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1940 Oregon State

5–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠3–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Lon Stiner.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1940, game by game: won vs. Idaho 41–0; tied at USC 0–0; won vs. Portland 26–0; lost at No. 16 Washington 0–19; won at UCLA 7–0; won at California 19–13; won vs. Washington State 21–0; lost at No. 4 Stanford 14–28; lost vs. Oregon 0–20+41−20Won 41–0 vs. Idaho+41IdahoTied 0–0 at USC0USCWon 26–0 vs. Portland+26PortlandLost 0–19 at No. 16 Washington-19No. 16 WashingtonWon 7–0 at UCLA+7UCLAWon 19–13 at California+6CaliforniaWon 21–0 vs. Washington State+21Washington StateLost 14–28 at No. 4 Stanford-14No. 4 StanfordLost 0–20 vs. Oregon-20Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsIdahoW 41–⁠077%
Oct 5atUSCT 0–⁠031%
Oct 11vsPortlandW 26–⁠093%
Oct 19at16WashingtonL 0–⁠1951%
Oct 26atUCLAW 7–⁠048%
Nov 2atCaliforniaW 19–⁠1359%
Nov 9vsWashington StateW 21–⁠072%
Nov 16at4StanfordL 14–⁠2843%
Nov 30vsOregonL 0–⁠2074%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 20–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. 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 1940.

Record
5–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3–⁠1 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
128–⁠80
Coach
Lon Stiner
Elo
1545 −26 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.8 No. 27 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1941

The 1941 draft
Rd 5Vic Sears OTPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Jim Kisselburgh BCleveland Rams

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford7–⁠010–⁠02
Washington7–⁠17–⁠210
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠6
USC2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Montana1–⁠24–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠41–⁠7–⁠1

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