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1948 Oregon State

5–⁠4–⁠3 (2–⁠3–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Lon Stiner.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1948, game by game: won vs. Idaho 27–12; lost at USC 6–21; tied at Washington 14–14; won vs. Portland 32–6; lost at No. 6 California 0–42; won at UCLA 28–0; lost vs. No. 17 Michigan State 21–46; tied at Washington State 26–26; tied vs. Utah 20–20; lost vs. No. 13 Oregon 0–10; won vs. Nebraska 28–12; won at Hawai’i 47–27+28−42Won 27–12 vs. Idaho+15IdahoLost 6–21 at USC-15USCTied 14–14 at Washington0WashingtonWon 32–6 vs. Portland+26PortlandLost 0–42 at No. 6 California-42No. 6 CaliforniaWon 28–0 at UCLA+28UCLALost 21–46 vs. No. 17 Michigan State-25No. 17 Michigan StateTied 26–26 at Washington State0Washington StateTied 20–20 vs. Utah0UtahLost 0–10 vs. No. 13 Oregon-10No. 13 OregonWon 28–12 vs. Nebraska+16NebraskaWon 47–27 at Hawai’i+20Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsIdahoW 27–⁠1278%
Sep 24atUSCL 6–⁠2130%
Oct 2atWashingtonT 14–⁠1450%
Oct 9vsPortlandW 32–⁠683%
Oct 16at6CaliforniaL 0–⁠4228%
Oct 23atUCLAW 28–⁠047%
Oct 30vs17Michigan StateL 21–⁠4654%
Nov 6atWashington StateT 26–⁠2646%
Nov 13vsUtahT 20–⁠2039%
Nov 20vs13OregonL 0–⁠1042%
Nov 27vsNebraskaW 28–⁠1276%
Jan 1atHawai’iW 47–⁠2787%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 47–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 52nd-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 1948.

Record
5–⁠4–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠2 tied for 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
249–⁠236
Coach
Lon Stiner
Elo
1500 −11 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.6 No. 63 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Bill AustinOTAP-2; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠09–⁠29
California6–⁠010–⁠14
USC4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford3–⁠44–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠3
Washington2–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
UCLA2–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠6
Montana0–⁠33–⁠7

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