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1934 Washington State

4–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠0–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by O.E. Hollingbery.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1934, game by game: won vs. Montana 27–0; won at USC 19–0; lost at Gonzaga 6–13; won vs. Oregon State 31–0; lost at Saint Mary’s (CA) 6–9; won vs. Idaho 19–0; tied at Washington 0–0; lost at Detroit Mercy 0–6+31−7Won 27–0 vs. Montana+27MontanaWon 19–0 at USC+19USCLost 6–13 at Gonzaga-7GonzagaWon 31–0 vs. Oregon State+31Oregon StateLost 6–9 at Saint Mary’s (CA)-3Saint Mary’s (C…Won 19–0 vs. Idaho+19IdahoTied 0–0 at Washington0WashingtonLost 0–6 at Detroit Mercy-6Detroit Mercy
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsMontanaW 27–⁠073%
Oct 6atUSCW 19–⁠026%
Oct 13atGonzagaL 6–⁠1369%
Oct 27vsOregon StateW 31–⁠072%
Nov 2atSaint Mary’s (CA)L 6–⁠945%
Nov 10vsIdahoW 19–⁠077%
Nov 24atWashingtonT 0–⁠046%
Dec 1atDetroit MercyL 0–⁠651%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Detroit Mercy 6–⁠0; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1934.

Record
4–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠0–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
108–⁠28
Coach
O.E. Hollingbery
Elo
1590 +33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.1 No. 24 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • George TheodoratusOTAP-2; NEA-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford5–⁠09–⁠1–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠0–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Washington5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠26–⁠4
California3–⁠26–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠37–⁠3
USC1–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠5
Oregon State0–⁠5–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
Montana0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1

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