1982 Washington State

3–⁠7–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Jim Walden.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1982, game by game: won vs. Idaho 34–14; lost vs. Colorado 0–12; lost at Minnesota 11–41; lost at Tennessee 3–10; tied vs. Oregon State 14–14; lost at No. 12 UCLA 17–42; lost vs. Stanford 26–31; lost vs. Arizona 17–34; won at Oregon 10–3; lost at California 14–34; won vs. No. 5 Washington 24–20+20−30Won 34–14 vs. Idaho+20IdahoLost 0–12 vs. Colorado-12ColoradoLost 11–41 at Minnesota-30MinnesotaLost 3–10 at Tennessee-7TennesseeTied 14–14 vs. Oregon State0Oregon StateLost 17–42 at No. 12 UCLA-25No. 12 UCLALost 26–31 vs. Stanford-5StanfordLost 17–34 vs. Arizona-17ArizonaWon 10–3 at Oregon+7OregonLost 14–34 at California-20CaliforniaWon 24–20 vs. No. 5 Washington+4No. 5 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington 24–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 79th-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 1982.

Record
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
170–⁠255
Coach
Jim Walden
Elo
1433 −106 this season
SP+ rating
-12.4 No. 90 of 109; offense No. 96, defense No. 70
SRS
−3.9 No. 68 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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All-Pac-10

1 second team

Second team

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From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA5–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠210–⁠27
Arizona State5–⁠210–⁠26
USC5–⁠28–⁠315
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
California4–⁠47–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
Oregon State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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