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1942 Washington

4–⁠3–⁠3 (3–⁠3–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Ralph Welch.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1942, game by game: won vs. Pacific 27–0; tied vs. USC 0–0; won at Oregon 15–7; won vs. Montana 35–0; lost vs. California 6–19; won vs. Oregon State 13–0; lost vs. Stanford 7–20; tied vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 0–0; lost at No. 18 UCLA 10–14; tied vs. No. 15 Washington State 0–0+35−13Won 27–0 vs. Pacific+27PacificTied 0–0 vs. USC0USCWon 15–7 at Oregon+8OregonWon 35–0 vs. Montana+35MontanaLost 6–19 vs. California-13CaliforniaWon 13–0 vs. Oregon State+13Oregon StateLost 7–20 vs. Stanford-13StanfordTied 0–0 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight0Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 10–14 at No. 18 UCLA-4No. 18 UCLATied 0–0 vs. No. 15 Washington State0No. 15 Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsPacificW 27–⁠092%
Oct 3vsUSCT 0–⁠073%
Oct 10atOregonW 15–⁠752%
Oct 17vsMontanaW 35–⁠088%
Oct 24vsCaliforniaL 6–⁠1971%
Oct 31vsOregon StateW 13–⁠061%
Nov 7vsStanfordL 7–⁠2055%
Nov 14vsSaint Mary’s (CA) Pre-FlightT 0–⁠053%
Nov 21at18UCLAL 10–⁠1441%
Nov 28vs15Washington StateT 0–⁠047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Washington State 0–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 77th-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 1942.

Record
4–⁠3–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠2 tied for 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
113–⁠60
Coach
Ralph Welch
Elo
1519 −35 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.5 No. 67 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Walt Harrison

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 7Walt Harrison CPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠17–⁠413
Washington State5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠217
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠412
USC4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Washington3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
California3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠7
Montana0–⁠60–⁠8

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