1961 Oregon State

5–⁠5, coached by Tommy Prothro.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1961, game by game: lost vs. Syracuse 8–19; lost vs. Stanford 0–34; won vs. Idaho 44–6; lost at Wisconsin 20–23; lost at Arizona State 23–24; won vs. Washington State 14–6; won at Washington 3–0; won vs. BYU 35–0; won at Oregon 6–2; lost at Houston 12–23+38−34Lost 8–19 vs. Syracuse-11SyracuseLost 0–34 vs. Stanford-34StanfordWon 44–6 vs. Idaho+38IdahoLost 20–23 at Wisconsin-3WisconsinLost 23–24 at Arizona State-1Arizona StateWon 14–6 vs. Washington State+8Washington StateWon 3–0 at Washington+3WashingtonWon 35–0 vs. BYU+35BYUWon 6–2 at Oregon+4OregonLost 12–23 at Houston-11Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Houston 23–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 46th-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 1961.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
165–⁠137
Coach
Tommy Prothro
Elo
1514 −22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.2 No. 52 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Mike Kline

Drafted in 1962

The 1962 draft
Rd 5Henry Rivera RBCleveland Browns

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Roger JohnsonEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).