1929 Oregon State

5–⁠4 (1–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Paul Schissler.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1929, game by game: won vs. Willamette 37–6; won vs. UC Davis 19–0; lost at USC 7–21; won vs. Portland 71–7; lost at Stanford 7–40; won vs. Idaho 27–0; lost vs. Washington State 0–9; lost at Oregon 0–16; won at Detroit Mercy 14–7+64−33Won 37–6 vs. Willamette+31WillametteWon 19–0 vs. UC Davis+19UC DavisLost 7–21 at USC-14USCWon 71–7 vs. Portland+64PortlandLost 7–40 at Stanford-33StanfordWon 27–0 vs. Idaho+27IdahoLost 0–9 vs. Washington State-9Washington StateLost 0–16 at Oregon-16OregonWon 14–7 at Detroit Mercy+7Detroit Mercy
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Detroit Mercy 14–⁠7; tied for 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
182–⁠106
Coach
Paul Schissler
Elo
1540 −15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.4 No. 34 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

3 second team

Second team

  • Carl GilmoreFBAP-2
  • Bill McKalipEAP-2
  • Russell StriffEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1929 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1929 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠110–⁠2
Stanford5–⁠19–⁠2
California4–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠17–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠210–⁠2
UCLA1–⁠34–⁠4
Oregon State1–⁠45–⁠4
Idaho1–⁠44–⁠5
Montana0–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington0–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1

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