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1942 Washington State

6–⁠2–⁠2 (5–⁠1–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by O.E. Hollingbery, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1942, game by game: won at Stanford 6–0; won vs. Oregon 7–0; won vs. Montana 68–16; lost at USC 12–26; won at Oregon State 26–13; won vs. Michigan State 25–13; won at Idaho 7–0; tied at Second Air Force (Washington) 6–6; tied at Washington 0–0; lost at Texas A&M 0–21+52−21Won 6–0 at Stanford+6StanfordWon 7–0 vs. Oregon+7OregonWon 68–16 vs. Montana+52MontanaLost 12–26 at USC-14USCWon 26–13 at Oregon State+13Oregon StateWon 25–13 vs. Michigan State+12Michigan StateWon 7–0 at Idaho+7IdahoTied 6–6 at Second Air Force (Washington)0Second Air Forc…Tied 0–0 at Washington0WashingtonLost 0–21 at Texas A&M-21Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atStanfordW 6–⁠037%
Oct 3vsOregonW 7–⁠067%
Oct 10vsMontanaW 68–⁠1688%
Oct 17atUSCL 12–⁠2664%
Oct 24atOregon StateW 26–⁠1342%
Nov 7vsMichigan StateW 25–⁠1369%
Nov 14atIdahoW 7–⁠081%
Nov 21atSecond Air Force (Washington)T 6–⁠686%
Nov 28atWashingtonT 0–⁠053%
Dec 5atTexas A&ML 0–⁠2146%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 21–⁠0; No. 17 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The tied 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 5: 14
  3. Wk 6: 12
  4. Wk 7: 15
  5. Final: 17

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 1942.

Record
6–⁠2–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 10
Points
157–⁠95
Coach
O.E. Hollingbery
Elo
1568 +29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.9 No. 65 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 4Bob Kennedy BPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Nick Susoeff EGreen Bay Packers

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠17–⁠413
Washington State5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠217
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠412
USC4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Washington3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
California3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠7
Montana0–⁠60–⁠8

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