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1950 Washington

8–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Odell, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1950, game by game: won vs. Kansas State 33–7; won vs. No. 18 Minnesota 28–13; won vs. No. 13 UCLA 21–20; won at Oregon State 35–6; lost at Illinois 13–20; won at Stanford 21–7; lost vs. No. 6 California 7–14; won vs. Oregon 27–13; won at USC 28–13; won at Washington State 52–21+31−7Won 33–7 vs. Kansas State+26Kansas StateWon 28–13 vs. No. 18 Minnesota+15No. 18 MinnesotaWon 21–20 vs. No. 13 UCLA+1No. 13 UCLAWon 35–6 at Oregon State+29Oregon StateLost 13–20 at Illinois-7IllinoisWon 21–7 at Stanford+14StanfordLost 7–14 vs. No. 6 California-7No. 6 CaliforniaWon 27–13 vs. Oregon+14OregonWon 28–13 at USC+15USCWon 52–21 at Washington State+31Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsKansas StateW 33–⁠769%
Sep 30vs18MinnesotaW 28–⁠1334%
Oct 7vs13UCLAW 21–⁠2047%
Oct 14atOregon StateW 35–⁠641%
Oct 21atIllinoisL 13–⁠2042%
Oct 28atStanfordW 21–⁠732%
Nov 4vs6CaliforniaL 7–⁠1433%
Nov 11vsOregonW 27–⁠1377%
Nov 18atUSCW 28–⁠1349%
Nov 25atWashington StateW 52–⁠2154%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 52–⁠21; No. 11 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The tied 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 10
  2. Wk 3: 11
  3. Wk 4: 10
  4. Wk 6: 12
  5. Wk 7: 17
  6. Wk 8: 19
  7. Wk 9: 18
  8. Final: 11

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 1950.

Led the nationDon Heinrich: passing yards (1,846 yds)

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 10
Points
265–⁠134
Coach
Howard Odell
Elo
1616 +187 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.7 No. 19 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Joe Cloidt and Mike Michael

All-Pacific Coast

7 first team

First team

  • Don HeinrichB
  • Hugh McElhennyBAP-1; Coaches-1; UP-1
  • Dick SpragueB
  • Roland KirkbyB
  • Joe CloidtEAP-2; Coaches-1; UP-2
  • Ted HolzknechtOG
  • Mike MichaelsCCoaches-1; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠18–⁠211
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington State2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
USC1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State2–⁠53–⁠6
Oregon0–⁠71–⁠9

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