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1970 Washington

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Pac-8), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1970, game by game: won vs. Michigan State 42–16; lost vs. No. 10 Michigan 3–17; won vs. Navy 56–7; lost vs. California 28–31; lost at No. 11 USC 25–28; won at Oregon State 29–20; won vs. No. 16 Oregon 25–23; lost at No. 6 Stanford 22–29; won vs. No. 17 UCLA 61–20; won at Washington State 43–25+49−14Won 42–16 vs. Michigan State+26Michigan StateLost 3–17 vs. No. 10 Michigan-14No. 10 MichiganWon 56–7 vs. Navy+49NavyLost 28–31 vs. California-3CaliforniaLost 25–28 at No. 11 USC-3No. 11 USCWon 29–20 at Oregon State+9Oregon StateWon 25–23 vs. No. 16 Oregon+2No. 16 OregonLost 22–29 at No. 6 Stanford-7No. 6 StanfordWon 61–20 vs. No. 17 UCLA+41No. 17 UCLAWon 43–25 at Washington State+18Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsMichigan StateW 42–⁠1645%
Sep 26vs10MichiganL 3–⁠1734%
Oct 3vsNavyW 56–⁠764%
Oct 10vsCaliforniaL 28–⁠3156%
Oct 17at11USCL 25–⁠2814%
Oct 24atOregon StateW 29–⁠2024%
Oct 31vs16OregonW 25–⁠2354%
Nov 7at6StanfordL 22–⁠2918%
Nov 14vs17UCLAW 61–⁠2038%
Nov 21atWashington StateW 43–⁠2575%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 43–⁠25; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 12: 20

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 1970.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
334–⁠216
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1542 +131 this season
SP+ rating
19.1 No. 17 of 117; offense No. 5, defense No. 62
SRS
23.4 No. 12 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bo Cornell and Tom Failla

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 2Ernie Janet OGSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 2Bo Cornell RBCleveland Browns
Rd 3Bruce Jarvis CBuffalo Bills

All-Pac-8

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Ernie JanetOGAP-1; UPI-1
  • Tom FallaDT
  • Cal JonesDBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠38
Washington4–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
California4–⁠36–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠36–⁠5
USC3–⁠46–⁠4–⁠115
Oregon State3–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State0–⁠71–⁠10

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