1953 Oregon State
3–6 (3–5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Kip Taylor. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Idaho 19–0Oct 24
By 19 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | at UCLA | L 0–41 | 17% |
| Sep 26 | vs 14California | L 0–26 | 38% |
| Oct 3 | at Washington | L 0–28 | 25% |
| Oct 10 | vs Stanford | L 0–21 | 42% |
| Oct 17 | at 13USC | L 0–37 | 10% |
| Oct 24 | at Idaho | W 19–0 | 37% |
| Oct 31 | at 6Michigan State | L 6–34 | 10% |
| Nov 14 | vs Washington State | W 7–0 | 49% |
| Nov 21 | at Oregon | W 7–0 | 36% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Oregon 7–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.
In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).
- Record
- 3–6
- Conference
- 3–5 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 39–187
- Coach
- Kip Taylor
- Elo
- 1428 +1 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −10.0 No. 85 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1954
The 1954 draft| Rd 7 | Dave Mann B | Chicago Cardinals |
All-Pacific Coast
1 second teamSecond team
Laverne FergusonOGUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1953 Pacific Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 6–1 | 8–2 | 5 |
| Stanford | 5–1–1 | 6–3–1 | 19 |
| USC | 4–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| California | 2–2–2 | 4–4–2 | |
| Washington State | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Oregon State | 3–5 | 3–6 | |
| Washington | 2–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Oregon | 2–5–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Idaho | 0–3 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.