1946 Oregon State

7–⁠1–⁠1 (6–⁠1–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Lon Stiner.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1946, game by game: lost at UCLA 7–50; won vs. Portland 35–0; won vs. USC 6–0; won at Washington State 13–12; tied vs. Stanford 0–0; won vs. Idaho 34–0; won at California 28–7; won vs. Oregon 13–0; won vs. Washington 21–12+35−43Lost 7–50 at UCLA-43UCLAWon 35–0 vs. Portland+35PortlandWon 6–0 vs. USC+6USCWon 13–12 at Washington State+1Washington StateTied 0–0 vs. Stanford0StanfordWon 34–0 vs. Idaho+34IdahoWon 28–7 at California+21CaliforniaWon 13–0 vs. Oregon+13OregonWon 21–12 vs. Washington+9Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atUCLAL 7–⁠5042%
Oct 5vsPortlandW 35–⁠087%
Oct 12vsUSCW 6–⁠047%
Oct 26atWashington StateW 13–⁠1237%
Nov 2vsStanfordT 0–⁠047%
Nov 9vsIdahoW 34–⁠093%
Nov 16atCaliforniaW 28–⁠750%
Nov 23vsOregonW 13–⁠070%
Nov 30vsWashingtonW 21–⁠1256%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington 21–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

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 1946.

Record
7–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
157–⁠81
Coach
Lon Stiner
Elo
1543 +78 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.4 No. 47 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 6Paul Evanson OTLos Angeles Rams
Rd 7Bill Gray OGWashington Redskins
Rd 4Don Samuel BSan Francisco 49ers (AAFC)
Rd 5Boyd Clement OTLos Angeles Dons (AAFC)

All-Pacific Coast

4 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA7–⁠010–⁠14
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
USC5–⁠26–⁠4
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Montana1–⁠34–⁠4
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠62–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠51–⁠8

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