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 | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 3–6 (2–6 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Rogers Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | Utah State* | W 33–0 | 9,500 | ||
| September 24 | Montana |
| W 13–7 | 7,000 | |
| October 1 | at USC | L 7–35 | 36,243 | ||
| October 8 | Oregon |
| L 0–21 | 16,000 | |
| October 15 | at Idaho | W 35–13 | 21,500 | ||
| October 22 | UCLA |
| L 20–27 | 21,000 | |
| October 29 | at Oregon State | L 6–35 | 15,000 | [8] | |
| November 5 | at No. 4 California | L 14–33 | 40,000 | ||
| November 19 | at Washington | L 21–34 | 35,000 | ||
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References
edit- ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ Ashlock, Herb (December 2, 1949). "Sarboe resigns as varsity grid coach at WSC". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 13.
- ^ "Sarboe quits as WSC grid coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 3, 1950. p. 8.
- ^ Ashlock, Herb (December 3, 1949). "Cougars to begin search for coach at Dec. 16 meet". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 7.
- ^ "It's official! Washington State names Evashevski to head grid job". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). January 31, 1950. p. 15.
- ^ "Evashevski verified by WSC officials". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 31, 1950. p. 8.
- ^ "Sarboe spurns Fresno post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). January 31, 1950. p. 13.
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- Game program: Utah State at WSC – September 17, 1949
- Game program: Montana at WSC – September 24, 1949
- Game program: Oregon at WSC – October 8, 1949
- Game program: UCLA at WSC – October 22, 1949
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