1937 Washington State

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

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1937, game by game: tied at Gonzaga 0–0; won vs. Idaho 13–0; lost at California 0–27; tied vs. Washington 7–7; won at UCLA 3–0; tied vs. USC 0–0; lost at Oregon 6–10; lost at Stanford 0–23; won at Oregon State 7–0+13−27Tied 0–0 at Gonzaga0GonzagaWon 13–0 vs. Idaho+13IdahoLost 0–27 at California-27CaliforniaTied 7–7 vs. Washington0WashingtonWon 3–0 at UCLA+3UCLATied 0–0 vs. USC0USCLost 6–10 at Oregon-4OregonLost 0–23 at Stanford-23StanfordWon 7–0 at Oregon State+7Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atGonzagaT 0–⁠049%
Oct 2vsIdahoW 13–⁠072%
Oct 9atCaliforniaL 0–⁠2735%
Oct 16vsWashingtonT 7–⁠744%
Oct 23atUCLAW 3–⁠041%
Oct 30vsUSCT 0–⁠057%
Nov 6atOregonL 6–⁠1056%
Nov 13atStanfordL 0–⁠2336%
Nov 20atOregon StateW 7–⁠038%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Record
3–⁠3–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠2 tied for 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
36–⁠67
Coach
O.E. Hollingbery
Elo
1519 −5 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.5 No. 62 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Chris Rumburg

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Rodger DoughertyCAP-2; INS-1

Second team

  • Bob GrimsteadOTAP-2; UP-2
  • Al HoptowitOGAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠12
Stanford4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Washington4–⁠2–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
Washington State3–⁠3–⁠23–⁠3–⁠3
Idaho2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠33–⁠3–⁠3
USC2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠6
UCLA1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana0–⁠17–⁠1

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