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1971 Oregon State

5–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Pac-8), coached by Dee Andros.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1971, game by game: lost at No. 18 Georgia 25–56; won vs. Iowa 33–19; lost at Michigan State 14–31; won at UCLA 34–17; lost at California 27–30; won vs. No. 11 Arizona State 24–18; lost at Washington 14–38; lost vs. No. 17 Stanford 24–31; lost at Arizona 22–34; won vs. Washington State 21–14; won at Oregon 30–29+17−31Lost 25–56 at No. 18 Georgia-31No. 18 GeorgiaWon 33–19 vs. Iowa+14IowaLost 14–31 at Michigan State-17Michigan StateWon 34–17 at UCLA+17UCLALost 27–30 at California-3CaliforniaWon 24–18 vs. No. 11 Arizona State+6No. 11 Arizona StateLost 14–38 at Washington-24WashingtonLost 24–31 vs. No. 17 Stanford-7No. 17 StanfordLost 22–34 at Arizona-12ArizonaWon 21–14 vs. Washington State+7Washington StateWon 30–29 at Oregon+1Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11at18GeorgiaL 25–⁠5642%
Sep 18vsIowaW 33–⁠1969%
Sep 25atMichigan StateL 14–⁠3150%
Oct 2atUCLAW 34–⁠1743%
Oct 9atCaliforniaL 27–⁠3044%
Oct 16vs11Arizona StateW 24–⁠1832%
Oct 23atWashingtonL 14–⁠3844%
Oct 30vs17StanfordL 24–⁠3137%
Nov 6atArizonaL 22–⁠3455%
Nov 13vsWashington StateW 21–⁠1468%
Nov 20atOregonW 30–⁠2940%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 30–⁠29; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 5th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
268–⁠317
Coach
Dee Andros
Elo
1510 −41 this season
SP+ rating
4.6 No. 45 of 120; offense No. 15, defense No. 103
SRS
5.3 No. 35 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1972

The 1972 draft
Rd 7Clark Hoss TENew England Patriots

All-Pac-8

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠310
USC3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠120
Washington4–⁠38–⁠319
California4–⁠36–⁠5
Oregon State3–⁠35–⁠6
Oregon2–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠54–⁠7
UCLA1–⁠4–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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