1945 Oregon State

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

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1945, game by game: tied vs. Camp Beale 14–14; lost at Washington State 0–33; won vs. Oregon 19–6; lost vs. Washington 0–13; won vs. Idaho 34–0; won at No. 18 Washington 7–6; lost vs. Washington State 6–13; lost at USC 7–34; won at Oregon 13–12+34−33Tied 14–14 vs. Camp Beale0Camp BealeLost 0–33 at Washington State-33Washington StateWon 19–6 vs. Oregon+13OregonLost 0–13 vs. Washington-13WashingtonWon 34–0 vs. Idaho+34IdahoWon 7–6 at No. 18 Washington+1No. 18 WashingtonLost 6–13 vs. Washington State-7Washington StateLost 7–34 at USC-27USCWon 13–12 at Oregon+1Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 13–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
4–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠4 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
100–⁠131
Coach
Lon Stiner
Elo
1448 −60 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.4 No. 77 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1946

The 1946 draft
Rd 3Don Samuel BLos Angeles Rams

All-Pacific Coast

3 second team

Second team

  • Bob StevensRBAP-2
  • Dick LorenzEAP-2
  • Bill AustinOGUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1945 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC5–⁠17–⁠411
Washington State6–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Washington6–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA2–⁠35–⁠4
California2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠63–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠51–⁠7
Montana0–⁠10–⁠2

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