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1922 Washington State

2–⁠5 (1–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Gus Welch.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1922, game by game: won at Gonzaga 10–7; won at Idaho 18–9; lost vs. Washington 13–16; lost at California 0–61; lost at Oregon 0–13; lost at Oregon State 0–16; lost at USC 3–41+9−61Won 10–7 at Gonzaga+3GonzagaWon 18–9 at Idaho+9IdahoLost 13–16 vs. Washington-3WashingtonLost 0–61 at California-61CaliforniaLost 0–13 at Oregon-13OregonLost 0–16 at Oregon State-16Oregon StateLost 3–41 at USC-38USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 14atGonzagaW 10–⁠781%
Oct 20atIdahoW 18–⁠954%
Oct 28vsWashingtonL 13–⁠1664%
Nov 4atCaliforniaL 0–⁠6125%
Nov 11atOregonL 0–⁠1347%
Nov 25atOregon StateL 0–⁠1658%
Nov 30atUSCL 3–⁠4144%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 41–⁠3; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Photographs from 1922

  • University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [03]
    University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [03]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [06]
    University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [06]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [02]
    University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [02]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [04]
    University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [04]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [07]
    University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [07]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [05]
    University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [05]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
2–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠5 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
44–⁠163
Coach
Gus Welch
Elo
1422 −102 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.2 No. 56 of 109 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ford Dunton

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Ford DuntonOTUP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1922 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1922 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California4–⁠09–⁠0
Oregon3–⁠0–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Washington4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
USC3–⁠110–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠34–⁠5
Oregon State1–⁠33–⁠4
Washington State1–⁠52–⁠5
Idaho0–⁠43–⁠5

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