1947 Washington State Cougars football team

1947 Washington State Cougars football
1947 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	3–7 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach	Phil Sarboe (3rd season);
Home stadium	Rogers Field
	Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

The 1947 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season. Phil Sarboe, in his third of five seasons as head coach at Washington State, led the team to a 2–5 mark in the PCC and 3–7 overall.^[1]

1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	6	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
No. 15 California	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Oregon	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
UCLA	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Montana	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Stanford	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Washington State was ranked at No. 64 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[2]

The Cougars' three home games were played on campus in Pullman at Rogers Field, with a nearby road game in Moscow against Palouse neighbor Idaho.

Schedule edit

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	vs. Penn State*	Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, PA	L 6–27	16,000	^[3]
September 27	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–21	48,173	^[4]
October 4	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 7–0	22,500	^[5]
October 11	Michigan State*	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 7–21	18,000	^[6]
October 18	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–21	36,000	^[7]
October 25	Montana	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 12–13	13,000	^[8]
November 1	at Portland*	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 35–0		^[9]
November 8	Oregon	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 6–12	13,500	^[10]
November 15	at Oregon State	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 14–13	12,400	^[11]
November 22	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	L 0–20	31,500	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Chester L. Smith (September 21, 1947). "Lions Easily Defeat Washington State, 27 to 6". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Braven Dyer (September 28, 1947). "Trojans Capture Opener From Cougars, 21 To 0". Los Angeles Times. pp. II-5, II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Williams' Shine; WSC Wins, 7–0". Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon). October 5, 1947. p. 22.
^ "Guerre in Form as Spartans Whip Washington State, 21–7". Lansing State Journal. October 12, 1947. p. 29.
^ Emmons Byrne (October 19, 1947). "Cougars Outplay, Outscore California In Second Half". Oakland Tribune. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Silvertip Grizzlies Claw Cougars Team in Strong Finish To Claim Conference Triumph". The Missoulian. October 26, 1947. p. 10.
^ "Washington State Scuttles Portland". The Tennessean. November 2, 1947. p. 5C.
^ "'Terrific Weather' Can't Stop Ducks". Eugene Register-Guard. November 9, 1947. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cougars Clip State, 14-13". Eugene Register-Guard. November 16, 1947. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Washington Tops Cougars, 20–0, in Schedule Windup". Nevada State Journal. November 23, 1947. p. 8.