 18	at No. 16 Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–35	71,280
October 25	Oregon State		Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 33–20	14,000
November 1	Idaho		Rogers Field Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	W 36–6	14,000
November 8	at Oregon		Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 19–6	12,500
November 15	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 13–28	26,000
November 22	at Oklahoma A&M*		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 9–7	14,000
November 29	Washington		Memorial Stadium Spokane, WA (Apple Cup)	L 27–33	25,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game