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1974 Washington State

2–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Pac-8), coached by Jim Sweeney.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1974, game by game: lost vs. Kansas 7–14; won vs. Idaho 17–10; lost at No. 16 Illinois 19–21; lost vs. No. 1 Ohio State 7–42; lost vs. No. 7 USC 7–54; lost at UCLA 13–17; lost vs. Stanford 18–20; won at Oregon 21–16; lost vs. Oregon State 3–17; lost at No. 19 California 33–37; lost vs. Washington 17–24+7−47Lost 7–14 vs. Kansas-7KansasWon 17–10 vs. Idaho+7IdahoLost 19–21 at No. 16 Illinois-2No. 16 IllinoisLost 7–42 vs. No. 1 Ohio State-35No. 1 Ohio StateLost 7–54 vs. No. 7 USC-47No. 7 USCLost 13–17 at UCLA-4UCLALost 18–20 vs. Stanford-2StanfordWon 21–16 at Oregon+5OregonLost 3–17 vs. Oregon State-14Oregon StateLost 33–37 at No. 19 California-4No. 19 CaliforniaLost 17–24 vs. Washington-7Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsKansasL 7–⁠1454%
Sep 21vsIdahoW 17–⁠1077%
Sep 28at16IllinoisL 19–⁠2137%
Oct 5vs1Ohio StateL 7–⁠4228%
Oct 12vs7USCL 7–⁠5433%
Oct 19atUCLAL 13–⁠1721%
Oct 26vsStanfordL 18–⁠2048%
Nov 2atOregonW 21–⁠1650%
Nov 9vsOregon StateL 3–⁠1768%
Nov 16at19CaliforniaL 33–⁠3724%
Nov 23vsWashingtonL 17–⁠2455%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 24–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 97th-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 1974.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
162–⁠272
Coach
Jim Sweeney
Elo
1383 −133 this season
SP+ rating
-9.7 No. 95 of 124; offense No. 95, defense No. 91
SRS
−3.9 No. 80 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jack Elway
Defensive coordinator
Larry Donovan

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 3Andrew Jones RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 3Geoff Reece CLos Angeles Rams

All-Pac-8

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Steve OstermannOGAP-1; UPI-1
  • Geoff ReeceCAP-1
  • Gary LarsenLBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Joe DaneloKAP-2
  • Gavin HedrickPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠1–⁠12
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠2
California4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon State3–⁠43–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon0–⁠72–⁠9

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