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1956 Washington

5–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Darrell Royal.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1956, game by game: won vs. Idaho 53–21; lost vs. Minnesota 14–34; won vs. No. 13 Illinois 28–13; won vs. Oregon 20–7; lost at No. 9 USC 7–35; lost vs. California 7–16; lost at No. 17 Oregon State 20–28; lost vs. No. 19 UCLA 9–13; won at Stanford 34–13; won at Washington State 40–26+32−28Won 53–21 vs. Idaho+32IdahoLost 14–34 vs. Minnesota-20MinnesotaWon 28–13 vs. No. 13 Illinois+15No. 13 IllinoisWon 20–7 vs. Oregon+13OregonLost 7–35 at No. 9 USC-28No. 9 USCLost 7–16 vs. California-9CaliforniaLost 20–28 at No. 17 Oregon State-8No. 17 Oregon StateLost 9–13 vs. No. 19 UCLA-4No. 19 UCLAWon 34–13 at Stanford+21StanfordWon 40–26 at Washington State+14Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsIdahoW 53–⁠2169%
Sep 29vsMinnesotaL 14–⁠3457%
Oct 6vs13IllinoisW 28–⁠1348%
Oct 13vsOregonW 20–⁠747%
Oct 20at9USCL 7–⁠3527%
Oct 27vsCaliforniaL 7–⁠1667%
Nov 3at17Oregon StateL 20–⁠2831%
Nov 10vs19UCLAL 9–⁠1332%
Nov 17atStanfordW 34–⁠1324%
Nov 24atWashington StateW 40–⁠2659%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 40–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 72nd-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 1956.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
232–⁠206
Coach
Darrell Royal
Elo
1529 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.1 No. 26 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dean Derby and Corky Lewis

Drafted in 1957

The 1957 draft
Rd 3George Strugar OTLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Dean Derby BLos Angeles Rams

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠110
USC5–⁠28–⁠218
UCLA5–⁠27–⁠3
Washington4–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Stanford3–⁠44–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California2–⁠53–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

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