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1983 Oregon State

2–⁠8–⁠1 (1–⁠6–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Joe Avezzano. Officially 3–⁠7–⁠1. UNLV forfeited to Oregon State.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1983, game by game: lost at No. 14 Arizona 6–50; won at Portland State 51–14; lost vs. No. 14 USC 10–33; lost at Colorado 14–38; lost vs. UNLV 21–35; lost at No. 16 Washington 7–34; lost at California 19–45; won vs. Stanford 31–18; lost vs. Washington State 9–27; lost at Arizona State 3–38; tied at Oregon 0–0+37−44Lost 6–50 at No. 14 Arizona-44No. 14 ArizonaWon 51–14 at Portland State+37Portland StateLost 10–33 vs. No. 14 USC-23No. 14 USCLost 14–38 at Colorado-24ColoradoLost 21–35 vs. UNLV-14UNLVLost 7–34 at No. 16 Washington-27No. 16 WashingtonLost 19–45 at California-26CaliforniaWon 31–18 vs. Stanford+13StanfordLost 9–27 vs. Washington State-18Washington StateLost 3–38 at Arizona State-35Arizona StateTied 0–0 at Oregon0Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3at14ArizonaL 6–⁠5019%
Sep 10atPortland StateW 51–⁠1470%
Sep 17vs14USCL 10–⁠3321%
Sep 24atColoradoL 14–⁠3832%
Oct 1vsUNLVL 21–⁠35won by forfeit41%
Oct 8at16WashingtonL 7–⁠3410%
Oct 15atCaliforniaL 19–⁠4517%
Oct 29vsStanfordW 31–⁠1835%
Nov 5vsWashington StateL 9–⁠2733%
Nov 12atArizona StateL 3–⁠3811%
Nov 19atOregonT 0–⁠025%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Oregon 0–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Led the nationReggie Bynum: yards per catch (24.2)

Record
2–⁠8–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠6–⁠1 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
171–⁠332
Coach
Joe Avezzano
Elo
1295 −45 this season
SP+ rating
-20.9 No. 101 of 108; offense No. 101, defense No. 97
SRS
−17.4 No. 102 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Gough
Defensive coordinator
Ray Braun

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Bryce OglesbyRBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Reggie BynumWRCoaches-2
  • James MurphyLBCoaches-2
  • Ken TaylorDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠117
Washington5–⁠28–⁠4
Washington State5–⁠37–⁠4
USC4–⁠34–⁠6–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
California3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠71–⁠10

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