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The 1942 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1942 college football season. Seventeenth-year head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 5–1–1 mark in the PCC and 6–2–2 overall.[1]

APNo. 17
Record6–2–2 (5–1–1 PCC)
Headcoach
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1942 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 17
Record6–2–2 (5–1–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRogers Field, Gonzaga Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1945 →
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1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 UCLA $6–1–07–4–0
Washington State5–1–16–2–2
No. 12 Stanford5–2–06–4–0
USC4–2–15–5–1
Oregon State4–4–04–5–1
Washington3–3–24–3–3
California3–4–05–5–0
Oregon2–5–02–6–0
Idaho1–5–03–7–0
Montana0–6–00–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Washington State was ranked at No. 50 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Two home games were played on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman and two in Spokane at Gonzaga Stadium.

The season was Hollingbery's last and marked the longest tenure at the school. Shortly before the start of the 1943 season, the WSC football program (with Idaho and Oregon State), went on hiatus due to World War II, joining Oregon and Montana.[3][4] Two seasons were missed, and Cougar football returned in 1945.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at StanfordW 6–015,000[5]
October 3OregonW 7–08,000[6]
October 10Montana
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
W 68–1610,000[7]
October 17at USCNo. 10L 12–2640,000[8]
October 24at Oregon StateW 26–1320,000[9]
November 7Michigan State*W 25–1313,000[10]
November 14at IdahoNo. 14W 7–0  5,000[11]
November 21Second Air Force*No. 12
  • Gonzaga Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
T 6–610,000[12][13]
November 28at WashingtonNo. 15T 0–029,000[14]
December 5vs. Texas A&M*No. 17L 0–2118,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [16]
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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
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AP10 (3)———1412 (1)15 (1)17
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