1970 Washington State

1–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Pac-8), coached by Jim Sweeney.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1970, game by game: lost at Kansas 31–48; won vs. Idaho 44–16; lost at Michigan State 14–28; lost at Oregon 13–28; lost at No. 14 Arizona State 30–37; lost vs. No. 9 Stanford 16–63; lost at California 0–45; lost at No. 19 UCLA 9–54; lost vs. USC 33–70; lost vs. Oregon State 16–28; lost vs. Washington 25–43+28−47Lost 31–48 at Kansas-17KansasWon 44–16 vs. Idaho+28IdahoLost 14–28 at Michigan State-14Michigan StateLost 13–28 at Oregon-15OregonLost 30–37 at No. 14 Arizona State-7No. 14 Arizona StateLost 16–63 vs. No. 9 Stanford-47No. 9 StanfordLost 0–45 at California-45CaliforniaLost 9–54 at No. 19 UCLA-45No. 19 UCLALost 33–70 vs. USC-37USCLost 16–28 vs. Oregon State-12Oregon StateLost 25–43 vs. Washington-18Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 43–⁠25; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 110th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
231–⁠460
Coach
Jim Sweeney
Elo
1271 −108 this season
SP+ rating
-10.0 No. 92 of 117; offense No. 19, defense No. 116
SRS
−2.4 No. 70 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-Pac-8

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Steve BuschOGAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Bob EwenRBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠38
Washington4–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
California4–⁠36–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠36–⁠5
USC3–⁠46–⁠4–⁠115
Oregon State3–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State0–⁠71–⁠10

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