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2008 Washington

0–⁠12 (0–⁠9 Pac-10), coached by Tyrone Willingham.

Schedule and results

Washington in 2008, game by game: lost at No. 21 Oregon 10–44; lost vs. No. 15 BYU 27–28; lost vs. No. 3 Oklahoma 14–55; lost vs. Stanford 28–35; lost at Arizona 14–48; lost vs. Oregon State 13–34; lost vs. Notre Dame 7–33; lost at No. 7 USC 0–56; lost vs. Arizona State 19–39; lost vs. UCLA 7–27; lost at Washington State 13–16; lost at California 7–48+7−56Lost 10–44 at No. 21 Oregon-34No. 21 OregonLost 27–28 vs. No. 15 BYU-1No. 15 BYULost 14–55 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma-41No. 3 OklahomaLost 28–35 vs. Stanford-7StanfordLost 14–48 at Arizona-34ArizonaLost 13–34 vs. Oregon State-21Oregon StateLost 7–33 vs. Notre Dame-26Notre DameLost 0–56 at No. 7 USC-56No. 7 USCLost 19–39 vs. Arizona State-20Arizona StateLost 7–27 vs. UCLA-20UCLALost 13–16 at Washington State-3Washington StateLost 7–48 at California-41California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30at21OregonL 10–⁠4425%
Sep 6vs15BYUL 27–⁠2830%
Sep 13vs3OklahomaL 14–⁠5526%
Sep 27vsStanfordL 28–⁠3556%
Oct 4atArizonaL 14–⁠4822%
Oct 18vsOregon StateL 13–⁠3428%
Oct 25vsNotre DameL 7–⁠3335%
Nov 1at7USCL 0–⁠566%
Nov 8vsArizona StateL 19–⁠3938%
Nov 15vsUCLAL 7–⁠2740%
Nov 22atWashington StateL 13–⁠1642%
Dec 6atCaliforniaL 7–⁠4810%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 48–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

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

Record
0–⁠12
Conference
0–⁠9 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
159–⁠463
Coach
Tyrone Willingham
Elo
1287 −183 this season
SP+ rating
-21.3 No. 114 of 120; offense No. 105, defense No. 107, special teams No. 117
SRS
−13.6 No. 106 of 120 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 19
Offensive coordinator
Tim Lappano
Defensive coordinator
Ed Donatell
Captains
Juan Garcia, Michael Gottlieb, Johnie Kirton and Daniel Te’o-Nesheim
Most valuable player
D’Andre Goodwin and Mason Foster
Offense
Spread
Defense
3–⁠4

How good, play by play

  • Offense105th of 120
  • Defense112th of 120
  • Offense, opponent-adjusted109th of 120
  • Defense, opponent-adjusted120th of 120
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense-0.0434%0.99105th of 120
Defense0.1249%0.82112th of 120
Opponent-adjusted-0.01 off
0.09 def		36% off
47% def		—109th off
120th def
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season. The opponent-adjusted row (offense / defense) is CollegeFootballData.com’s WEPA, which accounts for who each team played.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense0.0own 283% allowed
Defense-0.2own 353% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2008 class

Kavario Middleton TE★★★★No. 33
Chris Polk RB★★★★No. 160
Everrette Tompson SDE★★★★No. 193
Alameda Ta’amu OG★★★★No. 251
Allen Carroll OG★★★★No. 289
Senio Kelemete OT★★★★No. 343

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2008 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks23.00.857
Running backs33.30.866
Receivers33.30.902
Offensive line53.60.872
Defensive line14.00.920
Linebackers22.50.789
Defensive backs13.00.876
Athletes and specialists13.00.831
Whole class183.30.866

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

All-Pac-10

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2008 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2008 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC8–⁠112–⁠13
Oregon7–⁠210–⁠310
Oregon State7–⁠29–⁠418
California6–⁠39–⁠4
Arizona5–⁠48–⁠5
Arizona State4–⁠55–⁠7
Stanford4–⁠55–⁠7
UCLA3–⁠64–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠82–⁠11
Washington0–⁠90–⁠12

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