Occidental Tigers

So. Cal.

Occidental has played football since at least 1912 and is 4–⁠23–⁠2 in the 29 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player from Occidental. This season, they’re 0–⁠1.

Résumé

Record on file
4–⁠23–⁠2 .172; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1164
Best season by Elo
1913 rated 1275
Seasons
24 since 1912, 29 games

1957 season 0–⁠1

RosterFull 1957 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atAir ForceL 6–⁠4052%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Occidental.

Program strength since 1912

Best seasons ever
Occidental end-of-season Elo from 1912 to 1957, best in 1913 at 1275.130015001700190019201930194019501913 peak: Elo 1275
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesOCC record
USC70–⁠7
Every opponent (14)

Every program Occidental has played, A to Z, with Occidental’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
1
Coaches
0
2001Bill Redell QB/CB

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
2 since 1969
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19570–⁠11164
19481–⁠01201
19420–⁠11181
19360–⁠11184
19350–⁠0–⁠11182
19340–⁠21170
19330–⁠21165
19320–⁠21164
19310–⁠1–⁠11192
19290–⁠11189
19280–⁠11187
19270–⁠11183
19260–⁠21180
19250–⁠11180
19240–⁠11179
19230–⁠11174
19220–⁠11182
1919few games on file0–⁠11194
1917few games on file0–⁠11206
1916few games on file1–⁠01226
1915few games on file0–⁠11218
1914few games on file0–⁠11238
1913few games on file1–⁠01275
1912few games on file1–⁠01242

No season on file for 1918, 1920–⁠21, 1930, 1937–⁠41, 1943–⁠47, 1949–⁠56: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 24 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.