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1939 Oregon State

9–⁠1–⁠1 (6–⁠1–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Lon Stiner.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1939, game by game: won at Stanford 12–0; won vs. Idaho 7–6; won at Portland 14–12; won at Washington 13–7; won vs. Washington State 13–0; lost vs. No. 7 USC 7–19; won at Oregon 19–14; won vs. California 21–0; tied at No. 13 UCLA 13–13; won at Hawaii All-Stars 28–0; won at Hawai’i 39–6+33−12Won 12–0 at Stanford+12StanfordWon 7–6 vs. Idaho+1IdahoWon 14–12 at Portland+2PortlandWon 13–7 at Washington+6WashingtonWon 13–0 vs. Washington State+13Washington StateLost 7–19 vs. No. 7 USC-12No. 7 USCWon 19–14 at Oregon+5OregonWon 21–0 vs. California+21CaliforniaTied 13–13 at No. 13 UCLA0No. 13 UCLAWon 28–0 at Hawaii All-Stars+28Hawaii All-StarsWon 39–6 at Hawai’i+33Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30atStanfordW 12–⁠044%
Oct 7vsIdahoW 7–⁠667%
Oct 14atPortlandW 14–⁠1285%
Oct 21atWashingtonW 13–⁠755%
Oct 28vsWashington StateW 13–⁠072%
Nov 4vs7USCL 7–⁠1943%
Nov 11atOregonW 19–⁠1450%
Nov 18vsCaliforniaW 21–⁠070%
Nov 25at13UCLAT 13–⁠1340%
Dec 30atHawaii All-StarsW 28–⁠087%
Jan 1atHawai’iW 39–⁠692%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 39–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 15
  2. Wk 3: 11
  3. Wk 5: 19

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1939.

Record
9–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
186–⁠77
Coach
Lon Stiner
Elo
1606 +95 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.4 No. 44 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1940

The 1940 draft
Rd 4Eberle Schultz OGPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Len YounceOGAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1939 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC5–⁠0–⁠28–⁠0–⁠23
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
UCLA5–⁠0–⁠36–⁠0–⁠47
Washington4–⁠44–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠54–⁠5
Montana1–⁠23–⁠6
California2–⁠53–⁠7
Stanford0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠6

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