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1950 Washington State

4–⁠3–⁠2 (2–⁠3–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Forest Evashevski.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1950, game by game: won at Utah State 46–6; lost at UCLA 0–42; tied vs. USC 20–20; won at Montana 14–7; tied vs. Idaho 7–7; won at Oregon 21–13; lost at Stanford 18–28; won vs. Oregon State 21–7; lost vs. No. 18 Washington 21–52+40−42Won 46–6 at Utah State+40Utah StateLost 0–42 at UCLA-42UCLATied 20–20 vs. USC0USCWon 14–7 at Montana+7MontanaTied 7–7 vs. Idaho0IdahoWon 21–13 at Oregon+8OregonLost 18–28 at Stanford-10StanfordWon 21–7 vs. Oregon State+14Oregon StateLost 21–52 vs. No. 18 Washington-31No. 18 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atUtah StateW 46–⁠648%
Sep 30atUCLAL 0–⁠4233%
Oct 7vsUSCT 20–⁠2046%
Oct 14atMontanaW 14–⁠746%
Oct 28vsIdahoT 7–⁠762%
Nov 4atOregonW 21–⁠1350%
Nov 11atStanfordL 18–⁠2834%
Nov 18vsOregon StateW 21–⁠757%
Nov 25vs18WashingtonL 21–⁠5246%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 52–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 63rd-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 1950.

Record
4–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠2 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
168–⁠182
Coach
Forest Evashevski
Elo
1468 +35 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.1 No. 82 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
LaVern Torgeson
Offense
Single-wing

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 5LaVern Torgeson CDetroit Lions

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bob GamboldBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠18–⁠211
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington State2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
USC1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State2–⁠53–⁠6
Oregon0–⁠71–⁠9

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