1953 Washington State Cougars football team

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]

1953 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1953 record4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coachAl Kircher (2nd season)
Home stadiumRogers Field,
Memorial Stadium (Spokane)
1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 19No. 8 USCL 13–29 19,000
September 26at Pacific (CA)*
W 26–20 23,203
October 3at Iowa*
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 12–54 31,500
October 10Oregon
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
W 7–0 16,000
October 17at IdahoW 30–13 19,000
October 24at No. 12 UCLAL 7–44 27,608
October 31at No. 17 StanfordL 19–48 18,500
November 7TCU*L 7–21 17,500
November 14at Oregon State
L 0–7 13,500
November 21at WashingtonW 25–20 40,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft

Four Cougars were selected in the 1954 NFL Draft, which was thirty rounds (360 selections).

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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References

  1. "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. "Grid pros seek size, college draft reveals". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 28, 1954. p. 8.
  3. "Today's line-ups". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 17, 1953. p. 8.
  4. "WSC-UW line-ups". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1953. p. 10.


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