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1936 Washington

7–⁠2–⁠1 (7–⁠0–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by James Phelan, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1936, game by game: lost vs. Minnesota 7–14; won vs. Idaho 22–0; won at UCLA 14–0; won vs. Oregon State 19–7; won vs. California 13–0; won at Oregon 7–0; tied at Stanford 14–14; won vs. No. 15 USC 12–0; won vs. No. 20 Washington State 40–0; lost vs. No. 4 Pittsburgh 0–21+40−21Lost 7–14 vs. Minnesota-7MinnesotaWon 22–0 vs. Idaho+22IdahoWon 14–0 at UCLA+14UCLAWon 19–7 vs. Oregon State+12Oregon StateWon 13–0 vs. California+13CaliforniaWon 7–0 at Oregon+7OregonTied 14–14 at Stanford0StanfordWon 12–0 vs. No. 15 USC+12No. 15 USCWon 40–0 vs. No. 20 Washington State+40No. 20 Washington StateLost 0–21 vs. No. 4 Pittsburgh-21No. 4 Pittsburgh
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsMinnesotaL 7–⁠1444%
Oct 3vsIdahoW 22–⁠073%
Oct 10atUCLAW 14–⁠039%
Oct 17vsOregon StateW 19–⁠778%
Oct 24vsCaliforniaW 13–⁠068%
Oct 31atOregonW 7–⁠058%
Nov 7atStanfordT 14–⁠1449%
Nov 14vs15USCW 12–⁠067%
Nov 26vs20Washington StateW 40–⁠068%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs4PittsburghRose BowlL 0–⁠2144%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Pittsburgh 21–⁠0 in the Rose Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 10
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 6
  7. Final: 5

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 1936.

Pacific Coast Conference champions7–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanMax Starcevich, OG

Record
7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0–⁠1 first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 4
Points
148–⁠56
Coach
James Phelan
Elo
1655 +87 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.8 No. 16 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Chuck Bond

Drafted in 1937

The 1937 draft
Rd 3Max Starcevich BBrooklyn Dodgers
Rd 5John Wiatrak CCleveland Rams
Rd 5Chuck Bond OTWashington Redskins
Rd 6Jimmie Cain EWashington Redskins
Rd 7Byron Haines BPittsburgh Pirates

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • PetersEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠15
Washington State6–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California4–⁠36–⁠5
USC3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠2–⁠3
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠43–⁠7

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