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1965 Washington State

7–⁠3 (2–⁠1 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Bert Clark.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1965, game by game: won at Iowa 7–0; won at Minnesota 14–13; lost vs. Idaho 13–17; won vs. Villanova 24–14; won vs. Arizona 21–3; won at Indiana 8–7; won at Oregon State 10–8; won vs. Oregon 27–7; lost at Arizona State 6–7; lost at Washington 9–27+20−18Won 7–0 at Iowa+7IowaWon 14–13 at Minnesota+1MinnesotaLost 13–17 vs. Idaho-4IdahoWon 24–14 vs. Villanova+10VillanovaWon 21–3 vs. Arizona+18ArizonaWon 8–7 at Indiana+1IndianaWon 10–8 at Oregon State+2Oregon StateWon 27–7 vs. Oregon+20OregonLost 6–7 at Arizona State-1Arizona StateLost 9–27 at Washington-18Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atIowaW 7–⁠034%
Sep 25atMinnesotaW 14–⁠1332%
Oct 2vsIdahoL 13–⁠1757%
Oct 9vsVillanovaW 24–⁠1453%
Oct 16vsArizonaW 21–⁠350%
Oct 23atIndianaW 8–⁠756%
Oct 30atOregon StateW 10–⁠840%
Nov 6vsOregonW 27–⁠744%
Nov 13atArizona StateL 6–⁠747%
Nov 20atWashingtonL 9–⁠2740%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 27–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 46th-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 1965.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠1 3rd in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
139–⁠103
Coach
Bert Clark
Elo
1522 +97 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.4 No. 50 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

5 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Larry EllmesFBAP-1; UPI-2
  • Doug FlansburgEUPI-1
  • Ron VrilakCAP-1; UPI-1
  • Wayne FosterDT
  • Willie GaskinsDBAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA4–⁠08–⁠2–⁠14
USC4–⁠17–⁠2–⁠110
Washington State2–⁠17–⁠3
Washington4–⁠35–⁠5
Stanford2–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon State1–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon0–⁠54–⁠5–⁠1

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