1939 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1939 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1939 college football season. Fourteenth-year head coach Babe Hollingbery led the team to a 4–5 record (3–5 in PCC, sixth); they were outscored 138 to 67, held scoreless three times, and recorded two shutouts.

1939 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–5 (3–5 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainDick Emerson
Home stadiumRogers Field
1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 USC $ 5 0 28 0 2
No. 7 UCLA 5 0 36 0 4
Oregon State 6 1 19 1 1
Washington 4 4 04 5 1
Oregon 3 3 13 4 1
Washington State 3 5 04 5 0
Montana 1 2 03 6 0
California 2 5 03 7 0
Stanford 0 6 11 7 1
Idaho 0 3 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The Cougars' three home games were played on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman.

Longtime assistant coach Karl Schlademan moved on to Michigan State after this season.

Washington State was ranked at No. 117 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

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