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1972 Oregon State

2–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Pac-8), coached by Dee Andros.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1972, game by game: lost at San Diego State 8–17; lost at No. 1 USC 6–51; lost at Iowa 11–19; won vs. BYU 29–3; lost at Arizona State 7–38; lost vs. No. 14 UCLA 7–37; lost at Washington State 7–37; lost at Stanford 11–17; lost vs. Washington 16–23; won vs. California 26–23; lost vs. Oregon 3–30+26−45Lost 8–17 at San Diego State-9San Diego StateLost 6–51 at No. 1 USC-45No. 1 USCLost 11–19 at Iowa-8IowaWon 29–3 vs. BYU+26BYULost 7–38 at Arizona State-31Arizona StateLost 7–37 vs. No. 14 UCLA-30No. 14 UCLALost 7–37 at Washington State-30Washington StateLost 11–17 at Stanford-6StanfordLost 16–23 vs. Washington-7WashingtonWon 26–23 vs. California+3CaliforniaLost 3–30 vs. Oregon-27Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atSan Diego StateL 8–⁠1745%
Sep 16at1USCL 6–⁠5124%
Sep 23atIowaL 11–⁠1959%
Sep 30vsBYUW 29–⁠354%
Oct 7atArizona StateL 7–⁠3817%
Oct 14vs14UCLAL 7–⁠3745%
Oct 21atWashington StateL 7–⁠3736%
Oct 28atStanfordL 11–⁠1715%
Nov 4vsWashingtonL 16–⁠2331%
Nov 11vsCaliforniaW 26–⁠2353%
Nov 18vsOregonL 3–⁠3053%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 30–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 86th-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 1972.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 8th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
131–⁠295
Coach
Dee Andros
Elo
1369 −138 this season
SP+ rating
-3.5 No. 79 of 121; offense No. 85, defense No. 68
SRS
−4.3 No. 80 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1973

The 1973 draft
Rd 7Steve Brown LBLos Angeles Rams

All-Pac-8

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Rob JurgensonOGAP-1
  • Steve BrownLBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Bill BartleyDBAP-1; UPI-2

Second team

  • Jim LillyDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠012–⁠01
UCLA5–⁠28–⁠315
Washington4–⁠38–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠37–⁠419
California3–⁠43–⁠8
Stanford2–⁠56–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠9

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