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1981 Oregon State

1–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Pac-10), coached by Joe Avezzano.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1981, game by game: won vs. Fresno State 31–28; lost at LSU 24–27; lost at Minnesota 12–42; lost vs. No. 1 USC 22–56; lost vs. Washington State 0–23; lost at Washington 17–56; lost at Oklahoma 3–42; lost at California 3–45; lost vs. Stanford 9–63; lost vs. Arizona 7–40; lost at Oregon 17–47+7−54Won 31–28 vs. Fresno State+3Fresno StateLost 24–27 at LSU-3LSULost 12–42 at Minnesota-30MinnesotaLost 22–56 vs. No. 1 USC-34No. 1 USCLost 0–23 vs. Washington State-23Washington StateLost 17–56 at Washington-39WashingtonLost 3–42 at Oklahoma-39OklahomaLost 3–45 at California-42CaliforniaLost 9–63 vs. Stanford-54StanfordLost 7–40 vs. Arizona-33ArizonaLost 17–47 at Oregon-30Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsFresno StateW 31–⁠2840%
Sep 19atLSUL 24–⁠2720%
Sep 26atMinnesotaL 12–⁠4222%
Oct 3vs1USCL 22–⁠5612%
Oct 10vsWashington StateL 0–⁠2329%
Oct 17atWashingtonL 17–⁠5610%
Oct 24atOklahomaL 3–⁠428%
Oct 31atCaliforniaL 3–⁠4526%
Nov 7vsStanfordL 9–⁠6333%
Nov 14vsArizonaL 7–⁠4023%
Nov 21atOregonL 17–⁠4723%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 47–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

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

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
145–⁠469
Coach
Joe Avezzano
Elo
1206 −111 this season
SP+ rating
-28.5 No. 129 of 132; offense No. 93, defense No. 132
SRS
−20.8 No. 127 of 137 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1982

The 1982 draft
Rd 7Victor Simmons WRDetroit Lions

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Roger LevasaOGCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1981 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1981 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington6–⁠210–⁠210
Arizona State5–⁠29–⁠216
USC5–⁠29–⁠314
Washington State5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
UCLA5–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠46–⁠5
Stanford4–⁠44–⁠7
California2–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon1–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon State0–⁠71–⁠10

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