1947 Washington State Cougars football team

1947 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1947 record	3–7 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach	Phil Sarboe (3rd season)
Home stadium	Rogers Field
Seasons

1947 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8 USC †	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
#15 California	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Oregon	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
UCLA	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Montana	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Stanford	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season. Phil Sarboe, in his third of five seasons as head coach at Washington State, led the team to a 2–5 mark in the PCC and 3–7 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	vs. Penn State	Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, PA	L 6–27	16,000
September 27	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–21	48,173
October 4	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 7–0	22,500
October 11	Michigan State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 7–21	18,000
October 18	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–21	36,000
October 25	Montana	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 12–13	13,000
November 1	at Portland	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 35–0
November 8	Oregon	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 6–12	13,500
November 15	at Oregon State	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 14–13	12,400
November 22	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	L 0–20
Homecoming