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1976 Washington

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Pac-8), coached by Don James.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1976, game by game: won vs. Virginia 38–17; lost vs. Colorado 7–21; lost vs. Indiana 13–20; won vs. Minnesota 38–7; won at Oregon State 24–12; lost at Stanford 28–34; won vs. Oregon 14–7; lost vs. No. 3 UCLA 21–30; lost vs. California 0–7; lost at No. 3 USC 3–20; won at Washington State 51–32+31−17Won 38–17 vs. Virginia+21VirginiaLost 7–21 vs. Colorado-14ColoradoLost 13–20 vs. Indiana-7IndianaWon 38–7 vs. Minnesota+31MinnesotaWon 24–12 at Oregon State+12Oregon StateLost 28–34 at Stanford-6StanfordWon 14–7 vs. Oregon+7OregonLost 21–30 vs. No. 3 UCLA-9No. 3 UCLALost 0–7 vs. California-7CaliforniaLost 3–20 at No. 3 USC-17No. 3 USCWon 51–32 at Washington State+19Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsVirginiaW 38–⁠1778%
Sep 18vsColoradoL 7–⁠2152%
Sep 25vsIndianaL 13–⁠2074%
Oct 2vsMinnesotaW 38–⁠745%
Oct 9atOregon StateW 24–⁠1267%
Oct 16atStanfordL 28–⁠3442%
Oct 23vsOregonW 14–⁠766%
Oct 30vs3UCLAL 21–⁠3025%
Nov 6vsCaliforniaL 0–⁠745%
Nov 13at3USCL 3–⁠2016%
Nov 20atWashington StateW 51–⁠3253%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 51–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 89th-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 1976.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
237–⁠207
Coach
Don James
Elo
1487 −6 this season
SP+ rating
1.4 No. 73 of 132; offense No. 62, defense No. 72
SRS
6.9 No. 36 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dick Scesniak
Defensive coordinator
Jim E. Mora
Captains
Robin Earl, Scott Phillips, Charles Jackson and Mike Baldassin
Most valuable player
Robin Earl

Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 3Robin Earl RBChicago Bears

All-Pac-8

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Charles JacksonDown linemenCoaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠011–⁠12
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠115
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠5
California3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon1–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠10

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