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1926 Washington State

6–⁠1 (4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by O.E. Hollingbery.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1926, game by game: won vs. Albertson 35–0; lost at USC 7–16; won vs. Montana 14–6; won at Washington 9–6; won at Idaho 6–0; won vs. Oregon 7–0; won at Gonzaga 7–0+35−9Won 35–0 vs. Albertson+35AlbertsonLost 7–16 at USC-9USCWon 14–6 vs. Montana+8MontanaWon 9–6 at Washington+3WashingtonWon 6–0 at Idaho+6IdahoWon 7–0 vs. Oregon+7OregonWon 7–0 at Gonzaga+7Gonzaga
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 2vsAlbertsonW 35–⁠087%
Oct 9atUSCL 7–⁠1624%
Oct 16vsMontanaW 14–⁠664%
Oct 23atWashingtonW 9–⁠620%
Nov 6atIdahoW 6–⁠049%
Nov 13vsOregonW 7–⁠069%
Nov 25atGonzagaW 7–⁠046%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Gonzaga 7–⁠0; tied for 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Photographs from 1926

  • 1926 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [01]
    1926 Football game, 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
  • 1926 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [02]
    1926 Football game, 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

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
6–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
85–⁠28
Coach
O.E. Hollingbery
Elo
1551 +93 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.3 No. 26 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 second team

Second team

  • Butch MeekerQBAP-2
  • Fred KramerOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1926 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1926 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford4–⁠010–⁠0–⁠1
USC5–⁠18–⁠2
Oregon State4–⁠17–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠16–⁠1
Washington3–⁠28–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠42–⁠4–⁠1
Montana0–⁠43–⁠5
California0–⁠53–⁠6

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