1941 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1941 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1941 college football season. Sixteenth-year head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 6–4 record (5–3 in the PCC).^[1]

1941 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 19
Record	6–4 (5–3 PCC)
Head coach	Babe Hollingbery (16th season)
Captain	Joe Beckman
Home stadium	Rogers Field
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Oregon State $	7	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Washington	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Washington State	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Stanford	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Oregon	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
UCLA	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
California	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
USC	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Montana	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–7	45,000	[2]
October 4	California		Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 13–6	5,000	[3]
October 11	Washington		Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	L 13–23	22,000	[4]
October 18	at USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–7	40,000	[5]
October 25	No. 18 Oregon State		Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 7–0	10,000	[6]
November 1	at Oregon		Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 13–0	5,000	[7]
November 8	Idaho		Rogers Field Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	W 26–0	9,000	[8][9][10]
November 15	at No. 6 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 14–13	45,000	[11]
November 22	at Gonzaga*		Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA	W 59–0	6,000	[12][13][14]
December 6	vs. No. 9 Texas A&M*	No. 19	Tacoma Stadium Tacoma, WA (Evergreen Bowl)	L 0–7	26,000	[15][16]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game