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Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Record | 4–6 (3–4 PCC) |
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Captain | Bob Burkhart |
Home stadium | Rogers Field, Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 UCLA $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Stanford | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1953 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Al Kircher, the team was 4–6 overall and 3–4 in the Pacific Coast Conference. [1]
Two home games were played on campus in Pullman at Rogers Field, and one in Spokane in November. A road game was played nearby, against Palouse neighbor Idaho in Moscow, extending WSC's unbeaten streak over the Vandals to 27 games. [2] [3] The Cougars defeated rival Washington by five points in Seattle. [4] [5]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | No. 8 USC | L 13–29 | 19,000 | ||
September 26 | at Pacific (CA)* | W 26–20 | 23,203 | ||
October 3 | at Iowa* | L 12–54 | 31,500 | ||
October 10 | Oregon |
| W 7–0 | 16,000 | |
October 17 | at Idaho | W 30–13 | 19,000 | [2] [3] | |
October 24 | at No. 12 UCLA | L 7–44 | 27,608 | ||
October 31 | at No. 17 Stanford | L 19–48 | 18,500 | ||
November 7 | TCU* | L 7–21 | 17,500 | ||
November 14 | at Oregon State | L 0–7 | 13,500 | [6] [7] | |
November 21 | at Washington | W 25–20 | 40,000 | ||
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Four Cougars were selected in the 1954 NFL Draft, which was thirty rounds (360 selections).
Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
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Howard McCants | End | 4 | 49 | Detroit Lions |
Wayne Berry | Back | 7 | 76 | New York Giants |
Milt Schwenk | Tackle | 11 | 133 | Detroit Lions |
Terry Campbell | Back | 30 | 351 | Green Bay Packers |