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1953 Washington

3–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by John Cherberg.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1953, game by game: lost vs. Colorado 20–21; lost at Michigan 0–50; won vs. Oregon State 28–0; tied vs. No. 7 USC 13–13; won at Oregon 14–6; lost vs. No. 20 Stanford 7–13; won vs. Utah 21–14; lost at California 25–53; lost at No. 7 UCLA 6–22; lost vs. Washington State 20–25+28−50Lost 20–21 vs. Colorado-1ColoradoLost 0–50 at Michigan-50MichiganWon 28–0 vs. Oregon State+28Oregon StateTied 13–13 vs. No. 7 USC0No. 7 USCWon 14–6 at Oregon+8OregonLost 7–13 vs. No. 20 Stanford-6No. 20 StanfordWon 21–14 vs. Utah+7UtahLost 25–53 at California-28CaliforniaLost 6–22 at No. 7 UCLA-16No. 7 UCLALost 20–25 vs. Washington State-5Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsColoradoL 20–⁠2157%
Sep 26atMichiganL 0–⁠5043%
Oct 3vsOregon StateW 28–⁠075%
Oct 10vs7USCT 13–⁠1337%
Oct 17atOregonW 14–⁠666%
Oct 24vs20StanfordL 7–⁠1363%
Oct 31vsUtahW 21–⁠1446%
Nov 7atCaliforniaL 25–⁠5340%
Nov 14at7UCLAL 6–⁠2219%
Nov 21vsWashington StateL 20–⁠2571%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 25–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 86th-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 1953.

Record
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
154–⁠217
Coach
John Cherberg
Elo
1491 −75 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.1 No. 58 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Vern Lindskog

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Duane WardlowOTAP-1; UP-2
  • Milt BohartOGAP-1; UP-1; TW

Second team

  • Dean ChambersOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1953 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠18–⁠25
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠119
USC4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Oregon State3–⁠53–⁠6
Washington2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠31–⁠8

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