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1968 Washington

3–⁠5–⁠2 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Pac-8), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1968, game by game: tied vs. Rice 35–35; won at Wisconsin 21–17; lost at Oregon State 21–35; lost vs. Oregon 0–3; lost at No. 1 USC 7–14; won vs. Idaho 37–7; tied vs. No. 8 California 7–7; lost at Stanford 20–35; won vs. UCLA 6–0; lost at Washington State 0–24+30−24Tied 35–35 vs. Rice0RiceWon 21–17 at Wisconsin+4WisconsinLost 21–35 at Oregon State-14Oregon StateLost 0–3 vs. Oregon-3OregonLost 7–14 at No. 1 USC-7No. 1 USCWon 37–7 vs. Idaho+30IdahoTied 7–7 vs. No. 8 California0No. 8 CaliforniaLost 20–35 at Stanford-15StanfordWon 6–0 vs. UCLA+6UCLALost 0–24 at Washington State-24Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsRiceT 35–⁠3569%
Sep 28atWisconsinW 21–⁠1765%
Oct 5atOregon StateL 21–⁠3535%
Oct 12vsOregonL 0–⁠375%
Oct 19at1USCL 7–⁠1416%
Oct 26vsIdahoW 37–⁠785%
Nov 2vs8CaliforniaT 7–⁠740%
Nov 9atStanfordL 20–⁠3542%
Nov 16vsUCLAW 6–⁠050%
Nov 23atWashington StateL 0–⁠2458%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 24–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 96th-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 1968.

Consensus All-AmericanAl Worley, DB

Record
3–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 8th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
154–⁠177
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1456 −69 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.6 No. 51 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jim Cope and Al Worley

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • George JugumLBAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Al WorleyDBAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Carl WojciechowskiRBUPI-2
  • Jim HarrisOGUPI-2
  • Otis WashingtonDEAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠09–⁠1–⁠14
Oregon State5–⁠17–⁠315
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠44–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠43–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2

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