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1968 Oregon State

7–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Pac-8), coached by Dee Andros, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1968, game by game: lost at Iowa 20–21; won at Utah 24–21; won vs. Washington 35–21; lost at Kentucky 34–35; won vs. Arizona State 28–9; won at Washington State 16–8; won at Stanford 29–7; won vs. UCLA 45–21; lost at No. 1 USC 13–17; won vs. Oregon 41–19+24−4Lost 20–21 at Iowa-1IowaWon 24–21 at Utah+3UtahWon 35–21 vs. Washington+14WashingtonLost 34–35 at Kentucky-1KentuckyWon 28–9 vs. Arizona State+19Arizona StateWon 16–8 at Washington State+8Washington StateWon 29–7 at Stanford+22StanfordWon 45–21 vs. UCLA+24UCLALost 13–17 at No. 1 USC-4No. 1 USCWon 41–19 vs. Oregon+22Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atIowaL 20–⁠2170%
Sep 28atUtahW 24–⁠2160%
Oct 5vsWashingtonW 35–⁠2165%
Oct 12atKentuckyL 34–⁠3567%
Oct 19vsArizona StateW 28–⁠956%
Oct 26atWashington StateW 16–⁠873%
Nov 2atStanfordW 29–⁠757%
Nov 9vsUCLAW 45–⁠2172%
Nov 16at1USCL 13–⁠1732%
Nov 23vsOregonW 41–⁠1984%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 41–⁠19; No. 15 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 6
  2. Wk 2: 8
  3. Wk 3: 18
  4. Wk 5: 20
  5. Wk 9: 15
  6. Wk 10: 13
  7. Wk 11: 16
  8. Wk 12: 14
  9. Wk 13: 14
  10. Final: 15

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 1968.

Consensus All-AmericanJohn Didion, C

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Pac-8
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 6
Points
285–⁠179
Coach
Dee Andros
Elo
1671 +88 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.0 No. 13 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Steve Preece and Jon Sandstrom

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 2Bill Enyart RBBuffalo Bills
Rd 3Jon Sandstrom OGAtlanta Falcons
Rd 7John Didion CWashington Redskins

All-Pac-8

6 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Bill EnyartRBAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Roger StalickOTAP-2; UPI-1
  • Clyde SmithOGAP-2; Coaches-1
  • Rocky RasleyOGUPI-1
  • John DidionCAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Jon SandstromDTAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Steve PreeceQBAP-2
  • Billy MainRBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Roger CantlonEAP-2
  • Ron BoleyDTAP-2; UPI-2
  • Charlie OldsDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠09–⁠1–⁠14
Oregon State5–⁠17–⁠315
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠44–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠43–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2

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