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1950 Oregon State

3–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Kip Taylor.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1950, game by game: lost at Michigan State 13–38; lost vs. No. 8 Stanford 7–21; lost vs. No. 11 Washington 6–35; lost vs. No. 5 California 0–27; won vs. Montana 20–0; lost at No. 19 UCLA 13–20; won vs. Idaho 34–19; lost at Washington State 7–21; won vs. Oregon 14–2+20−29Lost 13–38 at Michigan State-25Michigan StateLost 7–21 vs. No. 8 Stanford-14No. 8 StanfordLost 6–35 vs. No. 11 Washington-29No. 11 WashingtonLost 0–27 vs. No. 5 California-27No. 5 CaliforniaWon 20–0 vs. Montana+20MontanaLost 13–20 at No. 19 UCLA-7No. 19 UCLAWon 34–19 vs. Idaho+15IdahoLost 7–21 at Washington State-14Washington StateWon 14–2 vs. Oregon+12Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atMichigan StateL 13–⁠3836%
Oct 7vs8StanfordL 7–⁠2150%
Oct 14vs11WashingtonL 6–⁠3559%
Oct 21vs5CaliforniaL 0–⁠2724%
Oct 28vsMontanaW 20–⁠063%
Nov 4at19UCLAL 13–⁠2027%
Nov 11vsIdahoW 34–⁠1962%
Nov 18atWashington StateL 7–⁠2143%
Nov 25vsOregonW 14–⁠263%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 14–⁠2; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 55th-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 1950.

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
114–⁠183
Coach
Kip Taylor
Elo
1476 −78 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.8 No. 84 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Arvid NiemiOT

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠18–⁠211
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington State2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
USC1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State2–⁠53–⁠6
Oregon0–⁠71–⁠9

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