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1975 Washington State

3–⁠8 (0–⁠7 Pac-8), coached by Jim Sweeney.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1975, game by game: won at Kansas 18–14; won at Utah 30–14; lost vs. California 21–33; lost at Illinois 21–27; lost at No. 3 USC 10–28; lost vs. No. 18 UCLA 23–37; lost at Stanford 14–54; lost vs. Oregon 14–26; lost at Oregon State 0–7; won vs. Idaho 84–27; lost at Washington 27–28+57−40Won 18–14 at Kansas+4KansasWon 30–14 at Utah+16UtahLost 21–33 vs. California-12CaliforniaLost 21–27 at Illinois-6IllinoisLost 10–28 at No. 3 USC-18No. 3 USCLost 23–37 vs. No. 18 UCLA-14No. 18 UCLALost 14–54 at Stanford-40StanfordLost 14–26 vs. Oregon-12OregonLost 0–7 at Oregon State-7Oregon StateWon 84–27 vs. Idaho+57IdahoLost 27–28 at Washington-1Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atKansasW 18–⁠1434%
Sep 20atUtahW 30–⁠1452%
Sep 27vsCaliforniaL 21–⁠3357%
Oct 4atIllinoisL 21–⁠2735%
Oct 11at3USCL 10–⁠2812%
Oct 18vs18UCLAL 23–⁠3733%
Oct 25atStanfordL 14–⁠5428%
Nov 1vsOregonL 14–⁠2666%
Nov 8atOregon StateL 0–⁠749%
Nov 15vsIdahoW 84–⁠2760%
Nov 22atWashingtonL 27–⁠2826%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 28–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 102nd-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 1975.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
262–⁠295
Coach
Jim Sweeney
Elo
1358 −64 this season
SP+ rating
-10.3 No. 101 of 132; offense No. 72, defense No. 115
SRS
−2.0 No. 76 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jack Elway
Defensive coordinator
Larry Donovan

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Mark HusfloenDTUPI-1
  • Gavin HedrickPUPI-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Carl EarshingTECoaches-2
  • Mark YoungOGCoaches-2
  • Scott MullenixLBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠15
California6–⁠18–⁠314
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
Washington5–⁠26–⁠5
USC3–⁠48–⁠417
Oregon2–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠10
Washington State0–⁠73–⁠8

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