
1939 Washington
4–5 (4–4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by James Phelan. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Montana 9–0Nov 4
By 9 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | vs | L 6–27 | 38% |
| Oct 7 | vs | L 7–14 | 50% |
| Oct 14 | at | L 0–6 | 46% |
| Oct 21 | vs | L 7–13 | 45% |
| Oct 28 | vs | W 8–5 | 56% |
| Nov 4 | vs | W 9–0 | 71% |
| Nov 11 | at | W 13–6 | 35% |
| Nov 25 | vs | W 20–13 | 59% |
| Dec 2 | at | L 7–9 | 16% |
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 teamFirst team
Dean McAdamsRBAP-1; UP-2
Jay MacDowellEUP-1
Second team
Rudy MuchaCAP-2; UP-2
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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5–0–2 | 8–0–2 | 3 | |
| 6–1–1 | 9–1–1 | ||
| 5–0–3 | 6–0–4 | 7 | |
| 4–4 | 4–5 | ||
| 3–3–1 | 3–4–1 | ||
| 3–5 | 4–5 | ||
| 1–2 | 3–6 | ||
| 2–5 | 3–7 | ||
| 0–6–1 | 1–7–1 | ||
| 0–3 | 2–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.