1951 Washington State Cougars football team

1951 Washington State Cougars football
1951 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 18
Record	7–3 (4–3 PCC)
Head coach	Forest Evashevski (2nd season);
Captain	LaVern Torgeson
Home stadium	Rogers Field, Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1951 college football season. Second-year head coach Forest Evashevski led the team to a 4–3 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 7–3 overall.^[1]

1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 UCLA	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
No. 12 California	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Washington	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Three home games were played on campus in Pullman at Rogers Field, and two in Spokane, both at night.^[2]^[3] The Cougars defeated rival Washington by two points for their first win in Seattle in 21 years,^[4]^[5]^[6] and were in the top twenty in both final polls.

After the season, Evashevski left for Iowa in early January,^[7]^[8]^[9] and backs coach Al Kircher was promoted the following week.^[10]^[11]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 21–31	28,876
September 29	Santa Clara*		Memorial Stadium Spokane, WA	W 34–20	16,000	^[12]
October 5	Oklahoma A&M*		Memorial Stadium Spokane, WA	W 27–13	18,000
October 13	No. 2 California		Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 35–42	17,500
October 20	at Oregon State		Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 26–13	15,500	^[13]
October 27	Oregon	No. 18	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 41–6	12,000
November 3	at No. 11 Stanford	No. 16	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 13–21	49,000
November 10	at Idaho	No. 17	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (Battle of the Palouse)	W 9–6	14,000	^[14]^[15]
November 17	Montana*	No. 17	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	W 47–10	4,000
November 24	at Washington	No. 17	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	W 27–25	52,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game program: Santa Clara vs. WSC at Spokane – September 29, 1951
Game program: Oklahoma A&M vs. WSC at Spokane – October 6, 1951
Game program: California at WSC – October 13, 1951
Game program: Oregon at WSC – October 27, 1951
Game program: Montana at WSC – Montana 17, 1951
"Oregon State College vs. Washington State College, 1951," Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, via YouTube.com, 2013. (Video; OSC in black helmets.)