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1926 Washington

8–⁠2 (3–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Enoch Bagshaw.

Washington, 1926
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Washington in 1926, game by game: won vs. Willamette 28–0; won vs. USS New Mexico 20–0; won vs. Puget Sound 33–0; won at Oregon 23–9; won vs. Idaho 26–0; lost vs. Washington State 6–9; won at Whitman 44–0; won vs. California 13–7; lost at Stanford 10–29; won vs. Nebraska 10–6+44−19Won 28–0 vs. Willamette+28WillametteWon 20–0 vs. USS New Mexico+20USS New MexicoWon 33–0 vs. Puget Sound+33Puget SoundWon 23–9 at Oregon+14OregonWon 26–0 vs. Idaho+26IdahoLost 6–9 vs. Washington State-3Washington StateWon 44–0 at Whitman+44WhitmanWon 13–7 vs. California+6CaliforniaLost 10–29 at Stanford-19StanfordWon 10–6 vs. Nebraska+4Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsWillametteW 28–⁠095%
Sep 25vsUSS New MexicoW 20–⁠094%
Oct 2vsPuget SoundW 33–⁠094%
Oct 9atOregonW 23–⁠968%
Oct 16vsIdahoW 26–⁠080%
Oct 23vsWashington StateL 6–⁠980%
Oct 30atWhitmanW 44–⁠086%
Nov 6vsCaliforniaW 13–⁠783%
Nov 13atStanfordL 10–⁠2947%
Nov 25vsNebraskaW 10–⁠654%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Nebraska 10–⁠6; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
213–⁠60
Coach
Enoch Bagshaw
Elo
1630 +15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.7 No. 23 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
George Guttormsen

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • George GuttormsenQBAP-1

Second team

  • Leroy SchuhEAP-2
  • Pat WilsonOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1926 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1926 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford4–⁠010–⁠0–⁠1
USC5–⁠18–⁠2
Oregon State4–⁠17–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠16–⁠1
Washington3–⁠28–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠42–⁠4–⁠1
Montana0–⁠43–⁠5
California0–⁠53–⁠6

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