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1979 Oregon State

1–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Pac-10), coached by Craig Fertig. Officially 2–⁠9. San José State forfeited to Oregon State. The season’s Wikipedia article records 1–⁠10, the results on the field.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1979, game by game: lost at New Mexico 16–35; lost vs. No. 1 USC 5–42; lost at Kansas State 16–22; lost vs. Arizona State 0–45; lost at No. 7 Washington 0–41; lost at California 0–45; lost vs. San José State 14–24; won vs. Stanford 33–31; lost vs. Washington State 42–45; lost at Arizona 18–42; lost at Oregon 3–24+7−45Lost 16–35 at New Mexico-19New MexicoLost 5–42 vs. No. 1 USC-37No. 1 USCLost 16–22 at Kansas State-6Kansas StateLost 0–45 vs. Arizona State-45Arizona StateLost 0–41 at No. 7 Washington-41No. 7 WashingtonLost 0–45 at California-45CaliforniaLost 14–24 vs. San José State-10San José StateWon 33–31 vs. Stanford+2StanfordLost 42–45 vs. Washington State-3Washington StateLost 18–42 at Arizona-24ArizonaLost 3–24 at Oregon-21Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atNew MexicoL 16–⁠3525%
Sep 15vs1USCL 5–⁠4216%
Sep 22atKansas StateL 16–⁠2234%
Sep 29vsArizona StateL 0–⁠4530%
Oct 6at7WashingtonL 0–⁠4110%
Oct 13atCaliforniaL 0–⁠4518%
Oct 20vsSan José StateL 14–⁠24won by forfeit35%
Oct 27vsStanfordW 33–⁠3117%
Nov 3vsWashington StateL 42–⁠4550%
Nov 17atArizonaL 18–⁠4219%
Nov 29atOregonL 3–⁠2420%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 24–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 107th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠7 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
147–⁠396
Coach
Craig Fertig
Elo
1275 −107 this season
SP+ rating
-18.7 No. 125 of 135; offense No. 86, defense No. 132
SRS
−12.4 No. 114 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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All-Pac-10

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Steve CouryWRCoaches-1

Second team

  • Tim SmithDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1979 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠12
Washington5–⁠29–⁠311
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠5
Arizona4–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
California5–⁠46–⁠6
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠46–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠71–⁠10

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