1949 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1949 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1949 college football season. In his fifth and final year as head coach, Phil Sarboe led the team to a 2–6 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 3–6 overall.[1]

1949 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–6 (2–6 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRogers Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 California $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
UCLA 5 2 0 6 3 0
Stanford 4 2 0 7 3 1
USC 4 2 0 5 3 1
Oregon State 5 3 0 7 3 0
Oregon 2 5 0 4 6 0
Washington 2 5 0 3 7 0
Washington State 2 6 0 3 6 0
Idaho 1 4 0 3 5 0
Montana 0 3 0 5 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The Cougars' four home games were played on campus in Pullman at Rogers Field, with a nearby road game in Moscow against Palouse neighbor Idaho. Washington State opened with two wins at home but ended the season on a four-game losing streak.

Sarboe resigned after the season in early December,[2][3][4] then coached at North Central High School in Spokane. He was succeeded at WSC in late January by 31-year-old Forest Evashevski, the backfield coach at Michigan State under Biggie Munn and a former back at Michigan under Fritz Crisler.[5][6][7]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17Utah State*W 33–0  9,500
September 24Montana
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
W 13–7  7,000
October 1at USCL 7–3536,243
October 8Oregon
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
L 0–2116,000
October 15at IdahoW 35–1321,500
October 22UCLA
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
L 20–2721,000
October 29at Oregon StateL 6–3515,000[8]
November 5at No. 4 CaliforniaL 14–3340,000
November 19at WashingtonL 21–3435,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Ashlock, Herb (December 2, 1949). "Sarboe resigns as varsity grid coach at WSC". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 13.
  3. ^ "Sarboe quits as WSC grid coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 3, 1950. p. 8.
  4. ^ Ashlock, Herb (December 3, 1949). "Cougars to begin search for coach at Dec. 16 meet". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 7.
  5. ^ "It's official! Washington State names Evashevski to head grid job". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). January 31, 1950. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Evashevski verified by WSC officials". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 31, 1950. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Sarboe spurns Fresno post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). January 31, 1950. p. 13.
  8. ^ "Oregon State College drives hars to win, 35–6, from WSC Cougars". Tri-City Herald. October 30, 1949. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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