1953 Washington State Cougars football team

1953 Washington State Cougars football
1953 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach	Al Kircher (2nd season);
Captain	Bob Burkhart
Home stadium	Rogers Field, Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1953 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Al Kircher, the team was 4–6 overall and 3–4 in the Pacific Coast Conference.^[1]

Record4–6 (3–4 PCC)

Headcoach

CaptainBob Burkhart

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1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 UCLA $	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Stanford	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
USC	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	2	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Washington	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Oregon	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Two home games were played on campus in Pullman at Rogers Field, and one in Spokane in November. A road game was played nearby, against Palouse neighbor Idaho in Moscow, extending WSC's unbeaten streak over the Vandals to 27 games.^[2]^[3] The Cougars defeated rival Washington by five points in Seattle.^[4]^[5]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	No. 8 USC	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 13–29	20,000	^[6]
September 26	at Pacific (CA)*	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 26–20	23,203	^[7]
October 3	at Iowa*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 12–54	31,500	^[8]
October 10	Oregon	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 7–0	16,000	^[9]
October 17	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (Battle of the Palouse)	W 30–13	19,000	^[2]^[3]
October 24	at No. 12 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–44	27,608	^[10]
October 31	at No. 17 Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 19–48	18,500	^[11]
November 7	TCU*	Memorial Stadium Spokane, WA	L 7–21	17,500	^[12]
November 14	at Oregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 0–7	13,500	^[13]^[14]
November 21	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	W 25–20	40,000	^[15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game Source: ^[16]^[17]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Howard McCants	End	4	49	Detroit Lions
Wayne Berry	Back	7	76	New York Giants
Milt Schwenk	Tackle	11	133	Detroit Lions
Terry Campbell	Back	30	351	Green Bay Packers

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