1969 Washington State

1–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Pac-8), coached by Jim Sweeney.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1969, game by game: won at Illinois 19–18; lost at Iowa 35–61; lost vs. Oregon 24–25; lost vs. No. 11 UCLA 14–46; lost at No. 18 Stanford 0–49; lost vs. California 0–17; lost vs. Pacific 20–27; lost at No. 6 USC 7–28; lost at Oregon State 3–38; lost at Washington 21–30+7−49Won 19–18 at Illinois+1IllinoisLost 35–61 at Iowa-26IowaLost 24–25 vs. Oregon-1OregonLost 14–46 vs. No. 11 UCLA-32No. 11 UCLALost 0–49 at No. 18 Stanford-49No. 18 StanfordLost 0–17 vs. California-17CaliforniaLost 20–27 vs. Pacific-7PacificLost 7–28 at No. 6 USC-21No. 6 USCLost 3–38 at Oregon State-35Oregon StateLost 21–30 at Washington-9Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 30–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 107th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
143–⁠339
Coach
Jim Sweeney
Elo
1318 −131 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.7 No. 82 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Ewen and Steve Shoun

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Lionel ThomasDBAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠0–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠113
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠119
Oregon State4–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon2–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
California2–⁠45–⁠5
Washington1–⁠61–⁠9
Washington State0–⁠71–⁠9

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