1939 Washington

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

Schedule and results

Washington in 1939, game by game: lost vs. Pittsburgh 6–27; lost vs. UCLA 7–14; lost at Washington State 0–6; lost vs. Oregon State 7–13; won vs. Stanford 8–5; won vs. Montana 9–0; won at California 13–6; won vs. Oregon 20–13; lost at No. 1 USC 7–9+9−21Lost 6–27 vs. Pittsburgh-21PittsburghLost 7–14 vs. UCLA-7UCLALost 0–6 at Washington State-6Washington StateLost 7–13 vs. Oregon State-6Oregon StateWon 8–5 vs. Stanford+3StanfordWon 9–0 vs. Montana+9MontanaWon 13–6 at California+7CaliforniaWon 20–13 vs. Oregon+7OregonLost 7–9 at No. 1 USC-2No. 1 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsPittsburghL 6–⁠2738%
Oct 7vsUCLAL 7–⁠1450%
Oct 14atWashington StateL 0–⁠646%
Oct 21vsOregon StateL 7–⁠1345%
Oct 28vsStanfordW 8–⁠556%
Nov 4vsMontanaW 9–⁠071%
Nov 11atCaliforniaW 13–⁠635%
Nov 25vsOregonW 20–⁠1359%
Dec 2at1USCL 7–⁠916%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 9–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-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 1939.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
77–⁠93
Coach
James Phelan
Elo
1504 −12 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.3 No. 74 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Chuck Bechtol

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1939 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC5–⁠0–⁠28–⁠0–⁠23
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
UCLA5–⁠0–⁠36–⁠0–⁠47
Washington4–⁠44–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠54–⁠5
Montana1–⁠23–⁠6
California2–⁠53–⁠7
Stanford0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠6

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