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1973 Oregon State

2–⁠9 (2–⁠5 Pac-8), coached by Dee Andros.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1973, game by game: lost at No. 12 Auburn 9–18; lost vs. SMU 16–35; lost at BYU 14–37; lost vs. No. 4 USC 7–21; won at Washington 31–7; lost at California 14–24; lost vs. No. 11 Arizona State 14–44; lost vs. Stanford 23–24; lost vs. Washington State 7–13; lost at No. 8 UCLA 14–56; won at Oregon 17–14+24−42Lost 9–18 at No. 12 Auburn-9No. 12 AuburnLost 16–35 vs. SMU-19SMULost 14–37 at BYU-23BYULost 7–21 vs. No. 4 USC-14No. 4 USCWon 31–7 at Washington+24WashingtonLost 14–24 at California-10CaliforniaLost 14–44 vs. No. 11 Arizona State-30No. 11 Arizona StateLost 23–24 vs. Stanford-1StanfordLost 7–13 vs. Washington State-6Washington StateLost 14–56 at No. 8 UCLA-42No. 8 UCLAWon 17–14 at Oregon+3Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15at12AuburnL 9–⁠1814%
Sep 22vsSMUL 16–⁠3540%
Sep 29atBYUL 14–⁠3729%
Oct 6vs4USCL 7–⁠2114%
Oct 13atWashingtonW 31–⁠723%
Oct 20atCaliforniaL 14–⁠2438%
Oct 27vs11Arizona StateL 14–⁠4417%
Nov 3vsStanfordL 23–⁠2431%
Nov 10vsWashington StateL 7–⁠1346%
Nov 17at8UCLAL 14–⁠569%
Nov 24atOregonW 17–⁠1432%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 85th-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 1973.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 5th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
166–⁠293
Coach
Dee Andros
Elo
1380 −33 this season
SP+ rating
-6.8 No. 89 of 123; offense No. 89, defense No. 81
SRS
−1.0 No. 69 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Rich Brooks

All-Pac-8

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Greg KrpalekCAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Dennis DowneyDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠09–⁠2–⁠18
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠212
Stanford5–⁠27–⁠4
Washington State4–⁠35–⁠6
California2–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠9
Oregon State2–⁠52–⁠9
Washington0–⁠72–⁠9

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