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1974 Oregon State

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

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1974, game by game: lost at Syracuse 15–23; lost at Georgia 35–48; lost at No. 2 Ohio State 10–51; lost at SMU 30–37; won vs. Washington 23–9; lost vs. California 14–17; lost at No. 6 USC 10–31; lost at Stanford 13–17; won at Washington State 17–3; lost vs. UCLA 14–33; won vs. Oregon 35–16+19−41Lost 15–23 at Syracuse-8SyracuseLost 35–48 at Georgia-13GeorgiaLost 10–51 at No. 2 Ohio State-41No. 2 Ohio StateLost 30–37 at SMU-7SMUWon 23–9 vs. Washington+14WashingtonLost 14–17 vs. California-3CaliforniaLost 10–31 at No. 6 USC-21No. 6 USCLost 13–17 at Stanford-4StanfordWon 17–3 at Washington State+14Washington StateLost 14–33 vs. UCLA-19UCLAWon 35–16 vs. Oregon+19Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atSyracuseL 15–⁠2344%
Sep 14atGeorgiaL 35–⁠4820%
Sep 21at2Ohio StateL 10–⁠5111%
Oct 5atSMUL 30–⁠3726%
Oct 12vsWashingtonW 23–⁠952%
Oct 19vsCaliforniaL 14–⁠1739%
Oct 26at6USCL 10–⁠3112%
Nov 2atStanfordL 13–⁠1724%
Nov 9atWashington StateW 17–⁠332%
Nov 16vsUCLAL 14–⁠3330%
Nov 23vsOregonW 35–⁠1666%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 35–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 76th-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 1974.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
216–⁠285
Coach
Dee Andros
Elo
1418 −2 this season
SP+ rating
-2.1 No. 79 of 124; offense No. 49, defense No. 93
SRS
1.5 No. 59 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 3Jeff Hart OTSan Francisco 49ers

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Lee OvertonWRAP-2
  • Dave BrownTEAP-2
  • Jerry HackenbruckDLAP-2
  • Bob HornLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠1–⁠12
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠2
California4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon State3–⁠43–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon0–⁠72–⁠9

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