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1957 Oregon State

8–⁠2 (6–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tommy Prothro.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1957, game by game: won vs. No. 19 USC 20–0; won at Kansas 34–6; won at Northwestern 22–13; won vs. Idaho 20–0; lost at UCLA 7–26; lost at Washington 6–19; won vs. Washington State 39–25; won at California 21–19; won vs. Stanford 24–14; won at No. 15 Oregon 10–7+28−19Won 20–0 vs. No. 19 USC+20No. 19 USCWon 34–6 at Kansas+28KansasWon 22–13 at Northwestern+9NorthwesternWon 20–0 vs. Idaho+20IdahoLost 7–26 at UCLA-19UCLALost 6–19 at Washington-13WashingtonWon 39–25 vs. Washington State+14Washington StateWon 21–19 at California+2CaliforniaWon 24–14 vs. Stanford+10StanfordWon 10–7 at No. 15 Oregon+3No. 15 Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vs19USCW 20–⁠049%
Sep 28atKansasW 34–⁠661%
Oct 5atNorthwesternW 22–⁠1365%
Oct 12vsIdahoW 20–⁠077%
Oct 19atUCLAL 7–⁠2647%
Oct 26atWashingtonL 6–⁠1967%
Nov 2vsWashington StateW 39–⁠2569%
Nov 9atCaliforniaW 21–⁠1967%
Nov 16vsStanfordW 24–⁠1459%
Nov 23at15OregonW 10–⁠745%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 10–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 7
  5. Wk 5: 7
  6. Wk 11: 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 1957.

Pacific Coast Conference champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Oregon

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
203–⁠129
Coach
Tommy Prothro
Elo
1624 +77 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.6 No. 30 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ted Searle

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 5Joe Francis BGreen Bay Packers

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Joe FrancisB
  • Jim BrackinsOGCoaches-2; UP-1
  • Francis “Buzz” RandallCAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Nub BeamerBAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Earnel DurdenBCoaches-2
  • Bob DeGrantECoaches-2
  • Dave JesmerOTAP-2; Coaches-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State6–⁠28–⁠2
Oregon6–⁠27–⁠4
UCLA5–⁠28–⁠2
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington3–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠61–⁠9
USC1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1

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