| 1951 Washington State Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 14 |
| AP | No. 18 |
| Record | 7–3 (4–3 PCC) |
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| Captain | LaVern Torgeson |
| Home stadium | Rogers Field, Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Stanford $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 UCLA | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 California | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Washington State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1951 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1951 college football season. Second-year head coach Forest Evashevski led the team to a 4–3 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 7–3 overall.[1]
Three home games were played on campus in Pullman at Rogers Field, and two in Spokane, both at night.[2][3] The Cougars defeated rival Washington by two points for their first win in Seattle in 21 years,[4][5][6] and were in the top twenty in both final polls.
After the season, Evashevski left for Iowa in early January,[7][8][9] and backs coach Al Kircher was promoted the following week.[10][11]
- ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ "Cougars stop Broncos 34-28". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 30, 1951. p. 8.
- ^ "Cougars trim air-minded Oklahoma A. & M." Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 6, 1951. p. 8.
- ^ "Second-half Washington State rally downs Huskies 27-25". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 25, 1951. p. 8.
- ^ "Roffler star of WSC's win; Bud hailed over M'Elhenny". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 26, 1951. p. 17.
- ^ Blake, Sherman (November 26, 1951). "Action is spectacular as Washington State wins from Washington 27-25". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photos). p. 19.
- ^ "Assistant coaches quit WSC with Evashevski; jobs open". Wpokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). January 7, 1952. p. 9.
- ^ "Evashevski leaves Washington State to take Iowa job". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. January 7, 1952. p. 16.
- ^ "Evashevski quits WSC to become Iowa coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 7, 1952. p. 2.
- ^ "Al Kircher accepts Washington State football post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). January 15, 1952. p. 13.
- ^ "Kircher accepts head football position at Washington State on 5-year basis". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 16, 1952. p. 8.