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1952 Washington

7–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Odell.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1952, game by game: won vs. Idaho 39–14; won vs. Minnesota 19–13; lost vs. No. 14 UCLA 7–32; lost at No. 13 Illinois 14–48; won vs. Oregon 49–0; won at Stanford 27–14; won at Oregon State 38–13; won vs. California 22–7; lost at No. 5 USC 0–33; won at Washington State 33–27+49−34Won 39–14 vs. Idaho+25IdahoWon 19–13 vs. Minnesota+6MinnesotaLost 7–32 vs. No. 14 UCLA-25No. 14 UCLALost 14–48 at No. 13 Illinois-34No. 13 IllinoisWon 49–0 vs. Oregon+49OregonWon 27–14 at Stanford+13StanfordWon 38–13 at Oregon State+25Oregon StateWon 22–7 vs. California+15CaliforniaLost 0–33 at No. 5 USC-33No. 5 USCWon 33–27 at Washington State+6Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsIdahoW 39–⁠1469%
Sep 27vsMinnesotaW 19–⁠1367%
Oct 4vs14UCLAL 7–⁠3246%
Oct 11at13IllinoisL 14–⁠4824%
Oct 18vsOregonW 49–⁠074%
Oct 25atStanfordW 27–⁠1427%
Nov 1atOregon StateW 38–⁠1355%
Nov 8vsCaliforniaW 22–⁠748%
Nov 15at5USCL 0–⁠3329%
Nov 29atWashington StateW 33–⁠2751%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 33–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 17

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 1952.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
248–⁠201
Coach
Howard Odell
Elo
1600 +105 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.2 No. 25 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Dick Sprague

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Don HeinrichB
  • George BlackEAP-1; INS-1; UP-1
  • Lou YourkowskiOTAP-1; INS-2

Second team

  • Vern LindskogCUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠15
UCLA5–⁠18–⁠16
Washington6–⁠27–⁠3
California3–⁠37–⁠3
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠55–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠7

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