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Our most embarrasing loss as a Top 10 squad to an unranked opponent

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  • doogie
    doogie Member Posts: 15,072
    1982 @ WSU 20- 24
    1982 Cuog came into the game sporting two wins and a boatload of injuries having beaten only Idaho and Oregon. UW was a title contender. Size and speed difference on the field was striking. Walden led Cuog flat out hustled UW.

    https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/washington-state/1982-schedule.html
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,207 Founders Club
    1990 UCLA 22- 25

    The loss to UCLA was the most costly. The loss to ASU is the most embarrassing. 82 WSU is a very close 2nd.

    Losing at home ranked #2, with a future NFL starting QB, to a 5-6 unranked team can only be surpassed by losing at home as a #1 with a future NFL starting QB to an unranked team.

    ASU loss as embarrassing as it is, is a distant 2nd or 3rd on this list.
  • HardlyClothed
    HardlyClothed Member Posts: 937
    1990 UCLA 22- 25
    Swaye said:

    UCLA was soul crushing and I actually think has led to a lot of my life long alcoholism. Not kidding.

    Of all the PTSD inducing losses that I have seen UCLA '90 was the worst.
  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,670 Swaye's Wigwam
    2017 @ ASU 7- 13

    All of you are wrong.

    Neat Oregon. Nothing else matters.

    90 ucla was the most costly but not as embarrassing. This asu loss came at a time when everyone was still wondering id UW was any good. Some of is still had some sliver of hope that the answer was yes. Not the case though. This one just legitimized all the a hit being thrown UW's way.
  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 25,569 Standard Supporter
    2001 @ Oregon State 24- 49
    It's very close between '87 aTm, '90 ucla, and 2001 OR St. That Oregon State loss was a drubbing though and everything went downhill from there.

  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,670 Swaye's Wigwam
    2017 @ ASU 7- 13
    Fucking phone. That a some shit typing.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098
    1990 UCLA 22- 25
    Swaye said:

    You young fucks are lucky you aren't burdened with remembering 1990 UCLA . Brutal.

    This. Worst single football loss of my life, and nothing else is really close. It was so bad I have never really felt the same about losing since.
    Only game close for me is 1992 at Arizona
  • ApostleofGrief
    ApostleofGrief Member Posts: 3,904
    1982 @ WSU 20- 24
    Our?
  • ApostleofGrief
    ApostleofGrief Member Posts: 3,904
    1982 @ WSU 20- 24
    that was back when truly gave a fuck what happened too
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,661
    1994 @ Oregon 20- 31

    that was back when truly gave a fuck what happened too

    Dooging is hazardous to the health
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,199 Founders Club
    We beat ASU 25-0 in 1980. You're thinking 1979
  • Baseman
    Baseman Member Posts: 12,369
    1982 @ WSU 20- 24
    35 years. I’m still reeling from this one. 24 1/2 pt favorites. Wide right. FM
  • Mosster47
    Mosster47 Member Posts: 6,246
    1997 Oregon 28- 31
    I was at this game. A Doog called my buddy's mom a "Duck Whore."

    That was back when both fan bases equally cared.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,682 Founders Club
    Mosster47 said:

    I was at this game. A Doog called my buddy's mom a "Duck Whore."

    That was back when both fan bases equally cared.

    YKW
  • ApostleofGrief
    ApostleofGrief Member Posts: 3,904
    1982 @ WSU 20- 24
    Baseman said:

    35 years. I’m still reeling from this one. 24 1/2 pt favorites. Wide right. FM

    I still don't really believe what happened. WTF? My last sober thought that night was seeing the coug running into the end zone untouched, applying the coup d'grace. Unreal, still.
  • Alexis
    Alexis Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 3,378 Founders Club
    1982 @ WSU 20- 24
    The 82 Coog game kept the 8th grade Alexis from heading to his 2nd Rose Bowel in a row. Plane tickets were purchased and everything. You can't blame a #1 team for losing to a John Elway led Stanford team earlier in the year though. I never fault the kids for losing to Stanford.
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,199 Founders Club
    Alexis said:

    The 82 Coog game kept the 8th grade Alexis from heading to his 2nd Rose Bowel in a row. Plane tickets were purchased and everything. You can't blame a #1 team for losing to a John Elway led Stanford team earlier in the year though. I never fault the kids for losing to Stanford.

    Same thing for 4th grade Derek. Plane tickets and hotel accommodations were already purchased.
  • bananasnblondes
    bananasnblondes Member Posts: 15,501
    1990 UCLA 22- 25
    I wasnt old enough for the 82 game or it would have been that. The 90 UCLA game was the first time I remember UW making me want to drink bleach on Sunday morning
  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,656 Founders Club
    Tequilla said:

    Swaye said:

    You young fucks are lucky you aren't burdened with remembering 1990 UCLA . Brutal.

    This. Worst single football loss of my life, and nothing else is really close. It was so bad I have never really felt the same about losing since.
    Only game close for me is 1992 at Arizona
    You have a lot of hate in your life.
  • DoubleJDawg
    DoubleJDawg Member Posts: 636
    1990 UCLA 22- 25
    This wuz easy