1949 Oregon State

7–⁠3 (5–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Kip Taylor.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1949, game by game: lost at UCLA 13–35; won vs. Utah 27–7; lost vs. California 0–41; won at Washington 7–3; won vs. Montana 63–14; lost at Stanford 7–27; won vs. Washington State 35–6; won at Idaho 35–25; won vs. No. 8 Michigan State 25–20; won at Oregon 20–10+49−41Lost 13–35 at UCLA-22UCLAWon 27–7 vs. Utah+20UtahLost 0–41 vs. California-41CaliforniaWon 7–3 at Washington+4WashingtonWon 63–14 vs. Montana+49MontanaLost 7–27 at Stanford-20StanfordWon 35–6 vs. Washington State+29Washington StateWon 35–25 at Idaho+10IdahoWon 25–20 vs. No. 8 Michigan State+5No. 8 Michigan StateWon 20–10 at Oregon+10Oregon
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 20–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 24th-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 1949.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠3 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
232–⁠188
Coach
Kip Taylor
Elo
1581 +81 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.7 No. 35 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Ken CarpenterB

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California7–⁠010–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford4–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
USC4–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠37–⁠3
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠6
Washington2–⁠53–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠5
Montana0–⁠35–⁠4

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