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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
Record4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainBob Burkhart
Home stadiumRogers Field, Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
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

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]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19No. 8 USC
L 13–2919,000
September 26at Pacific (CA)*
W 26–2023,203
October 3at Iowa*
L 12–5431,500
October 10Oregon 
  • Rogers Field
  • Pullman, WA
W 7–016,000
October 17at Idaho
W 30–1319,000[2][3]
October 24at No. 12 UCLA
L 7–4427,608
October 31at No. 17 Stanford
L 19–4818,500
November 7TCU*
L 7–2117,500
November 14at Oregon State
L 0–713,500[6][7]
November 21at Washington
W 25–2040,000
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft

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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

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  1. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 74. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Boni, Bill (October 18, 1953). "Muscle, manpower and ability beat Vandals". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  3. ^ a b "Berry paces Cougars to 30-13 victory of feisty Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 18, 1953. p. 10.
  4. ^ Boni, Bill (November 22, 1953). "Washington State wins, 25-20". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  5. ^ "Washington State humbles Huskies 25-20 on wet field". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 22, 1953. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Oregon State surprises WSC with 7-0 upset". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 15, 1953. p. 1, sports.
  7. ^ Cornacchia, Pete (November 15, 1953). "Oregon State defeats Cougars 7-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  8. ^ "Grid pros seek size, college draft reveals". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 28, 1954. p. 8.
  9. ^ "Today's line-ups". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 17, 1953. p. 8.
  10. ^ "WSC-UW line-ups". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1953. p. 10.
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