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1948 Washington

2–⁠7–⁠1 (2–⁠5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Odell.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1948, game by game: lost vs. Minnesota 0–20; tied vs. Oregon State 14–14; won vs. UCLA 27–6; lost at Washington State 0–10; lost vs. No. 4 California 0–21; lost at Stanford 0–20; lost vs. No. 16 Oregon 7–13; lost at USC 7–32; won vs. Idaho 34–7; lost at No. 2 Notre Dame 0–46+27−46Lost 0–20 vs. Minnesota-20MinnesotaTied 14–14 vs. Oregon State0Oregon StateWon 27–6 vs. UCLA+21UCLALost 0–10 at Washington State-10Washington StateLost 0–21 vs. No. 4 California-21No. 4 CaliforniaLost 0–20 at Stanford-20StanfordLost 7–13 vs. No. 16 Oregon-6No. 16 OregonLost 7–32 at USC-25USCWon 34–7 vs. Idaho+27IdahoLost 0–46 at No. 2 Notre Dame-46No. 2 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsMinnesotaL 0–⁠2050%
Oct 2vsOregon StateT 14–⁠1450%
Oct 9vsUCLAW 27–⁠644%
Oct 16atWashington StateL 0–⁠1046%
Oct 23vs4CaliforniaL 0–⁠2133%
Oct 30atStanfordL 0–⁠2048%
Nov 6vs16OregonL 7–⁠1336%
Nov 13atUSCL 7–⁠3220%
Nov 20vsIdahoW 34–⁠760%
Nov 27at2Notre DameL 0–⁠468%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 46–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 101st-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 1948.

Record
2–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠5–⁠1 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
89–⁠189
Coach
Howard Odell
Elo
1414 −71 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.1 No. 73 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Alf Hemsted

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

  • Alf HemsteadOGCoaches-1; AP-1; UP-2
  • Bob LevenhagenOGAP-3; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠09–⁠29
California6–⁠010–⁠14
USC4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford3–⁠44–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠3
Washington2–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
UCLA2–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠6
Montana0–⁠33–⁠7

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