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1938 Washington

3–⁠5–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by James Phelan.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1938, game by game: lost at Minnesota 0–15; tied vs. Idaho 12–12; lost at UCLA 0–13; lost vs. Oregon State 6–13; lost vs. No. 3 California 7–14; won at Stanford 10–7; won vs. No. 9 USC 7–6; lost at Oregon 0–3; won vs. Washington State 26–0+26−15Lost 0–15 at Minnesota-15MinnesotaTied 12–12 vs. Idaho0IdahoLost 0–13 at UCLA-13UCLALost 6–13 vs. Oregon State-7Oregon StateLost 7–14 vs. No. 3 California-7No. 3 CaliforniaWon 10–7 at Stanford+3StanfordWon 7–6 vs. No. 9 USC+1No. 9 USCLost 0–3 at Oregon-3OregonWon 26–0 vs. Washington State+26Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atMinnesotaL 0–⁠1537%
Oct 1vsIdahoT 12–⁠1281%
Oct 8atUCLAL 0–⁠1354%
Oct 15vsOregon StateL 6–⁠1370%
Oct 22vs3CaliforniaL 7–⁠1432%
Nov 5atStanfordW 10–⁠741%
Nov 12vs9USCW 7–⁠640%
Nov 19atOregonL 0–⁠352%
Nov 26vsWashington StateW 26–⁠066%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 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 1938.

Record
3–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
68–⁠83
Coach
James Phelan
Elo
1525 −67 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.3 No. 40 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Frank Peters

Drafted in 1939

The 1939 draft
Rd 2Charles Newton BPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jay MacDowellEAP-1; UP-1
  • Art MeansOGAP-1
  • Steve SlivinskiOGAP-2; INS-1; NEA-3

Second team

  • Jimmy JohnstonRBAP-2; NEA-2

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠110–⁠114
USC6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠5
Washington3–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Idaho2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State1–⁠72–⁠8
Montana0–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1

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