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1963 Oregon State

5–⁠5, coached by Tommy Prothro.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1963, game by game: won at Utah 29–14; won vs. Colorado 41–6; won vs. Baylor 22–15; lost at Washington 7–34; won vs. Washington State 30–6; lost at Syracuse 8–31; won vs. Stanford 10–7; lost at Indiana 15–20; lost at USC 22–28; lost at Oregon 14–31+35−27Won 29–14 at Utah+15UtahWon 41–6 vs. Colorado+35ColoradoWon 22–15 vs. Baylor+7BaylorLost 7–34 at Washington-27WashingtonWon 30–6 vs. Washington State+24Washington StateLost 8–31 at Syracuse-23SyracuseWon 10–7 vs. Stanford+3StanfordLost 15–20 at Indiana-5IndianaLost 22–28 at USC-6USCLost 14–31 at Oregon-17Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atUtahW 29–⁠1458%
Sep 28vsColoradoW 41–⁠681%
Oct 3vsBaylorW 22–⁠1569%
Oct 12atWashingtonL 7–⁠3459%
Oct 19vsWashington StateW 30–⁠675%
Oct 26atSyracuseL 8–⁠3139%
Nov 2vsStanfordW 10–⁠777%
Nov 9atIndianaL 15–⁠2058%
Nov 15atUSCL 22–⁠2833%
Nov 30atOregonL 14–⁠3137%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 31–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 32nd-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 1963.

Led the nationBob Berry: passing touchdowns (16 TD)

Consensus All-AmericanVern Burke, E

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
198–⁠192
Coach
Tommy Prothro
Elo
1546 −50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.7 No. 39 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).