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1958 Washington

3–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1958, game by game: won vs. San José State 14–6; won vs. Minnesota 24–21; lost at No. 3 Ohio State 7–12; lost at Stanford 12–22; lost vs. UCLA 0–20; lost at Oregon State 12–14; won vs. Oregon 6–0; lost at USC 6–21; lost vs. California 7–12; lost at Washington State 14–18+8−20Won 14–6 vs. San José State+8San José StateWon 24–21 vs. Minnesota+3MinnesotaLost 7–12 at No. 3 Ohio State-5No. 3 Ohio StateLost 12–22 at Stanford-10StanfordLost 0–20 vs. UCLA-20UCLALost 12–14 at Oregon State-2Oregon StateWon 6–0 vs. Oregon+6OregonLost 6–21 at USC-15USCLost 7–12 vs. California-5CaliforniaLost 14–18 at Washington State-4Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsSan José StateW 14–⁠672%
Sep 27vsMinnesotaW 24–⁠2155%
Oct 4at3Ohio StateL 7–⁠1223%
Oct 11atStanfordL 12–⁠2249%
Oct 18vsUCLAL 0–⁠2049%
Oct 25atOregon StateL 12–⁠1425%
Nov 1vsOregonW 6–⁠045%
Nov 8atUSCL 6–⁠2134%
Nov 15vsCaliforniaL 7–⁠1248%
Nov 22atWashington StateL 14–⁠1820%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 18–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 104th-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 1958.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
102–⁠146
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1412 −61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.7 No. 55 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 second team

Second team

  • Kurt GegnerOTAP-2
  • Don ArmstrongOGCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠17–⁠416
Washington State6–⁠27–⁠3
USC4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠52–⁠8
Washington1–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠5

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