1948 Washington State Cougars football team

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]

1948 Washington State Cougars football
Program for Nov. 6 game vs. OSC
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–5–1 (4–3–1 PCC)
Head coach	Phil Sarboe (4th season)
Home stadium	Rogers Field, Tacoma Stadium
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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

Washington State was ranked at No. 64 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[2]

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	[3]
October 30	Idaho	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	W 19–14	17,000	[4]
November 6	Oregon State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	T 26–26	12,000	[5]
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	[6]
November 27	No. 18 Penn State*	Tacoma Stadium Tacoma, WA	L 0–7	18,000	[7]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game