1946 Washington State

1–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Phil Sarboe.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1946, game by game: lost at USC 7–13; won vs. Idaho 32–0; lost vs. Washington 7–21; tied at Oregon 0–0; lost vs. Oregon State 12–13; lost at California 14–47; lost at Stanford 26–27; lost at Michigan State 20–26+32−33Lost 7–13 at USC-6USCWon 32–0 vs. Idaho+32IdahoLost 7–21 vs. Washington-14WashingtonTied 0–0 at Oregon0OregonLost 12–13 vs. Oregon State-1Oregon StateLost 14–47 at California-33CaliforniaLost 26–27 at Stanford-1StanfordLost 20–26 at Michigan State-6Michigan State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atUSCL 7–⁠1345%
Oct 5vsIdahoW 32–⁠093%
Oct 12vsWashingtonL 7–⁠2168%
Oct 19atOregonT 0–⁠047%
Oct 26vsOregon StateL 12–⁠1363%
Nov 2atCaliforniaL 14–⁠4756%
Nov 16atStanfordL 26–⁠2732%
Nov 30atMichigan StateL 20–⁠2641%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan State 26–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 80th-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 1946.

Record
1–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
118–⁠147
Coach
Phil Sarboe
Elo
1430 −121 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.4 No. 78 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1946 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA7–⁠010–⁠14
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
USC5–⁠26–⁠4
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Montana1–⁠34–⁠4
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠62–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠51–⁠8

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