The 1959 Washington State Cougars football team was an
American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...
team that represented
Washington State University
Washington State University (WSU, or colloquially Wazzu) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, United States. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest Land-grant uni ...
as an independent during the
1959 college football season.
In their fourth season under head coach
Jim Sutherland, the Cougars compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents 177 to 121.
The team's statistical leaders included Mel Melin with 526 passing yards,
Keith Lincoln with 670 rushing yards, and
Gail Cogdill with 531 receiving yards.
The Cougars had only three home games this season: the season opener in Spokane (at night) and two on campus in Pullman.
This was the first season after the disbandment of the
Pacific Coast Conference
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a collegiate athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pac-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, with eight of the ten PCC members (includin ...
,
[ and the first as "Washington State University."]1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
* January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
.
Schedule
NFL draft
Two Cougars were selected in the 1960 NFL draft
The 1960 NFL draft in which NFL teams take turns selecting amateur college American football players and other first-time eligible players, was held at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia on November 30, 1959. Many players, including half of thos ...
, which was 20 rounds and 240 selections.
References
External links
Game program: California vs. WSU at Spokane
– September 19, 1959
Game program: Idaho at WSU
– October 24, 1959
Game program: Oregon at WSU
– November 14, 1959
Washington State
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is often referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from the national capital, both named after George Washington ...
Washington State Cougars football seasons
Washington State Cougars football
The Washington State Cougars football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Washington State University, located in Pullman, Washington. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the Pac-12 ...
Long stubs with short prose
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