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1996 Washington State

5–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Mike Price.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1996, game by game: lost at No. 5 Colorado 19–37; won at Temple 38–34; won vs. No. 25 Oregon 55–44; won vs. San José State 52–16; lost at Arizona 26–34; won at Oregon State 24–3; won vs. No. 19 California 21–18; lost vs. USC 24–29; lost at UCLA 14–38; lost at Stanford 17–33; lost vs. No. 12 Washington 24–31+36−24Lost 19–37 at No. 5 Colorado-18No. 5 ColoradoWon 38–34 at Temple+4TempleWon 55–44 vs. No. 25 Oregon+11No. 25 OregonWon 52–16 vs. San José State+36San José StateLost 26–34 at Arizona-8ArizonaWon 24–3 at Oregon State+21Oregon StateWon 21–18 vs. No. 19 California+3No. 19 CaliforniaLost 24–29 vs. USC-5USCLost 14–38 at UCLA-24UCLALost 17–33 at Stanford-16StanfordLost 24–31 vs. No. 12 Washington-7No. 12 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31at5ColoradoL 19–⁠3719%
Sep 7atTempleW 38–⁠3453%
Sep 21vs25OregonW 55–⁠4437%
Sep 28vsSan José StateW 52–⁠1679%
Oct 5atArizonaL 26–⁠3438%
Oct 12atOregon StateW 24–⁠367%
Oct 19vs19CaliforniaW 21–⁠1852%
Oct 26vsUSCL 24–⁠2947%
Nov 9atUCLAL 14–⁠3839%
Nov 16atStanfordL 17–⁠3345%
Nov 23vs12WashingtonL 24–⁠3129%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 31–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 64th-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 1996.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
314–⁠317
Coach
Mike Price
Elo
1462 −8 this season
SP+ rating
1.5 No. 55 of 111; offense No. 36, defense No. 76
SRS
4.4 No. 42 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jim McDonell
Defensive coordinator
Bill Doba
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 2James Darling LBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 3Scott Sanderson OTTennessee Oilers
Rd 5Chad Carpenter WRArizona Cardinals

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Michael BlackRBCoaches-2
  • Dorian BooseDLCoaches-2
  • Shad HinchenDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State8–⁠011–⁠14
Washington7–⁠19–⁠316
Stanford5–⁠37–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠5
USC3–⁠56–⁠6
California3–⁠56–⁠6
Arizona3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon State1–⁠72–⁠9

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