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1952 Washington State

4–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Alton Kircher.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1952, game by game: lost at USC 7–35; lost vs. No. 13 Stanford 13–14; lost at Baylor 7–31; lost at No. 16 Ohio State 7–35; won vs. Oregon State 33–20; won vs. Idaho 36–6; won at Oregon 19–6; lost at California 13–28; won at Oklahoma State 9–7; lost vs. Washington 27–33+30−28Lost 7–35 at USC-28USCLost 13–14 vs. No. 13 Stanford-1No. 13 StanfordLost 7–31 at Baylor-24BaylorLost 7–35 at No. 16 Ohio State-28No. 16 Ohio StateWon 33–20 vs. Oregon State+13Oregon StateWon 36–6 vs. Idaho+30IdahoWon 19–6 at Oregon+13OregonLost 13–28 at California-15CaliforniaWon 9–7 at Oklahoma State+2Oklahoma StateLost 27–33 vs. Washington-6Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atUSCL 7–⁠3543%
Sep 27vs13StanfordL 13–⁠1445%
Oct 4atBaylorL 7–⁠3125%
Oct 18at16Ohio StateL 7–⁠3532%
Oct 25vsOregon StateW 33–⁠2057%
Nov 1vsIdahoW 36–⁠671%
Nov 8atOregonW 19–⁠669%
Nov 15atCaliforniaL 13–⁠2831%
Nov 22atOklahoma StateW 9–⁠749%
Nov 29vsWashingtonL 27–⁠3349%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 33–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
171–⁠215
Coach
Alton Kircher
Elo
1502 −37 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.3 No. 54 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Don Steinbrunner

1952 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠15
UCLA5–⁠18–⁠16
Washington6–⁠27–⁠3
California3–⁠37–⁠3
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠55–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠7

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