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1951 Washington State

7–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Forest Evashevski, finished No. 18 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1951, game by game: lost at USC 21–31; won vs. Santa Clara 34–20; won vs. Oklahoma State 27–13; lost vs. No. 2 California 35–42; won at Oregon State 26–13; won vs. Oregon 41–6; lost at No. 11 Stanford 13–21; won at Idaho 9–6; won vs. Montana 47–10; won at Washington 27–25+37−10Lost 21–31 at USC-10USCWon 34–20 vs. Santa Clara+14Santa ClaraWon 27–13 vs. Oklahoma State+14Oklahoma StateLost 35–42 vs. No. 2 California-7No. 2 CaliforniaWon 26–13 at Oregon State+13Oregon StateWon 41–6 vs. Oregon+35OregonLost 13–21 at No. 11 Stanford-8No. 11 StanfordWon 9–6 at Idaho+3IdahoWon 47–10 vs. Montana+37MontanaWon 27–25 at Washington+2Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atUSCL 21–⁠3141%
Sep 29vsSanta ClaraW 34–⁠2056%
Oct 5vsOklahoma StateW 27–⁠1367%
Oct 13vs2CaliforniaL 35–⁠4229%
Oct 20atOregon StateW 26–⁠1338%
Oct 27vsOregonW 41–⁠679%
Nov 3at11StanfordL 13–⁠2128%
Nov 10atIdahoW 9–⁠657%
Nov 17vsMontanaW 47–⁠1083%
Nov 24atWashingtonW 27–⁠2548%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington 27–⁠25; No. 18 in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The tied 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 18
  2. Wk 6: 16
  3. Wk 7: 17
  4. Wk 8: 17
  5. Wk 9: 17
  6. Wk 10: 18
  7. Final: 18

Led the nationEd Barker: receiving yards (864 yds), yards per catch (18.8)

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 18 peak No. 16
Points
280–⁠187
Coach
Forest Evashevski
Elo
1559 +80 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.4 No. 33 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
LaVern Torgeson

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Ed BarkerE
  • Don SteinbrunnerE

Second team

  • Harold LokovsekOTAP-2
  • Byron BaileyDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠117
California5–⁠28–⁠212
USC4–⁠27–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠37–⁠318
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠62–⁠8
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠7

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