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1955 Washington State

1–⁠7–⁠2 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Alton Kircher.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1955, game by game: lost at USC 12–50; lost at Kansas 0–13; lost vs. UCLA 0–55; tied at California 20–20; won at Idaho 9–0; lost at Oregon State 6–14; lost at Pacific 0–30; lost vs. Oregon 0–35; tied vs. San José State 13–13; lost at Washington 7–27+9−55Lost 12–50 at USC-38USCLost 0–13 at Kansas-13KansasLost 0–55 vs. UCLA-55UCLATied 20–20 at California0CaliforniaWon 9–0 at Idaho+9IdahoLost 6–14 at Oregon State-8Oregon StateLost 0–30 at Pacific-30PacificLost 0–35 vs. Oregon-35OregonTied 13–13 vs. San José State0San José StateLost 7–27 at Washington-20Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atUSCL 12–⁠5027%
Sep 24atKansasL 0–⁠1356%
Oct 1vsUCLAL 0–⁠5523%
Oct 8atCaliforniaT 20–⁠2028%
Oct 15atIdahoW 9–⁠053%
Oct 22atOregon StateL 6–⁠1443%
Oct 29atPacificL 0–⁠3024%
Nov 5vsOregonL 0–⁠3536%
Nov 12vsSan José StateT 13–⁠1337%
Nov 19atWashingtonL 7–⁠2729%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 27–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Record
1–⁠7–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 tied for 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
67–⁠257
Coach
Alton Kircher
Elo
1347 −112 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.0 No. 83 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1955 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠09–⁠24
Oregon State5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠116
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
USC3–⁠36–⁠413
California1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠7–⁠2
Idaho0–⁠42–⁠7

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