1954 Oregon State

1–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Kip Taylor.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1954, game by game: won vs. Idaho 13–0; lost vs. Washington 7–17; lost at Washington State 6–34; lost at Nebraska 7–27; lost vs. No. 3 UCLA 0–61; lost at No. 13 USC 0–34; lost at No. 14 Minnesota 6–44; lost at California 7–46; lost vs. Oregon 14–33+13−61Won 13–0 vs. Idaho+13IdahoLost 7–17 vs. Washington-10WashingtonLost 6–34 at Washington State-28Washington StateLost 7–27 at Nebraska-20NebraskaLost 0–61 vs. No. 3 UCLA-61No. 3 UCLALost 0–34 at No. 13 USC-34No. 13 USCLost 6–44 at No. 14 Minnesota-38No. 14 MinnesotaLost 7–46 at California-39CaliforniaLost 14–33 vs. Oregon-19Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 33–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 92nd-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 1954.

Record
1–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
60–⁠296
Coach
Kip Taylor
Elo
1324 −128 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−16.9 No. 101 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Ron AschbacherOTAP-2; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠09–⁠02
USC6–⁠18–⁠417
Oregon5–⁠36–⁠4
California4–⁠35–⁠5
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠44–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠24–⁠5
Washington1–⁠62–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠8

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