1946 Washington State Cougars football team

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).

Washington State was ranked at No. 89 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.

All three home games were played in October, on campus at Rogers Field in Pullman.

NFL Draft
Four Cougars were selected in the 1947 NFL Draft, held on December 16, 1946.