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1930 Washington

5–⁠4 (3–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by James Phelan.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1930, game by game: won vs. Whitman 48–0; won vs. Montana 27–0; won vs. Idaho 27–0; lost at Oregon 0–7; won vs. California 13–0; won vs. Puget Sound 60–0; lost at Stanford 7–25; lost vs. Washington State 0–3; lost at USC 0–32+60−32Won 48–0 vs. Whitman+48WhitmanWon 27–0 vs. Montana+27MontanaWon 27–0 vs. Idaho+27IdahoLost 0–7 at Oregon-7OregonWon 13–0 vs. California+13CaliforniaWon 60–0 vs. Puget Sound+60Puget SoundLost 7–25 at Stanford-18StanfordLost 0–3 vs. Washington State-3Washington StateLost 0–32 at USC-32USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsWhitmanW 48–⁠086%
Oct 4vsMontanaW 27–⁠061%
Oct 11vsIdahoW 27–⁠062%
Oct 18atOregonL 0–⁠736%
Oct 25vsCaliforniaW 13–⁠056%
Nov 1vsPuget SoundW 60–⁠090%
Nov 8atStanfordL 7–⁠2532%
Nov 15vsWashington StateL 0–⁠333%
Nov 27atUSCL 0–⁠3213%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 32–⁠0; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
182–⁠67
Coach
James Phelan
Elo
1482 +40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.1 No. 49 of 106 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Al Holmes

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1930 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1930 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington State6–⁠09–⁠1
USC5–⁠18–⁠2
Stanford4–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠17–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠4
Oregon State2–⁠37–⁠3
Montana1–⁠35–⁠3
California1–⁠44–⁠5
UCLA1–⁠43–⁠5
Idaho0–⁠54–⁠7

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