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The 1950 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1950 college football season. First-year head coach Forest Evashevski led the team to a 2–3–2 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 4–3–2 overall.[1]

Record4–3–2 (2–3–2 PCC)
Headcoach
OffensiveschemeSingle-wing
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1950 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–3–2 (2–3–2 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainLaVern Torgeson
Home stadiumRogers Field, Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
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1950 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 California $5–0–19–1–1
No. 11 Washington6–1–08–2–0
UCLA5–2–06–3–0
Stanford2–2–25–3–2
Idaho1–1–13–5–1
Washington State2–3–24–3–2
USC1–3–22–5–2
Oregon State2–5–03–6–0
Oregon0–7–01–9–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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The rivalry game with Washington (now the Apple Cup) marked the first use of Memorial Stadium in Spokane for select Cougar home games,[2] which continued through 1983.

Hired in late January, 32-year-old Evashevski was the backfield coach at Michigan State under Biggie Munn and a former back and team captain at Michigan under Fritz Crisler.[3][4][5]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Utah State*W 46–65,000[6]
September 30at UCLAL 0–4220,117[7]
October 7USCT 20–2016,000[8]
October 14at Montana*W 14–78,000[9]
October 28Idaho
T 7–719,000[10]
November 4at OregonW 21–1315,176[11]
November 11at StanfordL 18–2815,000[12]
November 18Oregon Statedagger
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
W 21–713,000[13]
November 25No. 18 WashingtonL 21–5228,181[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [15]
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