1969Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	1–9 (0–7 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jim Sweeney (2nd season)
Captains	Bob Ewen Steve Shoun
Home stadium	Rogers Field,Joe Albi Stadium
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

The1969 Washington State Cougars football team was anAmerican football team that representedWashington State University in thePacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the1969 NCAA University Division football season. Under second-year head coachJim Sweeney, the Cougars compiled a 1–9 record (0–7 in Pac-8, last), and were outscored 339 to 143.^[1][2] Two home games were played on campus inPullman atRogers Field, with two atJoe Albi Stadium in Spokane.

The team's statistical leaders included Jack Wigmore with 876 passing yards, Richard Lee Smith with 485 rushing yards, and Fred Moore with 523 receiving yards.^[3]

Washington State won their opener atIllinois by a point with a late field goal,^[4] then lost nine straight. They did not playPalouse neighborIdaho in 1969; outside ofWorld War II years without teams, it was the first break in the series since 1900. The game was dropped this season to allow the Cougars to schedule all sevenPacific-8 Conference opponents.^[5]

Both Washington State andWashington entered theApple Cup in Seattle winless (0–6) in conference play;^[6][7] the Huskies won their only game of the season to avoid the Pac-8 cellar.^[8][9][10] It was the first game of the series played onartificial turf.

This was the last football season for Rogers Field, as its south grandstand (and press box) suffered a suspicious fire the following April,^[11] moving all home games in1970 and1971 to Joe Albi in Spokane. It was also the final year for natural grass on Cougar home fields (Rogers, Joe Albi). The game againstPacific on November 1 was the last on campus in Pullman for nearly three years, until the debut ofMartin Stadium in September 1972.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		atIllinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 19–18	40,345	[12]
September 27		atIowa*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 35–61	43,241	[13]
October 4		Oregon	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 24–25	21,092	[14]
October 11		No. 11UCLA	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 14–46	22,100	[15]
October 18		at No. 18Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 0–49	31,000	[16]
October 25	1:30 p.m.	California	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	L 0–17	16,700	[17]
November 1	1:30 p.m.	Pacific (CA)*	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 20–27	16,000	[18]
November 8		at No. 6USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–28	47,158	[19]
November 15		atOregon State	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 3–38	23,679	[20][21]
November 22		atWashington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	L 21–30	54,500	[22]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inPacific time

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One Washington State defensive back, junior cornerback Lionel Thomas, was named to the All-Pac-8 team. On the second team (honorable mention) was senior defensive end Dave Crema.^[31][32] FromOhio, Thomas playedjunior college football atWenatchee; he had six interceptions to co-lead the Pac-8, with a leading return yardage of 156 yards, highlighted by a 93-yard touchdown againstUCLA.^[33]

Three Cougars were selected in the1970 NFL draft

Vest was a former player (1967) who was with theSeattle Rangers of theContinental Football League.^[34]

• Game program: Oregon at WSU – October 4, 1969
• Game program: Pacific at WSU – November 1. 1969

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