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1940 Washington

7–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by James Phelan, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1940, game by game: lost at Minnesota 14–19; won vs. Idaho 21–0; won at Oregon 10–0; won vs. No. 18 Oregon State 19–0; won vs. California 7–6; lost at No. 6 Stanford 10–20; won vs. USC 14–0; won at UCLA 41–0; won vs. Washington State 33–9+41−10Lost 14–19 at Minnesota-5MinnesotaWon 21–0 vs. Idaho+21IdahoWon 10–0 at Oregon+10OregonWon 19–0 vs. No. 18 Oregon State+19No. 18 Oregon StateWon 7–6 vs. California+1CaliforniaLost 10–20 at No. 6 Stanford-10No. 6 StanfordWon 14–0 vs. USC+14USCWon 41–0 at UCLA+41UCLAWon 33–9 vs. Washington State+24Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atMinnesotaL 14–⁠1934%
Oct 5vsIdahoW 21–⁠070%
Oct 12atOregonW 10–⁠049%
Oct 19vs18Oregon StateW 19–⁠049%
Oct 26vsCaliforniaW 7–⁠670%
Nov 9at6StanfordL 10–⁠2038%
Nov 16vsUSCW 14–⁠050%
Nov 23atUCLAW 41–⁠057%
Nov 30vsWashington StateW 33–⁠974%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 33–⁠9; No. 10 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 16
  3. Wk 3: 13
  4. Wk 4: 11
  5. Wk 5: 17
  6. Wk 6: 13
  7. Wk 7: 12
  8. Final: 10

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 1940.

Consensus All-AmericanRudy Mucha, C

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 10
Points
169–⁠54
Coach
James Phelan
Elo
1624 +121 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.0 No. 9 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Marx

Drafted in 1941

The 1941 draft
Rd 1Rudy Mucha CCleveland Rams
Rd 1Dean McAdams RBBrooklyn Dodgers
Rd 3Jay MacDowell ECleveland Rams

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford7–⁠010–⁠02
Washington7–⁠17–⁠210
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠6
USC2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Montana1–⁠24–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠41–⁠7–⁠1

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