1957 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1957 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Jim Sutherland, the team posted a 6–4 overall record, and were 5–3 in the Pacific Coast Conference.

1957 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record6–4 (5–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRogers Field, Memorial Stadium
1957 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oregon State + 6 2 08 2 0
No. 17 Oregon ^ + 6 2 07 4 0
No. 19 UCLA 5 2 08 2 0
Washington State 5 3 06 4 0
Stanford 4 3 06 4 0
Washington 3 4 03 6 1
California 1 6 01 9 0
USC 1 6 01 9 0
Idaho 0 3 04 4 1
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    Oregon State won the rivalry game over Oregon,
    but no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The one-point win over struggling USC was the first time the Cougars had defeated the Trojans in 23 years; in between, the two had tied four times (1936, 1937, 1940, 1950).

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