1952 Oregon State

2–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Kip Taylor.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1952, game by game: won at Utah 14–7; lost vs. No. 1 Michigan State 14–17; lost at Stanford 28–41; lost vs. No. 7 USC 6–28; lost at Washington State 20–33; lost vs. Washington 13–38; lost at No. 5 UCLA 0–57; lost vs. Idaho 6–27; won vs. Oregon 22–19+7−57Won 14–7 at Utah+7UtahLost 14–17 vs. No. 1 Michigan State-3No. 1 Michigan StateLost 28–41 at Stanford-13StanfordLost 6–28 vs. No. 7 USC-22No. 7 USCLost 20–33 at Washington State-13Washington StateLost 13–38 vs. Washington-25WashingtonLost 0–57 at No. 5 UCLA-57No. 5 UCLALost 6–27 vs. Idaho-21IdahoWon 22–19 vs. Oregon+3Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 22–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
123–⁠267
Coach
Kip Taylor
Elo
1391 −113 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.3 No. 71 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Sam BakerBAP-1; INS-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠15
UCLA5–⁠18–⁠16
Washington6–⁠27–⁠3
California3–⁠37–⁠3
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠55–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠7

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