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1951 Oregon State

4–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Kip Taylor.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1951, game by game: lost at Michigan State 0–6; won vs. Utah 61–28; won vs. Idaho 34–6; lost at No. 14 USC 14–16; lost vs. Washington State 13–26; lost at No. 9 California 14–35; won at Washington 40–14; lost vs. UCLA 0–7; lost at No. 4 Stanford 14–35; won at Oregon 14–7+33−21Lost 0–6 at Michigan State-6Michigan StateWon 61–28 vs. Utah+33UtahWon 34–6 vs. Idaho+28IdahoLost 14–16 at No. 14 USC-2No. 14 USCLost 13–26 vs. Washington State-13Washington StateLost 14–35 at No. 9 California-21No. 9 CaliforniaWon 40–14 at Washington+26WashingtonLost 0–7 vs. UCLA-7UCLALost 14–35 at No. 4 Stanford-21No. 4 StanfordWon 14–7 at Oregon+7Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atMichigan StateL 0–⁠624%
Sep 29vsUtahW 61–⁠2856%
Oct 6vsIdahoW 34–⁠663%
Oct 13at14USCL 14–⁠1640%
Oct 20vsWashington StateL 13–⁠2662%
Oct 27at9CaliforniaL 14–⁠3519%
Nov 3atWashingtonW 40–⁠1431%
Nov 10vsUCLAL 0–⁠750%
Nov 17at4StanfordL 14–⁠3521%
Nov 24atOregonW 14–⁠765%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 14–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 51st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 15
  2. Wk 3: 18

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 1951.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
204–⁠180
Coach
Kip Taylor
Elo
1505 +22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.9 No. 31 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
John Thomas

Drafted in 1952

The 1952 draft
Rd 4Herman Clark OTChicago Bears
Rd 5Jim Clark OGWashington Redskins
Rd 7John Thomas EPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Donald ZarosinskiOGAP-2
  • Sam BakerDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠117
California5–⁠28–⁠212
USC4–⁠27–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠37–⁠318
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠62–⁠8
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠7

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