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1972 Washington

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

Schedule and results

Washington in 1972, game by game: won vs. Pacific 13–6; won vs. Duke 14–6; won at Purdue 22–21; won vs. Illinois 31–11; won vs. Oregon 23–17; lost at No. 17 Stanford 0–24; lost at No. 1 USC 7–34; won vs. California 35–21; won at Oregon State 23–16; won vs. No. 8 UCLA 30–21; lost at No. 20 Washington State 10–27+20−27Won 13–6 vs. Pacific+7PacificWon 14–6 vs. Duke+8DukeWon 22–21 at Purdue+1PurdueWon 31–11 vs. Illinois+20IllinoisWon 23–17 vs. Oregon+6OregonLost 0–24 at No. 17 Stanford-24No. 17 StanfordLost 7–34 at No. 1 USC-27No. 1 USCWon 35–21 vs. California+14CaliforniaWon 23–16 at Oregon State+7Oregon StateWon 30–21 vs. No. 8 UCLA+9No. 8 UCLALost 10–27 at No. 20 Washington State-17No. 20 Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsPacificW 13–⁠680%
Sep 16vsDukeW 14–⁠671%
Sep 23atPurdueW 22–⁠2167%
Sep 30vsIllinoisW 31–⁠1181%
Oct 7vsOregonW 23–⁠1776%
Oct 14at17StanfordL 0–⁠2439%
Oct 21at1USCL 7–⁠3427%
Oct 28vsCaliforniaW 35–⁠2179%
Nov 4atOregon StateW 23–⁠1669%
Nov 11vs8UCLAW 30–⁠2154%
Nov 18at20Washington StateL 10–⁠2760%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 27–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 51st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 14
  5. Wk 5: 11
  6. Wk 6: 12
  7. Wk 7: 18
  8. Wk 11: 17
Record
8–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
208–⁠204
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1595 +9 this season
SP+ rating
9.0 No. 42 of 121; offense No. 52, defense No. 30
SRS
9.3 No. 32 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bill Cahill and Sonny Sixkiller
Most valuable player
Calvin Jones

Drafted in 1973

The 1973 draft
Rd 3John Brady TEDetroit Lions
Rd 6Phil Andre DBSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 7Billy Cahill DBNew Orleans Saints

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Gordy GuinnDLAP-1; UPI-1
  • Calvin JonesDBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠012–⁠01
UCLA5–⁠28–⁠315
Washington4–⁠38–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠37–⁠419
California3–⁠43–⁠8
Stanford2–⁠56–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠9

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