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1936 Washington State

6–⁠3–⁠1 (6–⁠2–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by O.E. Hollingbery.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1936, game by game: won vs. Montana 19–0; won vs. Stanford 14–13; won at Idaho 14–0; tied at USC 0–0; won vs. Oregon 3–0; won at California 14–13; lost vs. Oregon State 6–16; won at UCLA 32–7; lost at No. 6 Washington 0–40; lost at Gonzaga 6–13+25−40Won 19–0 vs. Montana+19MontanaWon 14–13 vs. Stanford+1StanfordWon 14–0 at Idaho+14IdahoTied 0–0 at USC0USCWon 3–0 vs. Oregon+3OregonWon 14–13 at California+1CaliforniaLost 6–16 vs. Oregon State-10Oregon StateWon 32–7 at UCLA+25UCLALost 0–40 at No. 6 Washington-40No. 6 WashingtonLost 6–13 at Gonzaga-7Gonzaga
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsMontanaW 19–⁠070%
Oct 3vsStanfordW 14–⁠1349%
Oct 10atIdahoW 14–⁠060%
Oct 17atUSCT 0–⁠040%
Oct 24vsOregonW 3–⁠063%
Oct 31atCaliforniaW 14–⁠1350%
Nov 7vsOregon StateL 6–⁠1676%
Nov 14atUCLAW 32–⁠737%
Nov 26at6WashingtonL 0–⁠4032%
Dec 5atGonzagaL 6–⁠1359%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Gonzaga 13–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 17
  2. Wk 4: 14
  3. Wk 5: 15
  4. Wk 6: 20

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 1936.

Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠2–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
108–⁠102
Coach
O.E. Hollingbery
Elo
1536 +19 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.7 No. 55 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Stan Smith

Drafted in 1937

The 1937 draft
Rd 1Ed Goddard BBrooklyn Dodgers

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Floyd TerryEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠15
Washington State6–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California4–⁠36–⁠5
USC3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠2–⁠3
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠43–⁠7

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