1946 Washington
5–4 (5–3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Ralph Welch. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Montana 21–0Nov 23
By 21 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | vsSaint Mary’s (CA) | L 20–24 | 65% |
| Oct 5 | vs UCLA | L 13–39 | 58% |
| Oct 12 | at Washington State | W 21–7 | 32% |
| Oct 19 | at USC | L 0–28 | 42% |
| Oct 26 | vs California | W 20–6 | 66% |
| Nov 9 | at Stanford | W 21–15 | 34% |
| Nov 16 | vs Oregon | W 16–0 | 69% |
| Nov 23 | vs Montana | W 21–0 | 90% |
| Nov 30 | at Oregon State | L 12–21 | 44% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 21–12; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.
In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).
- Record
- 5–4
- Conference
- 5–3 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 144–140
- Coach
- Ralph Welch
- Elo
- 1518 −3 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 0.1 No. 61 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- John Zeger
All-Pacific Coast
2 first teamFirst team
Dick HagenEAP-1; UP-2- John ZegerOGAP-3; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1946 Pacific Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 7–0 | 10–1 | 4 |
| Oregon State | 6–1–1 | 7–1–1 | |
| USC | 5–2 | 6–4 | |
| Washington | 5–3 | 5–4 | |
| Stanford | 3–3–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Oregon | 3–4–1 | 4–4–1 | |
| Montana | 1–3 | 4–4 | |
| Washington State | 1–5–1 | 1–6–1 | |
| California | 1–6 | 2–7 | |
 Idaho | 0–5 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.