1963 Washington State

3–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠1 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Jim Sutherland.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1963, game by game: lost at Texas Tech 7–16; tied at Iowa 14–14; won vs. Arizona 7–2; lost vs. San José State 8–13; lost at Oregon State 6–30; lost at Army 0–23; won vs. Idaho 14–10; lost vs. Oregon 7–21; won at Stanford 32–15; lost at Washington 0–16+17−24Lost 7–16 at Texas Tech-9Texas TechTied 14–14 at Iowa0IowaWon 7–2 vs. Arizona+5ArizonaLost 8–13 vs. San José State-5San José StateLost 6–30 at Oregon State-24Oregon StateLost 0–23 at Army-23ArmyWon 14–10 vs. Idaho+4IdahoLost 7–21 vs. Oregon-14OregonWon 32–15 at Stanford+17StanfordLost 0–16 at Washington-16Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 16–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 70th-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 1963.

Record
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
95–⁠160
Coach
Jim Sutherland
Elo
1449 −55 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.9 No. 67 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Gerry ShawEUPI-2
  • Glenn BakerOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington4–⁠16–⁠5
USC3–⁠17–⁠3
UCLA2–⁠22–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠43–⁠7

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