1939 Washington State Cougars football team information
American college football season
1939Washington State Cougars football
Conference
Pacific Coast Conference
Record
4–5 (3–5 PCC)
Head coach
Babe Hollingbery (14th season)
Captain
Dick Emerson
Home stadium
Rogers Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 3 USC $
5
–
0
–
2
8
–
0
–
2
No. 7 UCLA
5
–
0
–
3
6
–
0
–
4
Oregon State
6
–
1
–
1
9
–
1
–
1
Washington
4
–
4
–
0
4
–
5
–
1
Oregon
3
–
3
–
1
3
–
4
–
1
Washington State
3
–
5
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Montana
1
–
2
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
California
2
–
5
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
Stanford
0
–
6
–
1
1
–
7
–
1
Idaho
0
–
3
–
0
2
–
6
–
0
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1939 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1939 college football season. Fourteenth-year head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 4–5 record (3–5 in PCC, sixth); they were outscored 138 to 67, held scoreless three times, and recorded two shutouts.[1]
The Cougars' three home games were played on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman.
Longtime assistant coach Karl Schlademan moved on to Michigan State after this season.
Washington State was ranked at No. 117 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]
^"2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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