| Year: | 1946 |
| Team: | Washington State Cougars |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | PCC |
| Record: | 1–6–1 |
| Conf Record: | 1–5–1 |
| Head Coach: | Phil Sarboe |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Rogers Field |
The 1946 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1946 college football season. Second-year head coach Phil Sarboe led the Cougars to a 1–6–1 overall record (1–5–1 in PCC, eighth).[1]
Washington State was ranked at No. 89 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[2]
All three home games were played in October, on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman.
Four Cougars were selected in the 1947 NFL draft, held on December 16, 1946.[3]
| 20 | 177 | Darrell Waller | Bostpn Yanks | ||
| 21 | 188 | Elmo Bond | Washington Redskins | ||
| 26 | 239 | Francis Bocoka | Washington Redskins | ||
| 27 | 252 | Dick Abrams | Chicago Cardinals |