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1969 Washington

1–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Pac-8), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1969, game by game: lost at No. 12 Michigan State 11–27; lost at No. 20 Michigan 7–45; lost vs. No. 1 Ohio State 14–41; lost at California 13–44; lost vs. Oregon State 6–10; lost at Oregon 7–22; lost at No. 9 UCLA 14–57; lost vs. No. 14 Stanford 7–21; lost vs. No. 6 USC 7–16; won vs. Washington State 30–21+9−43Lost 11–27 at No. 12 Michigan State-16No. 12 Michigan StateLost 7–45 at No. 20 Michigan-38No. 20 MichiganLost 14–41 vs. No. 1 Ohio State-27No. 1 Ohio StateLost 13–44 at California-31CaliforniaLost 6–10 vs. Oregon State-4Oregon StateLost 7–22 at Oregon-15OregonLost 14–57 at No. 9 UCLA-43No. 9 UCLALost 7–21 vs. No. 14 Stanford-14No. 14 StanfordLost 7–16 vs. No. 6 USC-9No. 6 USCWon 30–21 vs. Washington State+9Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20at12Michigan StateL 11–⁠2735%
Sep 27at20MichiganL 7–⁠4525%
Oct 4vs1Ohio StateL 14–⁠4128%
Oct 11atCaliforniaL 13–⁠4425%
Oct 18vsOregon StateL 6–⁠1030%
Oct 25atOregonL 7–⁠2237%
Nov 1at9UCLAL 14–⁠5714%
Nov 8vs14StanfordL 7–⁠2122%
Nov 15vs6USCL 7–⁠1613%
Nov 22vsWashington StateW 30–⁠2159%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 30–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 110th-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 1969.

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
116–⁠304
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1366 −104 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.6 No. 65 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ken Ballenger and Lee Brock

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 2Clyde Werner LBKansas City Chiefs

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Lee BrockDT

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠0–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠113
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠119
Oregon State4–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon2–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
California2–⁠45–⁠5
Washington1–⁠61–⁠9
Washington State0–⁠71–⁠9

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