1949 Washington State Cougars football team

1949 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–6 (2–6 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRogers Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

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]

  1. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Ashlock, Herb (December 2, 1949). "Sarboe resigns as varsity grid coach at WSC". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 13.
  3. ^ "Sarboe quits as WSC grid coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 3, 1950. p. 8.
  4. ^ Ashlock, Herb (December 3, 1949). "Cougars to begin search for coach at Dec. 16 meet". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 7.
  5. ^ "It's official! Washington State names Evashevski to head grid job". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). January 31, 1950. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Evashevski verified by WSC officials". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 31, 1950. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Sarboe spurns Fresno post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). January 31, 1950. p. 13.