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1964 Oregon State

8–⁠3 (3–⁠1 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Tommy Prothro, finished No. 8 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1964, game by game: lost at Northwestern 3–7; won at Colorado 14–7; won at Baylor 13–6; won vs. Washington 9–7; won vs. Idaho 10–7; won vs. No. 8 Syracuse 31–13; won at Washington State 24–7; won vs. Indiana 24–14; lost at Stanford 7–16; won vs. No. 10 Oregon 7–6; lost vs. No. 4 Michigan 7–34+18−27Lost 3–7 at Northwestern-4NorthwesternWon 14–7 at Colorado+7ColoradoWon 13–6 at Baylor+7BaylorWon 9–7 vs. Washington+2WashingtonWon 10–7 vs. Idaho+3IdahoWon 31–13 vs. No. 8 Syracuse+18No. 8 SyracuseWon 24–7 at Washington State+17Washington StateWon 24–14 vs. Indiana+10IndianaLost 7–16 at Stanford-9StanfordWon 7–6 vs. No. 10 Oregon+1No. 10 OregonLost 7–34 vs. No. 4 Michigan-27No. 4 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atNorthwesternL 3–⁠738%
Sep 26atColoradoW 14–⁠759%
Oct 3atBaylorW 13–⁠640%
Oct 10vsWashingtonW 9–⁠759%
Oct 17vsIdahoW 10–⁠778%
Oct 24vs8SyracuseW 31–⁠1345%
Oct 31atWashington StateW 24–⁠767%
Nov 7vsIndianaW 24–⁠1477%
Nov 14atStanfordL 7–⁠1669%
Nov 21vs10OregonW 7–⁠649%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs4MichiganRose BowlL 7–⁠3440%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 34–⁠7 in the Rose Bowl; No. 8 in the final AP poll; Athletic Association of Western Universities champions.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 8
  2. Wk 10: 8
  3. Final: 8

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 1964.

Athletic Association of Western Universities champions3–⁠1 in the conference, shared with USC

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠1 shared first in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
No. 8 peak No. 8
Points
149–⁠124
Coach
Tommy Prothro
Elo
1584 +54 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.7 No. 23 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dick Ruhl and Booker Washington

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 6Richard Koeper OTGreen Bay Packers

All-Pacific Coast

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Olvin MorelandB
  • Richard KoeperOTAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Jack O’BillovichOG
  • Dick RuhlC
  • Dan EspalinDBAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Len FrketichEAP-2
  • Greg HardmanDEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State3–⁠18–⁠38
USC3–⁠17–⁠310
Washington5–⁠26–⁠4
UCLA2–⁠24–⁠6
Stanford3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon1–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California0–⁠43–⁠7

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