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1941 Oregon State

8–⁠2 (7–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Lon Stiner, finished No. 12 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1941, game by game: lost at USC 7–13; won vs. Washington 9–6; won vs. Stanford 10–0; lost at Washington State 0–7; won vs. Idaho 33–0; won vs. UCLA 19–0; won at California 6–0; won vs. Montana 27–0; won at Oregon 12–7; won vs. No. 3 Duke 20–16+33−7Lost 7–13 at USC-6USCWon 9–6 vs. Washington+3WashingtonWon 10–0 vs. Stanford+10StanfordLost 0–7 at Washington State-7Washington StateWon 33–0 vs. Idaho+33IdahoWon 19–0 vs. UCLA+19UCLAWon 6–0 at California+6CaliforniaWon 27–0 vs. Montana+27MontanaWon 12–7 at Oregon+5OregonWon 20–16 vs. No. 3 Duke+4No. 3 Duke
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atUSCL 7–⁠1340%
Oct 4vsWashingtonW 9–⁠652%
Oct 11vsStanfordW 10–⁠042%
Oct 25atWashington StateL 0–⁠756%
Nov 1vsIdahoW 33–⁠072%
Nov 8vsUCLAW 19–⁠072%
Nov 15atCaliforniaW 6–⁠051%
Nov 22vsMontanaW 27–⁠074%
Nov 29atOregonW 12–⁠752%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs3DukeRose BowlW 20–⁠1631%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Duke 20–⁠16 in the Rose Bowl; No. 12 in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 6: 16
  4. Wk 7: 17
  5. Final: 12

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 1941.

Pacific Coast Conference champions7–⁠2 in the conference

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠2 first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 12 peak No. 12
Points
143–⁠49
Coach
Lon Stiner
Elo
1643 +113 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.0 No. 14 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Martin Chaves, Stan Czech, Bob Dethman, Quentin Greenough, Lew Hammers and George Peters

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 3Bob Dethman BDetroit Lions

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Quentin GreenoughCAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Don DurdanBAP-2; UP-2
  • William HalvestonOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State7–⁠28–⁠212
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠419
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon4–⁠45–⁠5
UCLA3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠5
USC2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

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