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1941 Washington State

6–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by O.E. Hollingbery, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1941, game by game: lost at UCLA 6–7; won vs. California 13–6; lost vs. Washington 13–23; lost at USC 6–7; won vs. No. 18 Oregon State 7–0; won at Oregon 13–0; won vs. Idaho 26–0; won at No. 6 Stanford 14–13; won at Gonzaga 59–0; lost vs. Texas A&M 0–7+59−10Lost 6–7 at UCLA-1UCLAWon 13–6 vs. California+7CaliforniaLost 13–23 vs. Washington-10WashingtonLost 6–7 at USC-1USCWon 7–0 vs. No. 18 Oregon State+7No. 18 Oregon StateWon 13–0 at Oregon+13OregonWon 26–0 vs. Idaho+26IdahoWon 14–13 at No. 6 Stanford+1No. 6 StanfordWon 59–0 at Gonzaga+59GonzagaLost 0–7 vs. Texas A&M-7Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atUCLAL 6–⁠746%
Oct 4vsCaliforniaW 13–⁠651%
Oct 11vsWashingtonL 13–⁠2350%
Oct 18atUSCL 6–⁠740%
Oct 25vs18Oregon StateW 7–⁠044%
Nov 1atOregonW 13–⁠035%
Nov 8vsIdahoW 26–⁠073%
Nov 15at6StanfordW 14–⁠1324%
Nov 22atGonzagaW 59–⁠075%
Dec 6vsTexas A&ML 0–⁠730%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 7–⁠0; No. 19 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Final: 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 1941.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 19
Points
157–⁠63
Coach
O.E. Hollingbery
Elo
1558 +79 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.7 No. 29 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Joe Beckman

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 7Billy Sewell BPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Bill SewellBAP-1; UP-1
  • Nick SusoeffEAP-1; UP-1
  • Dale GentryEAP-1; UP-2

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State7–⁠28–⁠212
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠419
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon4–⁠45–⁠5
UCLA3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠5
USC2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

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