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1997 Washington

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Jim Lambright, finished No. 18 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1997, game by game: won at No. 19 BYU 42–20; won vs. San Diego State 36–3; lost vs. No. 7 Nebraska 14–27; won vs. No. 25 Arizona State 26–14; won at California 30–3; won at Arizona 58–28; won at Oregon State 45–17; won vs. USC 27–0; lost vs. Oregon 28–31; lost at No. 9 UCLA 28–52; lost vs. No. 11 Washington State 35–41; won vs. No. 25 Michigan State 51–23+33−24Won 42–20 at No. 19 BYU+22No. 19 BYUWon 36–3 vs. San Diego State+33San Diego StateLost 14–27 vs. No. 7 Nebraska-13No. 7 NebraskaWon 26–14 vs. No. 25 Arizona State+12No. 25 Arizona StateWon 30–3 at California+27CaliforniaWon 58–28 at Arizona+30ArizonaWon 45–17 at Oregon State+28Oregon StateWon 27–0 vs. USC+27USCLost 28–31 vs. Oregon-3OregonLost 28–52 at No. 9 UCLA-24No. 9 UCLALost 35–41 vs. No. 11 Washington State-6No. 11 Washington StateWon 51–23 vs. No. 25 Michigan State+28No. 25 Michigan State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6at19BYUW 42–⁠2036%
Sep 13vsSan Diego StateW 36–⁠369%
Sep 20vs7NebraskaL 14–⁠2750%
Oct 4vs25Arizona StateW 26–⁠1455%
Oct 11atCaliforniaW 30–⁠370%
Oct 18atArizonaW 58–⁠2865%
Oct 25atOregon StateW 45–⁠1780%
Nov 1vsUSCW 27–⁠078%
Nov 8vsOregonL 28–⁠3182%
Nov 15at9UCLAL 28–⁠5247%
Nov 22vs11Washington StateL 35–⁠4169%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs25Michigan StateAloha BowlW 51–⁠2354%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Michigan State 51–⁠23 in the Aloha Bowl; No. 18 in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 4
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 3
  5. Wk 5: 2
  6. Wk 6: 10
  7. Wk 7: 10
  8. Wk 8: 10
  9. Wk 9: 10
  10. Wk 10: 7
  11. Wk 11: 7
  12. Wk 12: 6
  13. Wk 13: 13
  14. Wk 14: 17
  15. Wk 15: 21
  16. Wk 16: 21
  17. Wk 17: 21
  18. Final: 18

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 1997.

Consensus All-AmericanOlin Kreutz, C

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Pac-10
AP final
No. 18 peak No. 2
Points
420–⁠259
Coach
Jim Lambright
Elo
1687 +71 this season
SP+ rating
27.3 No. 6 of 112; offense No. 5, defense No. 20
SRS
22.4 No. 4 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Scott Linehan
Defensive coordinator
Randy Hart
Captains
Jerry Jensen, Rashaan Shehee, Jerome Pathon and Tony Parrish
Most valuable player
Jerome Pathon

Drafted in 1998

The 1998 draft
Rd 2Jerome Pathon WRIndianapolis Colts
Rd 2Tony Parrish DBChicago Bears
Rd 2Cameron Cleeland TENew Orleans Saints
Rd 3Olin Kreutz CChicago Bears
Rd 3Rashaan Shehee RBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 5Jeremy Brigham TEOakland Raiders
Rd 5Jerry Jensen LBCarolina Panthers
Rd 5Benji Olson OGTennessee Oilers
Rd 6Fred Coleman WRBuffalo Bills
Rd 7Jason Chorak DESt. Louis Rams

All-Pac-10

7 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1997 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1997 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington State7–⁠110–⁠29
UCLA7–⁠110–⁠25
Arizona State6–⁠29–⁠314
Washington5–⁠38–⁠418
Arizona4–⁠47–⁠5
USC4–⁠46–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠57–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
California1–⁠73–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠83–⁠8

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