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1969 Oregon State

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Pac-8), coached by Dee Andros.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1969, game by game: lost at UCLA 0–37; won at Iowa 42–14; won at No. 18 Arizona State 30–7; lost vs. No. 5 USC 7–31; won at Washington 10–6; lost vs. Utah 3–7; lost vs. No. 16 Stanford 0–33; won at California 35–3; won vs. Washington State 38–3; won at Oregon 10–7+35−37Lost 0–37 at UCLA-37UCLAWon 42–14 at Iowa+28IowaWon 30–7 at No. 18 Arizona State+23No. 18 Arizona StateLost 7–31 vs. No. 5 USC-24No. 5 USCWon 10–6 at Washington+4WashingtonLost 3–7 vs. Utah-4UtahLost 0–33 vs. No. 16 Stanford-33No. 16 StanfordWon 35–3 at California+32CaliforniaWon 38–3 vs. Washington State+35Washington StateWon 10–7 at Oregon+3Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atUCLAL 0–⁠3758%
Sep 20atIowaW 42–⁠1457%
Sep 27at18Arizona StateW 30–⁠738%
Oct 4vs5USCL 7–⁠3152%
Oct 18atWashingtonW 10–⁠670%
Oct 25vsUtahL 3–⁠771%
Nov 1vs16StanfordL 0–⁠3357%
Nov 8atCaliforniaW 35–⁠342%
Nov 15vsWashington StateW 38–⁠385%
Nov 22atOregonW 10–⁠764%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 10–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
175–⁠148
Coach
Dee Andros
Elo
1611 −3 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.5 No. 26 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 6Mel Easley DBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 7Bill Nelson DTLos Angeles Rams

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Billy MainRBUPI-2
  • Mike WhiteCUPI-2
  • Dennis GassnerDEUPI-2
  • Bill NelsonDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠0–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠113
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠119
Oregon State4–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon2–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
California2–⁠45–⁠5
Washington1–⁠61–⁠9
Washington State0–⁠71–⁠9

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