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.

1953 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainBob Burkhart
Home stadiumRogers Field, Memorial Stadium
1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 UCLA $ 6 1 08 2 0
No. 19 Stanford 5 1 16 3 1
USC 4 2 16 3 1
California 2 2 24 4 2
Washington State 3 4 04 6 0
Oregon State 3 5 03 6 0
Washington 2 4 13 6 1
Oregon 2 5 14 5 1
Idaho 0 3 01 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. The Cougars defeated rival Washington by five points in Seattle.

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