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1936 Oregon State

4–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Lon Stiner.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1936, game by game: lost at USC 7–38; won vs. Willamette 13–0; lost vs. California 0–7; lost at Washington 7–19; lost at UCLA 13–22; won vs. Montana 14–7; won at No. 17 Washington State 16–6; lost vs. Stanford 14–20; won vs. Oregon 18–0; lost vs. No. 10 Nebraska 14–32+18−31Lost 7–38 at USC-31USCWon 13–0 vs. Willamette+13WillametteLost 0–7 vs. California-7CaliforniaLost 7–19 at Washington-12WashingtonLost 13–22 at UCLA-9UCLAWon 14–7 vs. Montana+7MontanaWon 16–6 at No. 17 Washington State+10No. 17 Washington StateLost 14–20 vs. Stanford-6StanfordWon 18–0 vs. Oregon+18OregonLost 14–32 vs. No. 10 Nebraska-18No. 10 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atUSCL 7–⁠3840%
Oct 3vsWillametteW 13–⁠086%
Oct 10vsCaliforniaL 0–⁠745%
Oct 17atWashingtonL 7–⁠1922%
Oct 24atUCLAL 13–⁠2223%
Oct 31vsMontanaW 14–⁠754%
Nov 7at17Washington StateW 16–⁠624%
Nov 14vsStanfordL 14–⁠2041%
Nov 21vsOregonW 18–⁠059%
Nov 28vs10NebraskaL 14–⁠3235%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 32–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
116–⁠151
Coach
Lon Stiner
Elo
1465 −11 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.8 No. 66 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠15
Washington State6–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California4–⁠36–⁠5
USC3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠2–⁠3
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠43–⁠7

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