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2014 Washington

8–⁠6 (4–⁠5 Pac-12), coached by Chris Petersen.

Schedule and results

Washington in 2014, game by game: won at Hawai’i 17–16; won vs. Eastern Washington 59–52; won vs. Illinois 44–19; won vs. Georgia State 45–14; lost vs. No. 16 Stanford 13–20; won at California 31–7; lost at No. 9 Oregon 20–45; lost vs. No. 14 Arizona State 10–24; won at Colorado 38–23; lost vs. No. 18 UCLA 30–44; lost at No. 17 Arizona 26–27; won vs. Oregon State 37–13; won at Washington State 31–13; lost vs. Oklahoma State 22–30+31−25Won 17–16 at Hawai’i+1Hawai’iWon 59–52 vs. Eastern Washington+7Eastern Washing…Won 44–19 vs. Illinois+25IllinoisWon 45–14 vs. Georgia State+31Georgia StateLost 13–20 vs. No. 16 Stanford-7No. 16 StanfordWon 31–7 at California+24CaliforniaLost 20–45 at No. 9 Oregon-25No. 9 OregonLost 10–24 vs. No. 14 Arizona State-14No. 14 Arizona StateWon 38–23 at Colorado+15ColoradoLost 30–44 vs. No. 18 UCLA-14No. 18 UCLALost 26–27 at No. 17 Arizona-1No. 17 ArizonaWon 37–13 vs. Oregon State+24Oregon StateWon 31–13 at Washington State+18Washington StateLost 22–30 vs. Oklahoma State-8Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30atHawai’iW 17–⁠1675%
Sep 6vsEastern WashingtonW 59–⁠5276%
Sep 13vsIllinoisW 44–⁠1977%
Sep 20vsGeorgia StateW 45–⁠1494%
Sep 27vs16StanfordL 13–⁠2052%
Oct 11atCaliforniaW 31–⁠767%
Oct 18at9OregonL 20–⁠4530%
Oct 25vs14Arizona StateL 10–⁠2454%
Nov 1atColoradoW 38–⁠2372%
Nov 8vs18UCLAL 30–⁠4446%
Nov 15at17ArizonaL 26–⁠2734%
Nov 22vsOregon StateW 37–⁠1368%
Nov 29atWashington StateW 31–⁠1365%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvsOklahoma StateCactus BowlL 22–⁠3058%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 30–⁠22 in the Cactus Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-12.

In program history: The tied 59th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 25

Paul Hornung AwardShaq Thompson, RB/LB/S

Consensus All-AmericanHau’oli Kikaha, LB

Record
8–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠5 8th in Pac-12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 25
Points
423–⁠347
Coach
Chris Petersen
Elo
1585 −22 this season
SP+ rating
7.8 No. 44 of 128; offense No. 69, defense No. 31, special teams No. 26
SRS
6.2 No. 38 of 128 in FBS
Returning
28% of last season’s EPA, No. 113 of 125
Recruiting class
No. 38
Offensive coordinator
Jonathan Smith
Defensive coordinator
Pete Kwiatkowski
Most valuable player
Dwayne Washington and Shaq Thompson
Offense
Single set back
Defense
3–⁠4

How good, play by play

  • Offense73rd of 128
  • Defense17th of 128
  • Offense, opponent-adjusted67th of 128
  • Defense, opponent-adjusted13th of 128
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.1242%1.1773rd of 128
Defense0.0443%1.1317th of 128
Opponent-adjusted0.14 off
0.05 def		42% off
41% def		—67th off
13th 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
Offense2.9own 322% allowed
Defense3.1own 352% 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.

Leaders

Passing yardsCyler Miles QB2,397 yds
Passing touchdownsCyler Miles QB17 TD
Rushing yardsDwayne Washington 697 yds
Rushing touchdownsDwayne Washington 9 TD
Receiving yardsJaydon Mickens WR617 yds
Receiving touchdownsJaydon Mickens WR4 TD
InterceptionsMarcus Peters DB3 INT

Top recruits in the 2014 class

Budda Baker ATH★★★★No. 53
K.J. Carta-Samuels PRO★★★★No. 225
Kaleb McGary OT★★★★No. 280
Naijiel Hale CB★★★★No. 320
Greg Gaines DT★★★No. 701

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

The 2014 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.914
Running backs13.00.854
Receivers13.00.848
Offensive line53.00.824
Defensive line42.80.825
Defensive backs23.50.871
Athletes and specialists14.00.974
Whole class153.10.850

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.

Drafted in 2015

The 2015 draft
Rd 1Danny Shelton DTCleveland Browns
Rd 1Marcus Peters CBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 1Shaq Thompson OLBCarolina Panthers
Rd 2Hau’Oli Kikaha OLBNew Orleans Saints

Roster 105

The 2014 roster

105 players, with numbers, heights, hometowns and each player’s 2014 line; 29 have a stat line. See the roster

All-Pac-12

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 2014 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2014 Pac-12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon8–⁠113–⁠22
Arizona7–⁠210–⁠419
Arizona State6–⁠310–⁠312
UCLA6–⁠310–⁠310
USC6–⁠39–⁠420
Utah5–⁠49–⁠421
Stanford5–⁠48–⁠5
Washington4–⁠58–⁠6
California3–⁠65–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠75–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠73–⁠9
Colorado0–⁠92–⁠10

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