1953 Washington State
4–6 (3–4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Alton Kircher. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Idaho 30–13Oct 17
By 17 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs USC | L 13–29 | 37% |
| Sep 26 | atPacific | W 26–20 | 35% |
| Oct 3 | at Iowa | L 12–54 | 53% |
| Oct 10 | vs Oregon | W 7–0 | 69% |
| Oct 17 | at Idaho | W 30–13 | 52% |
| Oct 24 | at 12UCLA | L 7–44 | 20% |
| Oct 31 | at 17Stanford | L 19–48 | 35% |
| Nov 7 | vs TCU | L 7–21 | 56% |
| Nov 14 | at Oregon State | L 0–7 | 51% |
| Nov 21 | at Washington | W 25–20 | 29% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Washington 25–20; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.
In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).
- Record
- 4–6
- Conference
- 3–4 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 146–256
- Coach
- Alton Kircher
- Elo
- 1446 −55 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −5.8 No. 74 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Bob Burkhart
Drafted in 1954
The 1954 draft| Rd 4 | Howard McCants E | Detroit Lions |
| Rd 7 | Wayne Berry B | New York Giants |
All-Pacific Coast
1 second teamSecond team
Wayne BerryBAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1953 Pacific Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 6–1 | 8–2 | 5 |
| Stanford | 5–1–1 | 6–3–1 | 19 |
| USC | 4–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
 California | 2–2–2 | 4–4–2 | |
| Washington State | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Oregon State | 3–5 | 3–6 | |
| Washington | 2–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Oregon | 2–5–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Idaho | 0–3 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.