1946 Washington State Cougars football team

1946 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	1–6–1 (1–5–1 PCC)
Head coach	Phil Sarboe (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Buck Bailey Jimmy Ennis Elmer Huhta Herb Godfrey (JV) Bill Sewell (JV)
Home stadium	Rogers Field

1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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	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
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented 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). Three home games were played on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Score	Attendance
September 27	USC	Away	7–13 L	68,282
October 5	Idaho	Home	32–0 W	14,000
October 12	Washington	Home	7–21 L	25,000
October 19	Oregon	Away	0–0 T	18,000
October 26	Oregon State	Home	12–13 L	15,000
November 2	California	Away	14–47 L	30,000
November 16	Stanford	Away	26–27 L	18,000
November 30	Michigan State	Away	20–26 L	19,691

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
• WSU Libraries: Football game films – archive