1955 Oregon State
6–3 (5–2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tommy Prothro. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat BYU 33–0Sep 17
By 33 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs BYU | W 33–0 | 62% |
| Sep 24 | vs Stanford | W 10–0 | 44% |
| Oct 7 | at UCLA | L 0–38 | 14% |
| Oct 15 | atPacific | L 7–13 | 32% |
| Oct 22 | vs Washington State | W 14–6 | 57% |
| Oct 29 | at Washington | W 13–7 | 31% |
| Nov 5 | vs Idaho | W 33–14 | 78% |
| Nov 12 | at California | W 16–14 | 44% |
| Nov 19 | at Oregon | L 0–28 | 36% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Oregon 28–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.
In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 10: 19
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 1955.
- Record
- 6–3
- Conference
- 5–2 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 19
- Points
- 126–120
- Coach
- Tommy Prothro
- Elo
- 1463 +81 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 2.4 No. 49 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offense
- Single-wing
All-Pacific Coast
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
John WitteOTAP-1; UP-1
Second team
- Joe FrancisBAP-2; UP-3
From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1955 Pacific Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 6–0 | 9–2 | 4 |
| Oregon State | 5–2 | 6–3 | |
| Stanford | 3–2–1 | 6–3–1 | 16 |
| Oregon | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Washington | 4–3–1 | 5–4–1 | |
 USC | 3–3 | 6–4 | 13 |
| California | 1–5–1 | 2–7–1 | |
| Washington State | 1–5–1 | 1–7–2 | |
| Idaho | 0–4 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.