1979 Washington State

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Jim Walden.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1979, game by game: lost vs. Arizona 7–22; won vs. Montana 34–14; lost at No. 16 Ohio State 29–45; lost vs. Syracuse 25–52; lost at No. 1 USC 21–50; won vs. UCLA 17–14; lost at Arizona State 17–28; lost vs. Oregon 26–37; won at Oregon State 45–42; lost vs. California 13–45; lost at No. 16 Washington 7–17+20−32Lost 7–22 vs. Arizona-15ArizonaWon 34–14 vs. Montana+20MontanaLost 29–45 at No. 16 Ohio State-16No. 16 Ohio StateLost 25–52 vs. Syracuse-27SyracuseLost 21–50 at No. 1 USC-29No. 1 USCWon 17–14 vs. UCLA+3UCLALost 17–28 at Arizona State-11Arizona StateLost 26–37 vs. Oregon-11OregonWon 45–42 at Oregon State+3Oregon StateLost 13–45 vs. California-32CaliforniaLost 7–17 at No. 16 Washington-10No. 16 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 17–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
241–⁠366
Coach
Jim Walden
Elo
1350 −85 this season
SP+ rating
-4.7 No. 92 of 135; offense No. 24, defense No. 128
SRS
−2.4 No. 82 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1980

The 1980 draft
Rd 4Bob Gregor DBSan Diego Chargers

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Allan KennedyCCoaches-1

Second team

  • Tali EnaRBCoaches-2
  • Tim DaveyPCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1979 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠12
Washington5–⁠29–⁠311
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠5
Arizona4–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
California5–⁠46–⁠6
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠46–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠71–⁠10

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