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1976 Oregon State

2–⁠10 (1–⁠6 Pac-8), coached by Craig Fertig.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1976, game by game: lost vs. Kansas 16–28; lost at Kentucky 13–38; lost at No. 16 LSU 11–28; lost at Syracuse 3–21; lost vs. Washington 12–24; won vs. California 10–9; lost at No. 7 USC 0–56; lost at Stanford 3–24; lost at Washington State 24–29; lost vs. No. 2 UCLA 14–45; lost vs. Oregon 14–23; won at Hawai’i 59–0+59−56Lost 16–28 vs. Kansas-12KansasLost 13–38 at Kentucky-25KentuckyLost 11–28 at No. 16 LSU-17No. 16 LSULost 3–21 at Syracuse-18SyracuseLost 12–24 vs. Washington-12WashingtonWon 10–9 vs. California+1CaliforniaLost 0–56 at No. 7 USC-56No. 7 USCLost 3–24 at Stanford-21StanfordLost 24–29 at Washington State-5Washington StateLost 14–45 vs. No. 2 UCLA-31No. 2 UCLALost 14–23 vs. Oregon-9OregonWon 59–0 at Hawai’i+59Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsKansasL 16–⁠2831%
Sep 11atKentuckyL 13–⁠3827%
Sep 18at16LSUL 11–⁠2821%
Oct 2atSyracuseL 3–⁠2133%
Oct 9vsWashingtonL 12–⁠2433%
Oct 16vsCaliforniaW 10–⁠916%
Oct 23at7USCL 0–⁠569%
Oct 30atStanfordL 3–⁠2416%
Nov 6atWashington StateL 24–⁠2931%
Nov 13vs2UCLAL 14–⁠458%
Nov 20vsOregonL 14–⁠2343%
Nov 27atHawai’iW 59–⁠041%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 59–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
2–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
179–⁠325
Coach
Craig Fertig
Elo
1304 −64 this season
SP+ rating
-15.5 No. 115 of 132; offense No. 107, defense No. 119
SRS
−7.0 No. 101 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Ray Braun

Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 3Dennis Boyd DESeattle Seahawks

All-Pac-8

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jay LoceyDBCoaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠011–⁠12
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠115
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠5
California3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon1–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠10

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