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1965 Washington

5–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1965, game by game: won vs. Idaho 14–9; lost at Baylor 14–17; lost vs. Ohio State 21–23; lost vs. No. 8 USC 0–34; lost at California 12–16; won at Oregon 24–20; won vs. Stanford 41–8; lost at No. 8 UCLA 24–28; won vs. Oregon State 28–21; won vs. Washington State 27–9+33−34Won 14–9 vs. Idaho+5IdahoLost 14–17 at Baylor-3BaylorLost 21–23 vs. Ohio State-2Ohio StateLost 0–34 vs. No. 8 USC-34No. 8 USCLost 12–16 at California-4CaliforniaWon 24–20 at Oregon+4OregonWon 41–8 vs. Stanford+33StanfordLost 24–28 at No. 8 UCLA-4No. 8 UCLAWon 28–21 vs. Oregon State+7Oregon StateWon 27–9 vs. Washington State+18Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsIdahoW 14–⁠970%
Sep 25atBaylorL 14–⁠1743%
Oct 2vsOhio StateL 21–⁠2360%
Oct 9vs8USCL 0–⁠3444%
Oct 16atCaliforniaL 12–⁠1648%
Oct 23atOregonW 24–⁠2025%
Oct 30vsStanfordW 41–⁠854%
Nov 6at8UCLAL 24–⁠2844%
Nov 13vsOregon StateW 28–⁠2162%
Nov 20vsWashington StateW 27–⁠960%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 27–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 64th-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 1965.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
205–⁠185
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1581 +22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.9 No. 24 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ron Medved and Ralph Winters

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ron MedvedRBAP-2
  • Don MooreRBUPI-2
  • Dave DillonDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA4–⁠08–⁠2–⁠14
USC4–⁠17–⁠2–⁠110
Washington State2–⁠17–⁠3
Washington4–⁠35–⁠5
Stanford2–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon State1–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon0–⁠54–⁠5–⁠1

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