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1938 Washington State

2–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by O.E. Hollingbery.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1938, game by game: lost vs. Oregon 2–10; lost vs. California 3–27; lost at Stanford 0–8; lost at USC 6–19; lost at Oregon State 6–7; won at Gonzaga 15–13; lost vs. UCLA 0–21; won at Idaho 12–0; lost at Washington 0–26; lost at No. 5 Oklahoma 0–28+12−28Lost 2–10 vs. Oregon-8OregonLost 3–27 vs. California-24CaliforniaLost 0–8 at Stanford-8StanfordLost 6–19 at USC-13USCLost 6–7 at Oregon State-1Oregon StateWon 15–13 at Gonzaga+2GonzagaLost 0–21 vs. UCLA-21UCLAWon 12–0 at Idaho+12IdahoLost 0–26 at Washington-26WashingtonLost 0–28 at No. 5 Oklahoma-28No. 5 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsOregonL 2–⁠1066%
Oct 1vsCaliforniaL 3–⁠2733%
Oct 8atStanfordL 0–⁠835%
Oct 15atUSCL 6–⁠1929%
Oct 22atOregon StateL 6–⁠736%
Oct 29atGonzagaW 15–⁠1349%
Nov 5vsUCLAL 0–⁠2144%
Nov 12atIdahoW 12–⁠044%
Nov 26atWashingtonL 0–⁠2634%
Dec 3at5OklahomaL 0–⁠2813%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 28–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠7 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
44–⁠159
Coach
O.E. Hollingbery
Elo
1413 −99 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.7 No. 79 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Dick FarmanOTNEA-2

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠110–⁠114
USC6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠5
Washington3–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Idaho2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State1–⁠72–⁠8
Montana0–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1

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