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1962 Washington

7–⁠1–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1962, game by game: tied vs. No. 7 Purdue 7–7; won vs. Illinois 28–7; won vs. Kansas State 41–0; won at Oregon State 14–13; won at Stanford 14–0; tied vs. Oregon 21–21; lost at No. 3 USC 0–14; won vs. California 27–0; won vs. UCLA 30–0; won at Washington State 26–21+41−14Tied 7–7 vs. No. 7 Purdue0No. 7 PurdueWon 28–7 vs. Illinois+21IllinoisWon 41–0 vs. Kansas State+41Kansas StateWon 14–13 at Oregon State+1Oregon StateWon 14–0 at Stanford+14StanfordTied 21–21 vs. Oregon0OregonLost 0–14 at No. 3 USC-14No. 3 USCWon 27–0 vs. California+27CaliforniaWon 30–0 vs. UCLA+30UCLAWon 26–21 at Washington State+5Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vs7PurdueT 7–⁠756%
Sep 29vsIllinoisW 28–⁠778%
Oct 6vsKansas StateW 41–⁠086%
Oct 13atOregon StateW 14–⁠1351%
Oct 20atStanfordW 14–⁠070%
Oct 27vsOregonT 21–⁠2160%
Nov 3at3USCL 0–⁠1445%
Nov 10vsCaliforniaW 27–⁠084%
Nov 17vsUCLAW 30–⁠070%
Nov 24atWashington StateW 26–⁠2157%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 26–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 3: 8
  3. Wk 4: 7
  4. Wk 5: 9
  5. Wk 6: 8
  6. Wk 7: 9

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 1962.

Record
7–⁠1–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
208–⁠83
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1638 +60 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.6 No. 12 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Monroe and Rod Scheyer

Drafted in 1963

The 1963 draft
Rd 2Ray Mansfield OTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4Charley Mitchell RBChicago Bears
Rd 5Ray Mansfield CDenver Broncos (AFL)

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Charles H. MitchellBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Lee BerhardiEUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1962 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC4–⁠011–⁠01
Washington4–⁠17–⁠1–⁠2
Washington State1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠35–⁠5
UCLA1–⁠34–⁠6
California0–⁠41–⁠9

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