1935 Washington State Cougars football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1935

| team = Washington State Cougars

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Pacific Coast Conference

| short_conf = PCC

| record = 5–3–1

| conf_record = 3–2

| head_coach = Babe Hollingbery

| hc_year = 10th

| captain = John Bley

| stadium = Rogers Field

}}

{{1935 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}

The 1935 Washington State Cougars Football Team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1935 college football season. Tenth-year head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 3–2 mark in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and 5–3–1 overall.{{cite web|title=2016 Media Guide|url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/wsu.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/8/25/2016_Football_Media_Guide_Color.pdf|website=WSUCougars.com|publisher=Washington State Cougars Athletics|access-date=October 24, 2016|page=74|archive-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021004149/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/wsu.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/8/25/2016_Football_Media_Guide_Color.pdf|url-status=dead}}

The Cougars played their four home games on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman, Washington, with a road game in nearby Moscow against Palouse rival Idaho.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1x5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iuMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6704%2C1930676 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Moscow population will triple for Idaho's annual homecoming game |date=November 8, 1935 |page=11}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d9RXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CfUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6952%2C3112876 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Vandals proud though beaten |date=November 11, 1935 |page=15}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1935

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 28

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1935|team=Puget Sound Loggers|title=Puget Sound}}

| site_stadium = Rogers Field

| site_cityst = Pullman, WA

| score = 46–6

| attend = 4,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 5

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1935|team=Willamette Bearcats|title=Willamette}}

| site_stadium = Rogers Field

| site_cityst = Pullman, WA

| score = 30–0

| attend = 6,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 12

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Montana

| site_stadium = Dornblaser Field

| site_cityst = Missoula, NT

| score = 13–7

| attend = 6,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 19

| w/l = l

| opponent = Washington

| site_stadium = Rogers Field

| site_cityst = Pullman, WA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–21

| attend = 20,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 26

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Oregon State

| site_stadium = Multnomah Stadium

| site_cityst = Portland, OR

| score = 26–13

| attend = 20,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Gonzaga

| site_stadium = Rogers Field

| site_cityst = Pullman, WA

| score = 0–7

| attend = 5,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Gonzaga Bulldog stages big upset vanquishing Cougar 7–0; Overhead game of Pecarovich's men is good|newspaper=The Oregon Statesman|date=November 3, 1935|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23046117/gonzaga_bulldog_stages_big_upset/ |accessdate=April 11, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 9

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Idaho

| site_stadium = MacLean Field

| site_cityst = Moscow, ID

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 6–0

| attend = 6,000

| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d9RXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CfUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6952%2C3112876 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Vandals proud though beaten |date=November 11, 1935 |page=15 |via=Google News Archives |accessdate=April 11, 2021}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = USC

| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA

| score = 10–20

| attend = 40,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 30

| w/l = t

| away = y

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Saint Mary's

| site_stadium = Kezar Stadium

| site_cityst = San Francisco, CA

| score = 7–7

| attend = 15,000

| source = {{cite news|title=Gaels and Cougars play 7–7 deadlock: Invaders put on strong finish|newspaper=San Francisco Examiner|author=Harry Borba|date=December 1, 1935|pages=28, 31|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23181602/gaels_and_cougars_play_77_deadlock/| accessdate=April 11, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

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