1952 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainDon Steinbrunner
Home stadiumRogers Field, Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 USC $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 6 UCLA 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Washington 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
California 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Washington State 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Stanford 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Idaho 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Oregon State 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1952 college football season. First-year head coach Al Kircher led the team to a 3–4 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 4–6 overall.[1]

Three home games were played on campus in Pullman at Rogers Field, and one in Spokane, the finale against rival Washington.[2][3]

Kircher was previously the backfield coach under head coach Forest Evashevski, who left for Iowa in January,[4] and he was promoted the following week.[5][6]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at No. 16 USCNo. 15
L 7–3558,288
September 27No. 13 StanfordNo. 15
L 13–1425,000
October 4at Baylor*
L 7–3117,000
October 18at No. 16 Ohio State*
L 7–3571,280
October 25Oregon Statedagger
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
W 33–2014,000
November 1Idaho
W 36–614,000[7][8]
November 8at Oregon
W 19–612,500
November 15at California
L 13–2826,000
November 22at Oklahoma A&M*
W 9–714,000
November 29Washington
L 27–3325,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "29,000 expected to pack Memorial Stadium". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 29, 1952. p. 9.
  3. ^ "Don Heinrich earns pass title as Huskies edge WSC 33-27". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 30, 1952. p. 10.
  4. ^ "Evashevski leaves Washington State to take Iowa job". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. January 7, 1952. p. 16.
  5. ^ "Al Kircher accepts Washington State football post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). January 15, 1952. p. 13.
  6. ^ "Kircher accepts head football position at Washington State on 5-year basis". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 16, 1952. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Dazzling Cougar air attack stuns fumbling Idaho 36-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 2, 1952. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Oregon next for WSC; Vandals crushed 36-6". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 3, 1952. p. 19.

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