1957 Washington State Cougars football team

1957 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record6–4 (5–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRogers Field, Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oregon State + 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Oregon ^ + 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 19 UCLA 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Washington State 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Stanford 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Washington 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
California 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
USC 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Idaho 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    Oregon State won the rivalry game over Oregon,
    but no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1957 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1957 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Jim Sutherland, the team posted a 6–4 overall record, and were 5–3 in the Pacific Coast Conference.[1][2]

The one-point win over struggling USC was the first time the Cougars had defeated the Trojans in 23 years;[3][4] in between, the two had tied four times (1936, 1937, 1940, 1950).

  1. ^ "Unstable PCC ends topsy-turvy year". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 25, 1957. p. 15.
  2. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "WSC squeezes past USC, 13 to 12". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 27, 1957. p. 1, sports.
  4. ^ "WSC nips USC 13-12". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 27, 1957. p. 8.