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1959 Washington State

6–⁠4, coached by Jim Sutherland.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1959, game by game: lost vs. California 6–20; won at San José State 30–6; lost at Oregon 6–14; won at Pacific 20–12; won at Stanford 36–19; won vs. Idaho 27–5; won at Oregon State 14–0; lost vs. No. 14 Oregon 6–7; lost at No. 14 Washington 0–20; won at Houston 32–18+24−20Lost 6–20 vs. California-14CaliforniaWon 30–6 at San José State+24San José StateLost 6–14 at Oregon-8OregonWon 20–12 at Pacific+8PacificWon 36–19 at Stanford+17StanfordWon 27–5 vs. Idaho+22IdahoWon 14–0 at Oregon State+14Oregon StateLost 6–7 vs. No. 14 Oregon-1No. 14 OregonLost 0–20 at No. 14 Washington-20No. 14 WashingtonWon 32–18 at Houston+14Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsCaliforniaL 6–⁠2067%
Sep 26atSan José StateW 30–⁠656%
Oct 3atOregonL 6–⁠1445%
Oct 10atPacificW 20–⁠1256%
Oct 17atStanfordW 36–⁠1962%
Oct 24vsIdahoW 27–⁠583%
Oct 31atOregon StateW 14–⁠056%
Nov 14vs14OregonL 6–⁠757%
Nov 21at14WashingtonL 0–⁠2045%
Nov 26atHoustonW 32–⁠1856%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Houston 32–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

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 1959.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠121
Coach
Jim Sutherland
Elo
1604 +31 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.2 No. 35 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 6Gail Cogdill WRDetroit Lions
Rd 6Don Ellersick ELos Angeles Rams

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).