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1957 Washington

3–⁠6–⁠1 (3–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1957, game by game: tied vs. Colorado 6–6; lost at No. 6 Minnesota 7–46; lost vs. Ohio State 7–35; lost at UCLA 0–19; lost vs. Stanford 14–21; won vs. Oregon State 19–6; lost vs. USC 12–19; won at No. 13 Oregon 13–6; won at California 35–27; lost vs. Washington State 7–27+13−39Tied 6–6 vs. Colorado0ColoradoLost 7–46 at No. 6 Minnesota-39No. 6 MinnesotaLost 7–35 vs. Ohio State-28Ohio StateLost 0–19 at UCLA-19UCLALost 14–21 vs. Stanford-7StanfordWon 19–6 vs. Oregon State+13Oregon StateLost 12–19 vs. USC-7USCWon 13–6 at No. 13 Oregon+7No. 13 OregonWon 35–27 at California+8CaliforniaLost 7–27 vs. Washington State-20Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsColoradoT 6–⁠647%
Sep 28at6MinnesotaL 7–⁠4636%
Oct 5vsOhio StateL 7–⁠3546%
Oct 12atUCLAL 0–⁠1927%
Oct 19vsStanfordL 14–⁠2150%
Oct 26vsOregon StateW 19–⁠633%
Nov 2vsUSCL 12–⁠1954%
Nov 9at13OregonW 13–⁠622%
Nov 16atCaliforniaW 35–⁠2753%
Nov 23vsWashington StateL 7–⁠2761%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 27–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 95th-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 1957.

Record
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
120–⁠212
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1460 −59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.1 No. 57 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Whitey Core and Jim Jones

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 3Jim Jones BLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Dick Day OTNew York Giants

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team

First team

  • Jim JonesB
  • John “Whitey” CoreOGAP-1; Coaches-2
  • Marv BergmannCUP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State6–⁠28–⁠2
Oregon6–⁠27–⁠4
UCLA5–⁠28–⁠2
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington3–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠61–⁠9
USC1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1

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