1939 Washington State

4–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by O.E. Hollingbery.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1939, game by game: won vs. Gonzaga 19–6; lost at USC 0–27; won vs. Washington 6–0; lost at California 7–13; lost at No. 15 Oregon State 0–13; lost at Oregon 0–38; won vs. Idaho 21–13; won at Stanford 7–0; lost at No. 13 UCLA 7–24+13−38Won 19–6 vs. Gonzaga+13GonzagaLost 0–27 at USC-27USCWon 6–0 vs. Washington+6WashingtonLost 7–13 at California-6CaliforniaLost 0–13 at No. 15 Oregon State-13No. 15 Oregon StateLost 0–38 at Oregon-38OregonWon 21–13 vs. Idaho+8IdahoWon 7–0 at Stanford+7StanfordLost 7–24 at No. 13 UCLA-17No. 13 UCLA
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsGonzagaW 19–⁠667%
Oct 7atUSCL 0–⁠2722%
Oct 14vsWashingtonW 6–⁠054%
Oct 21atCaliforniaL 7–⁠1331%
Oct 28at15Oregon StateL 0–⁠1328%
Nov 4atOregonL 0–⁠3837%
Nov 11vsIdahoW 21–⁠1360%
Nov 18atStanfordW 7–⁠044%
Nov 30at13UCLAL 7–⁠2424%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UCLA 24–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 73rd-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 1939.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
67–⁠134
Coach
O.E. Hollingbery
Elo
1441 −1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.3 No. 85 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Dick Emerson

1939 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC5–⁠0–⁠28–⁠0–⁠23
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
UCLA5–⁠0–⁠36–⁠0–⁠47
Washington4–⁠44–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠54–⁠5
Montana1–⁠23–⁠6
California2–⁠53–⁠7
Stanford0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠6

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