1940 Washington State Cougars football team

1940 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–4–2 (3–4–2 PCC)
Head coach	Babe Hollingbery (15th season)
Home stadium	Rogers Field

1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

	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. Head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 3–4–2 mark in the PCC and 4–4–2 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	at USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	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
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
November 30	at No. 12 Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle (rivalry)	L 9–33	25,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game