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1980 Washington State

4–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Jim Walden.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1980, game by game: lost vs. San José State 26–31; lost at Tennessee 23–35; won vs. Army 31–18; lost vs. Pacific 22–24; lost at Arizona State 21–27; won at Arizona 38–14; lost vs. Stanford 34–48; lost at Oregon 10–20; won vs. Oregon State 28–7; won at California 31–17; lost vs. No. 16 Washington 23–30+24−14Lost 26–31 vs. San José State-5San José StateLost 23–35 at Tennessee-12TennesseeWon 31–18 vs. Army+13ArmyLost 22–24 vs. Pacific-2PacificLost 21–27 at Arizona State-6Arizona StateWon 38–14 at Arizona+24ArizonaLost 34–48 vs. Stanford-14StanfordLost 10–20 at Oregon-10OregonWon 28–7 vs. Oregon State+21Oregon StateWon 31–17 at California+14CaliforniaLost 23–30 vs. No. 16 Washington-7No. 16 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsSan José StateL 26–⁠3143%
Sep 20atTennesseeL 23–⁠3525%
Sep 27vsArmyW 31–⁠1851%
Oct 4vsPacificL 22–⁠2458%
Oct 11atArizona StateL 21–⁠2722%
Oct 18atArizonaW 38–⁠1425%
Oct 25vsStanfordL 34–⁠4838%
Nov 1atOregonL 10–⁠2025%
Nov 8vsOregon StateW 28–⁠775%
Nov 15atCaliforniaW 31–⁠1739%
Nov 22vs16WashingtonL 23–⁠3028%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 30–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 76th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
287–⁠271
Coach
Jim Walden
Elo
1437 +38 this season
SP+ rating
-1.0 No. 74 of 133; offense No. 35, defense No. 116
SRS
4.7 No. 50 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pat Ruel
Defensive coordinator
Bob Padilla
Captains
Samoa Samoa, Allan Kennedy and Brian Flones

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 4Scott Pelluer LBDallas Cowboys

All-Pac-10

1 second team

Second team

  • Greg SykesOGCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington6–⁠19–⁠316
UCLA5–⁠29–⁠213
USC4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠111
Arizona State5–⁠37–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Stanford3–⁠46–⁠5
Arizona3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠7
California3–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠80–⁠11

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