
1961 Oregon State
5–5, coached by Tommy Prothro. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Idaho 44–6Oct 7
By 38 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs | L 8–19 | 43% |
| Sep 30 | vs | L 0–34 | 75% |
| Oct 7 | vs | W 44–6 | 71% |
| Oct 14 | at | L 20–23 | 39% |
| Oct 21 | at | L 23–24 | 26% |
| Nov 4 | vs | W 14–6 | 62% |
| Nov 11 | at | W 3–0 | 25% |
| Nov 18 | vs | W 35–0 | 78% |
| Nov 25 | at | W 6–2 | 40% |
| Dec 2 | at | L 12–23 | 44% |
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 5 | Henry Rivera RB | Cleveland Browns |
All-Pacific Coast
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Terry BakerQBAP-1
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).