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1921 Washington State

4–⁠2–⁠1 (2–⁠1–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Gus Welch.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1921, game by game: won at Gonzaga 54–7; won vs. Idaho 20–3; lost at California 0–14; tied vs. Oregon 7–7; won at Oregon State 7–3; won at Washington 14–0; lost at USC 7–28+47−21Won 54–7 at Gonzaga+47GonzagaWon 20–3 vs. Idaho+17IdahoLost 0–14 at California-14CaliforniaTied 7–7 vs. Oregon0OregonWon 7–3 at Oregon State+4Oregon StateWon 14–0 at Washington+14WashingtonLost 7–28 at USC-21USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 15atGonzagaW 54–⁠785%
Oct 21vsIdahoW 20–⁠376%
Oct 29atCaliforniaL 0–⁠1431%
Nov 5vsOregonT 7–⁠770%
Nov 12atOregon StateW 7–⁠354%
Nov 24atWashingtonW 14–⁠061%
Dec 3atUSCL 7–⁠2884%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 28–⁠7; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Photographs from 1921

  • University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [01]
    University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [01]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record
4–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
109–⁠62
Coach
Gus Welch
Elo
1537 −22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.8 No. 18 of 102 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Earl Dunlap

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • McKayOGGV-1
  • Earl DunlapCUP-1; GV-1

Second team

  • Vern HickeyEGV-2
  • Ford DuntonOTGV-2

From Wikipedia’s 1921 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1921 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California4–⁠09–⁠0–⁠1
Washington State2–⁠1–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠1–⁠14–⁠2–⁠2
Oregon State1–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Oregon0–⁠1–⁠25–⁠1–⁠3
Washington0–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.