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1958 Washington State

7–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jim Sutherland.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1958, game by game: won vs. Stanford 40–6; lost at Northwestern 28–29; lost at California 14–34; won at Idaho 8–0; won at No. 14 Oregon 6–0; lost vs. USC 6–14; won at UCLA 38–20; won vs. Oregon State 7–0; won at Pacific 34–0; won vs. Washington 18–14+34−20Won 40–6 vs. Stanford+34StanfordLost 28–29 at Northwestern-1NorthwesternLost 14–34 at California-20CaliforniaWon 8–0 at Idaho+8IdahoWon 6–0 at No. 14 Oregon+6No. 14 OregonLost 6–14 vs. USC-8USCWon 38–20 at UCLA+18UCLAWon 7–0 vs. Oregon State+7Oregon StateWon 34–0 at Pacific+34PacificWon 18–14 vs. Washington+4Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsStanfordW 40–⁠653%
Sep 27atNorthwesternL 28–⁠2965%
Oct 4atCaliforniaL 14–⁠3462%
Oct 11atIdahoW 8–⁠042%
Oct 18at14OregonW 6–⁠034%
Oct 25vsUSCL 6–⁠1471%
Nov 1atUCLAW 38–⁠2038%
Nov 8vsOregon StateW 7–⁠052%
Nov 15atPacificW 34–⁠053%
Nov 22vsWashingtonW 18–⁠1480%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington 18–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 10

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 1958.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
199–⁠117
Coach
Jim Sutherland
Elo
1610 +101 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.8 No. 19 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Charles “Chuck” MorrellFBAP-1; Coaches-1
  • Marv NelsonC

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠17–⁠416
Washington State6–⁠27–⁠3
USC4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠52–⁠8
Washington1–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠5

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