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1957 Washington State

6–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jim Sutherland.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1957, game by game: won at Nebraska 34–12; won vs. California 13–7; lost at No. 8 Iowa 13–20; won at Stanford 21–18; lost vs. Oregon 13–14; won at USC 13–12; lost at Oregon State 25–39; lost vs. UCLA 13–19; won vs. Idaho 21–13; won at Washington 27–7+22−14Won 34–12 at Nebraska+22NebraskaWon 13–7 vs. California+6CaliforniaLost 13–20 at No. 8 Iowa-7No. 8 IowaWon 21–18 at Stanford+3StanfordLost 13–14 vs. Oregon-1OregonWon 13–12 at USC+1USCLost 25–39 at Oregon State-14Oregon StateLost 13–19 vs. UCLA-6UCLAWon 21–13 vs. Idaho+8IdahoWon 27–7 at Washington+20Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atNebraskaW 34–⁠1236%
Sep 28vsCaliforniaW 13–⁠761%
Oct 5at8IowaL 13–⁠2022%
Oct 12atStanfordW 21–⁠1834%
Oct 19vsOregonL 13–⁠1444%
Oct 26atUSCW 13–⁠1239%
Nov 2atOregon StateL 25–⁠3931%
Nov 9vsUCLAL 13–⁠1939%
Nov 16vsIdahoW 21–⁠1350%
Nov 23atWashingtonW 27–⁠739%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington 27–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 51st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 19

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 1957.

Led the nationJack Fanning: receiving touchdowns (9 TD); Bob Newman: total offense (1,444 yds)

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
193–⁠161
Coach
Jim Sutherland
Elo
1513 +100 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.7 No. 35 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 2Bob Newman BSan Francisco 49ers

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Merl HitzelCUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State6–⁠28–⁠2
Oregon6–⁠27–⁠4
UCLA5–⁠28–⁠2
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington3–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠61–⁠9
USC1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1

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