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1971 Washington

8–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Pac-8), coached by Jim Owens, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1971, game by game: won vs. California–Santa Barbara 65–7; won vs. Purdue 38–35; won vs. TCU 44–26; won at Illinois 52–14; lost vs. No. 19 Stanford 6–17; lost at Oregon 21–23; won vs. Oregon State 38–14; won at UCLA 23–12; won at California 30–7; lost vs. No. 15 USC 12–13; won vs. Washington State 28–20+58−11Won 65–7 vs. California–Santa Barbara+58California–Sant…Won 38–35 vs. Purdue+3PurdueWon 44–26 vs. TCU+18TCUWon 52–14 at Illinois+38IllinoisLost 6–17 vs. No. 19 Stanford-11No. 19 StanfordLost 21–23 at Oregon-2OregonWon 38–14 vs. Oregon State+24Oregon StateWon 23–12 at UCLA+11UCLAWon 30–7 at California+23CaliforniaLost 12–13 vs. No. 15 USC-1No. 15 USCWon 28–20 vs. Washington State+8Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsCalifornia–Santa BarbaraW 65–⁠786%
Sep 18vsPurdueW 38–⁠3561%
Sep 25vsTCUW 44–⁠2667%
Oct 2atIllinoisW 52–⁠1475%
Oct 9vs19StanfordL 6–⁠1749%
Oct 16atOregonL 21–⁠2348%
Oct 23vsOregon StateW 38–⁠1456%
Oct 30atUCLAW 23–⁠1253%
Nov 6atCaliforniaW 30–⁠752%
Nov 13vs15USCL 12–⁠1357%
Nov 20vsWashington StateW 28–⁠2083%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 28–⁠20; No. 19 in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The tied 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 17
  2. Wk 4: 15
  3. Wk 5: 11
  4. Wk 6: 18
  5. Wk 9: 20
  6. Wk 10: 19
  7. Wk 12: 20
  8. Wk 13: 20
  9. Wk 14: 20
  10. Final: 19

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 1971.

Led the nationTom Scott: yards per catch (23.4)

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Pac-8
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 11
Points
357–⁠188
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1629 +101 this season
SP+ rating
13.8 No. 22 of 120; offense No. 12, defense No. 64
SRS
17.2 No. 18 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Steve Anderson, Rick Huget, Al Kravitz and Sonny Sixkiller

Drafted in 1972

The 1972 draft
Rd 5Jim Krieg WRDenver Broncos

All-Pac-8

3 first team

First team

  • Tom ScottEnds/receiversAP-1
  • Gordy GuinnDLAP-1
  • Calvin JonesDBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠310
USC3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠120
Washington4–⁠38–⁠319
California4–⁠36–⁠5
Oregon State3–⁠35–⁠6
Oregon2–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠54–⁠7
UCLA1–⁠4–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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