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1995 Washington

7–⁠4–⁠1 (6–⁠1–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Jim Lambright.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1995, game by game: won vs. Arizona State 23–20; lost at No. 10 Ohio State 20–30; won vs. Army 21–13; won at Oregon State 26–16; lost vs. No. 23 Notre Dame 21–29; won at No. 16 Stanford 38–28; won at Arizona 31–17; tied vs. No. 13 USC 21–21; lost vs. No. 19 Oregon 22–24; won at UCLA 38–14; won vs. Washington State 33–30; lost vs. Iowa 18–38+24−20Won 23–20 vs. Arizona State+3Arizona StateLost 20–30 at No. 10 Ohio State-10No. 10 Ohio StateWon 21–13 vs. Army+8ArmyWon 26–16 at Oregon State+10Oregon StateLost 21–29 vs. No. 23 Notre Dame-8No. 23 Notre DameWon 38–28 at No. 16 Stanford+10No. 16 StanfordWon 31–17 at Arizona+14ArizonaTied 21–21 vs. No. 13 USC0No. 13 USCLost 22–24 vs. No. 19 Oregon-2No. 19 OregonWon 38–14 at UCLA+24UCLAWon 33–30 vs. Washington State+3Washington StateLost 18–38 vs. Iowa-20Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsArizona StateW 23–⁠2070%
Sep 16at10Ohio StateL 20–⁠3030%
Sep 23vsArmyW 21–⁠1377%
Sep 30atOregon StateW 26–⁠1662%
Oct 7vs23Notre DameL 21–⁠2953%
Oct 14at16StanfordW 38–⁠2839%
Oct 21atArizonaW 31–⁠1746%
Oct 28vs13USCT 21–⁠2150%
Nov 4vs19OregonL 22–⁠2458%
Nov 11atUCLAW 38–⁠1440%
Nov 18vsWashington StateW 33–⁠3080%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsIowaSun BowlL 18–⁠3863%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa 38–⁠18 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 2: 22
  3. Wk 3: 18
  4. Wk 4: 18
  5. Wk 5: 22
  6. Wk 6: 18
  7. Wk 7: 15
  8. Wk 8: 24
  9. Wk 9: 20
  10. Wk 10: 17
  11. Wk 11: 15
  12. Wk 12: 22
  13. Wk 13: 22
  14. Wk 14: 20
  15. Wk 15: 20
  16. Wk 16: 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 1995.

Pac-10 champions6–⁠1–⁠1 in the conference, shared with USC

Consensus All-AmericanLawyer Milloy, DB

Record
7–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1–⁠1 shared first in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
312–⁠280
Coach
Jim Lambright
Elo
1612 +48 this season
SP+ rating
13.0 No. 25 of 107; offense No. 28, defense No. 33
SRS
10.6 No. 22 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Diedrick
Defensive coordinator
Randy Hart
Captains
Ernie Conwell, Deke Devers, Stephen Hoffmann and Richard Thomas
Most valuable player
Damon Huard

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 2Lawyer Milloy DBNew England Patriots
Rd 2Ernie Conwell TESt. Louis Rams
Rd 6Leon Neal RBBuffalo Bills

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Washington6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon6–⁠29–⁠318
Stanford5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠47–⁠5
Arizona4–⁠46–⁠5
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
California2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠81–⁠10

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