1968 Washington State
3–6–1 (1–3–1 Pac-8), coached by Jim Sweeney. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat San José State 46–0Nov 16
By 46 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | vs Idaho | W 14–7 | 84% |
| Sep 28 | at 8UCLA | L 21–31 | 18% |
| Oct 5 | vs Utah | L 14–17 | 55% |
| Oct 12 | at Arizona State | L 14–41 | 19% |
| Oct 19 | at 14Stanford | T 21–21 | 23% |
| Oct 26 | vs Oregon State | L 8–16 | 27% |
| Nov 2 | at Arizona | L 14–28 | 24% |
| Nov 9 | at Oregon | L 13–27 | 34% |
| Nov 16 | at San José State | W 46–0 | 53% |
| Nov 23 | vs Washington | W 24–0 | 42% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Washington 24–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pac-8.
In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).
- Record
- 3–6–1
- Conference
- 1–3–1 7th in Pac-8
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 189–188
- Coach
- Jim Sweeney
- Elo
- 1423 +11 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 4.4 No. 55 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1969
The 1969 draft| Rd 7 | Steve Van Sinderen OT | San Francisco 49ers |
All-Pac-8
1 first team, 4 second teamFirst team
Mike WilliamsDBAP-1
Second team
- Ron SouzaEAP-2; UPI-2
- Dave GolinskyOTAP-2
- Steve BartelieMGAP-2
- Rick ReedDBUPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1968 Pac-8 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 USC | 6–0 | 9–1–1 | 4 |
| Oregon State | 5–1 | 7–3 | 15 |
| Stanford | 3–3–1 | 6–3–1 | |
 California | 2–2–1 | 7–3–1 | |
| Oregon | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| UCLA | 2–4 | 3–7 | |
| Washington State | 1–3–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Washington | 1–5–1 | 3–5–2 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.