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1940 Washington State

4–⁠4–⁠2 (3–⁠4–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by O.E. Hollingbery.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1940, game by game: tied at USC 14–14; won vs. Montana 13–0; won at California 9–6; lost vs. No. 10 Stanford 14–26; tied vs. Oregon 6–6; won at Idaho 26–0; lost at Oregon State 0–21; lost at UCLA 26–34; won at Gonzaga 14–7; lost at No. 12 Washington 9–33+26−24Tied 14–14 at USC0USCWon 13–0 vs. Montana+13MontanaWon 9–6 at California+3CaliforniaLost 14–26 vs. No. 10 Stanford-12No. 10 StanfordTied 6–6 vs. Oregon0OregonWon 26–0 at Idaho+26IdahoLost 0–21 at Oregon State-21Oregon StateLost 26–34 at UCLA-8UCLAWon 14–7 at Gonzaga+7GonzagaLost 9–33 at No. 12 Washington-24No. 12 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atUSCT 14–⁠1417%
Oct 5vsMontanaW 13–⁠070%
Oct 12atCaliforniaW 9–⁠643%
Oct 19vs10StanfordL 14–⁠2656%
Oct 26vsOregonT 6–⁠663%
Nov 2atIdahoW 26–⁠060%
Nov 9atOregon StateL 0–⁠2128%
Nov 16atUCLAL 26–⁠3445%
Nov 23atGonzagaW 14–⁠736%
Nov 30at12WashingtonL 9–⁠3326%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 33–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19

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 1940.

Record
4–⁠4–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠2 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
131–⁠147
Coach
O.E. Hollingbery
Elo
1468 +8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.5 No. 45 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Bill SewellRBAP-2; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford7–⁠010–⁠02
Washington7–⁠17–⁠210
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠6
USC2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Montana1–⁠24–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠41–⁠7–⁠1

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