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1965 Oregon State

5–⁠5 (1–⁠3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Dee Andros.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1965, game by game: won at Illinois 12–10; lost vs. Iowa 7–27; lost at USC 12–26; lost at Northwestern 7–15; won at Idaho 16–14; won vs. Utah 10–6; lost vs. Washington State 8–10; won at Syracuse 13–12; lost at Washington 21–28; won at Oregon 19–14+7−20Won 12–10 at Illinois+2IllinoisLost 7–27 vs. Iowa-20IowaLost 12–26 at USC-14USCLost 7–15 at Northwestern-8NorthwesternWon 16–14 at Idaho+2IdahoWon 10–6 vs. Utah+4UtahLost 8–10 vs. Washington State-2Washington StateWon 13–12 at Syracuse+1SyracuseLost 21–28 at Washington-7WashingtonWon 19–14 at Oregon+5Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atIllinoisW 12–⁠1039%
Sep 25vsIowaL 7–⁠2773%
Oct 1atUSCL 12–⁠2628%
Oct 9atNorthwesternL 7–⁠1544%
Oct 16atIdahoW 16–⁠1444%
Oct 23vsUtahW 10–⁠648%
Oct 30vsWashington StateL 8–⁠1060%
Nov 6atSyracuseW 13–⁠1227%
Nov 13atWashingtonL 21–⁠2838%
Nov 20atOregonW 19–⁠1438%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 19–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 42nd-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 1965.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠3 7th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
125–⁠162
Coach
Dee Andros
Elo
1523 −33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.8 No. 44 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Pete PiferFBAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Al EastDEUPI-1
  • Jack O’BillovichLBUPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Tim OsmerDBAP-1

Second team

  • Bill StellmacherOTAP-2; UPI-2
  • Greg HartmanDEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA4–⁠08–⁠2–⁠14
USC4–⁠17–⁠2–⁠110
Washington State2–⁠17–⁠3
Washington4–⁠35–⁠5
Stanford2–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon State1–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon0–⁠54–⁠5–⁠1

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