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1951 Washington

3–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Odell.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1951, game by game: won vs. Montana 58–7; won at Minnesota 25–20; lost vs. USC 13–20; won at Oregon 63–6; lost vs. No. 8 Illinois 20–27; lost vs. No. 11 Stanford 7–14; lost vs. Oregon State 14–40; lost at No. 17 California 28–37; tied at No. 18 UCLA 20–20; lost vs. No. 17 Washington State 25–27+57−26Won 58–7 vs. Montana+51MontanaWon 25–20 at Minnesota+5MinnesotaLost 13–20 vs. USC-7USCWon 63–6 at Oregon+57OregonLost 20–27 vs. No. 8 Illinois-7No. 8 IllinoisLost 7–14 vs. No. 11 Stanford-7No. 11 StanfordLost 14–40 vs. Oregon State-26Oregon StateLost 28–37 at No. 17 California-9No. 17 CaliforniaTied 20–20 at No. 18 UCLA0No. 18 UCLALost 25–27 vs. No. 17 Washington State-2No. 17 Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsMontanaW 58–⁠778%
Sep 29atMinnesotaW 25–⁠2059%
Oct 6vsUSCL 13–⁠2070%
Oct 13atOregonW 63–⁠668%
Oct 20vs8IllinoisL 20–⁠2752%
Oct 27vs11StanfordL 7–⁠1451%
Nov 3vsOregon StateL 14–⁠4069%
Nov 10at17CaliforniaL 28–⁠3723%
Nov 17at18UCLAT 20–⁠2029%
Nov 24vs17Washington StateL 25–⁠2752%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 27–⁠25; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 85th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 4: 20

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 1951.

Record
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
273–⁠218
Coach
Howard Odell
Elo
1492 −85 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.1 No. 47 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ted Holzknecht

Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 1Hugh McElhenny RBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 3Don Heinrich QBNew York Giants

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill EarleyBAP-2
  • Ted HolzknechtOGAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠117
California5–⁠28–⁠212
USC4–⁠27–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠37–⁠318
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠62–⁠8
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠7

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