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1974 Washington

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Pac-8), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1974, game by game: won vs. Cincinnati 21–17; won vs. Iowa State 31–28; lost vs. No. 9 Texas A&M 15–28; lost at No. 19 Texas 21–35; lost at Oregon State 9–23; lost at Stanford 17–34; won vs. Oregon 66–0; won vs. No. 18 UCLA 31–9; lost vs. No. 18 California 26–52; lost at No. 8 USC 11–42; won at Washington State 24–17+66−31Won 21–17 vs. Cincinnati+4CincinnatiWon 31–28 vs. Iowa State+3Iowa StateLost 15–28 vs. No. 9 Texas A&M-13No. 9 Texas A&MLost 21–35 at No. 19 Texas-14No. 19 TexasLost 9–23 at Oregon State-14Oregon StateLost 17–34 at Stanford-17StanfordWon 66–0 vs. Oregon+66OregonWon 31–9 vs. No. 18 UCLA+22No. 18 UCLALost 26–52 vs. No. 18 California-26No. 18 CaliforniaLost 11–42 at No. 8 USC-31No. 8 USCWon 24–17 at Washington State+7Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsCincinnatiW 21–⁠1755%
Sep 21vsIowa StateW 31–⁠2847%
Sep 28vs9Texas A&ML 15–⁠2843%
Oct 5at19TexasL 21–⁠3517%
Oct 12atOregon StateL 9–⁠2348%
Oct 19atStanfordL 17–⁠3428%
Oct 26vsOregonW 66–⁠051%
Nov 2vs18UCLAW 31–⁠925%
Nov 9vs18CaliforniaL 26–⁠5250%
Nov 16at8USCL 11–⁠4213%
Nov 23atWashington StateW 24–⁠1745%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 24–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
272–⁠285
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1451 +32 this season
SP+ rating
1.2 No. 70 of 124; offense No. 26, defense No. 102
SRS
3.3 No. 55 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Willie Hendricks, Bob Martin, Dave Pear and Ray Pinney
Most valuable player
Cornelius Chenevert

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 3Dave Pear DTBaltimore Colts

All-Pac-8

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Skip BoydPAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠1–⁠12
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠2
California4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon State3–⁠43–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon0–⁠72–⁠9

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