1948 Washington State Cougars football team

1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative; Rankings from AP Poll

1948 Washington State Cougars football
1948 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1948 record	4–5–1 (4–3–1 PCC)
Head coach	Phil Sarboe (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Buck Bailey; Roy Sandberg (line); Bill Sewell (backs); Joe Angelo (freshmen);
Home stadium	Rogers Field; Tacoma Stadium
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1948 college football season. Fourth-year head coach Phil Sarboe led the team to a 4–3–1 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 4–5–1 overall.^[1]

The Cougars' had four home games on campus in Pullman at Rogers Field, with the season finale in Tacoma.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles,CA	L 26–48	43,399
October 2	Stanford	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 14–7	17,300
October 9	at Montana	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 48–0	9,000
October 16	Washington	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	W 10–0	23,000
October 23	at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	L 7–33	20,000	^[2]
October 30	Idaho	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	W 19–14	17,000	^[3]
November 6	Oregon State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	T 26–26	12,000
November 13	at No. 4 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 14–44	40,000
November 20	at No. 12 Michigan State*	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 0–40	36,045
November 27	No. 18 Penn State*	Tacoma Stadium Tacoma, WA	L 0–7	18,000	^[4]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^ Strite, Dick (October 24, 1948). "Webfoots show real stuff in topping Cougars, 33–7". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1. Retrieved April 10, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
^ Faris, Don (October 31, 1948). "Cougars post 19–14 win over 'jinxed' Vandal gridders". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 8. Retrieved April 10, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
^ Jacobs, William (November 28, 1948). "Penn State wins, 7–0, over Wash. State". Pittsburgh Press. p. 27. Retrieved April 10, 2021 – via Google News Archives.

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Venues	Rogers Field (1895–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983 as alternate; 1970–1971 as sole) Martin Stadium (1972–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho (Battle of the Palouse) Washington (Apple Cup)
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 California ^ +	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Oregon +	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Washington State	4	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	2	5	–	4	–	3
Washington	2	–	5	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
UCLA	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from AP Poll