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1976 Washington State

3–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Pac-8), coached by Jackie Sherrill.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1976, game by game: lost at No. 19 Kansas 16–35; lost at Minnesota 14–28; lost at Wisconsin 26–35; won vs. Idaho 45–6; lost vs. No. 11 USC 14–23; lost at No. 4 UCLA 3–62; lost vs. Stanford 16–22; won at Oregon 23–22; won vs. Oregon State 29–24; lost at California 22–23; lost vs. Washington 32–51+39−59Lost 16–35 at No. 19 Kansas-19No. 19 KansasLost 14–28 at Minnesota-14MinnesotaLost 26–35 at Wisconsin-9WisconsinWon 45–6 vs. Idaho+39IdahoLost 14–23 vs. No. 11 USC-9No. 11 USCLost 3–62 at No. 4 UCLA-59No. 4 UCLALost 16–22 vs. Stanford-6StanfordWon 23–22 at Oregon+1OregonWon 29–24 vs. Oregon State+5Oregon StateLost 22–23 at California-1CaliforniaLost 32–51 vs. Washington-19Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11at19KansasL 16–⁠3521%
Sep 18atMinnesotaL 14–⁠2827%
Sep 25atWisconsinL 26–⁠3532%
Oct 2vsIdahoW 45–⁠659%
Oct 9vs11USCL 14–⁠2324%
Oct 16at4UCLAL 3–⁠6210%
Oct 23vsStanfordL 16–⁠2238%
Oct 30atOregonW 23–⁠2236%
Nov 6vsOregon StateW 29–⁠2469%
Nov 13atCaliforniaL 22–⁠2318%
Nov 20vsWashingtonL 32–⁠5147%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 51–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 104th-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 1976.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
240–⁠331
Coach
Jackie Sherrill
Elo
1354 −51 this season
SP+ rating
-8.6 No. 100 of 132; offense No. 36, defense No. 123
SRS
−2.9 No. 78 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Leahy
Defensive coordinator
Howard Tippett

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Gavin HendrickPCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠011–⁠12
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠115
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠5
California3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon1–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠10

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