1947 Oregon State

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

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1947, game by game: lost at Utah 6–7; won at Washington 14–7; won at Idaho 33–6; lost at No. 11 USC 6–48; won vs. Portland 46–0; won at Stanford 13–7; lost vs. UCLA 7–27; lost vs. Washington State 13–14; lost at Oregon 6–14; won at Nebraska 27–6+46−42Lost 6–7 at Utah-1UtahWon 14–7 at Washington+7WashingtonWon 33–6 at Idaho+27IdahoLost 6–48 at No. 11 USC-42No. 11 USCWon 46–0 vs. Portland+46PortlandWon 13–7 at Stanford+6StanfordLost 7–27 vs. UCLA-20UCLALost 13–14 vs. Washington State-1Washington StateLost 6–14 at Oregon-8OregonWon 27–6 at Nebraska+21Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atUtahL 6–⁠744%
Oct 4atWashingtonW 14–⁠744%
Oct 11atIdahoW 33–⁠678%
Oct 18at11USCL 6–⁠4836%
Oct 25vsPortlandW 46–⁠091%
Nov 1atStanfordW 13–⁠760%
Nov 8vsUCLAL 7–⁠2756%
Nov 15vsWashington StateL 13–⁠1476%
Nov 22atOregonL 6–⁠1442%
Nov 29atNebraskaW 27–⁠658%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Nebraska 27–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 45th-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 1947.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
171–⁠136
Coach
Lon Stiner
Elo
1516 −12 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.9 No. 55 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Paul EvensonOGCoaches-2; AP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠07–⁠2–⁠18
California5–⁠19–⁠115
Oregon5–⁠17–⁠3
UCLA4–⁠25–⁠4
Montana2–⁠17–⁠4
Oregon State3–⁠45–⁠5
Washington2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠44–⁠4
Stanford0–⁠70–⁠9

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