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1963 Washington

6–⁠5 (4–⁠1 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1963, game by game: lost at Air Force 7–10; lost at No. 10 Pittsburgh 6–13; lost vs. Iowa 7–17; won vs. Oregon State 34–7; won vs. Stanford 19–11; won at Oregon 26–19; won vs. USC 22–7; won at California 39–26; lost at UCLA 0–14; won vs. Washington State 16–0; lost vs. No. 3 Illinois 7–17+27−14Lost 7–10 at Air Force-3Air ForceLost 6–13 at No. 10 Pittsburgh-7No. 10 PittsburghLost 7–17 vs. Iowa-10IowaWon 34–7 vs. Oregon State+27Oregon StateWon 19–11 vs. Stanford+8StanfordWon 26–19 at Oregon+7OregonWon 22–7 vs. USC+15USCWon 39–26 at California+13CaliforniaLost 0–14 at UCLA-14UCLAWon 16–0 vs. Washington State+16Washington StateLost 7–17 vs. No. 3 Illinois-10No. 3 Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atAir ForceL 7–⁠1060%
Sep 28at10PittsburghL 6–⁠1349%
Oct 5vsIowaL 7–⁠1763%
Oct 12vsOregon StateW 34–⁠741%
Oct 19vsStanfordW 19–⁠1176%
Oct 26atOregonW 26–⁠1933%
Nov 2vsUSCW 22–⁠749%
Nov 9atCaliforniaW 39–⁠2670%
Nov 16atUCLAL 0–⁠1481%
Nov 30vsWashington StateW 16–⁠075%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs3IllinoisRose BowlL 7–⁠1753%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois 17–⁠7 in the Rose Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Athletic Association of Western Universities champions.

In program history: The tied 59th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10

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 1963.

Athletic Association of Western Universities champions4–⁠1 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanRick Redman, OG/LB

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠1 first in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
183–⁠141
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1585 −7 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.0 No. 22 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dave Kopay and John Stupey

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bill DouglasQBUPI-2
  • David KopayRBAP-2
  • Charlie BrowningFBUPI-2
  • Rick SortunOGAP-2
  • Koll HagenOGUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington4–⁠16–⁠5
USC3–⁠17–⁠3
UCLA2–⁠22–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠43–⁠7

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