1996 Oregon State
2–9 (1–7 Pac-10), coached by Jerry Pettibone. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Northern Illinois 67–28Nov 16
By 39 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | vs Montana | L 14–35 | 72% |
| Sep 14 | at 16USC | L 17–46 | 12% |
| Sep 21 | at Baylor | L 10–42 | 18% |
| Sep 28 | at California | L 42–48 | 19% |
| Oct 12 | vs Washington State | L 3–24 | 33% |
| Oct 19 | vs Stanford | W 26–12 | 31% |
| Oct 26 | at Arizona | L 7–33 | 18% |
| Nov 2 | vs 4Arizona State | L 14–29 | 15% |
| Nov 9 | at 19Washington | L 3–42 | 9% |
| Nov 16 | vs Northern Illinois | W 67–28 | 74% |
| Nov 23 | vs Oregon | L 13–49 | 30% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Oregon 49–13; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.
In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).
- Record
- 2–9
- Conference
- 1–7 10th in Pac-10
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 216–388
- Coach
- Jerry Pettibone
- Elo
- 1321 −79 this season
- SP+ rating
- -13.6 No. 89 of 111; offense No. 71, defense No. 94
- SRS
- −9.0 No. 83 of 111 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Denny Schuler
- Defensive coordinator
- Bronco Mendenhall
- Offense
- Multiple
- Defense
- 3–3–5
All-Pac-10
1 second teamSecond team
Marc WilliamsDBCoaches-2
From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1996 Pac-10 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | 8–0 | 11–1 | 4 |
| Washington | 7–1 | 9–3 | 16 |
| Stanford | 5–3 | 7–5 | |
 UCLA | 4–4 | 5–6 | |
| Oregon | 3–5 | 6–5 | |
| USC | 3–5 | 6–6 | |
| California | 3–5 | 6–6 | |
| Arizona | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| Washington State | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| Oregon State | 1–7 | 2–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.