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1997 Oregon State

3–⁠8 (0–⁠8 Pac-10), coached by Mike Riley.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1997, game by game: won vs. North Texas 33–7; lost vs. No. 21 Stanford 24–27; lost vs. No. 25 Arizona State 10–13; won vs. San José State 26–12; won vs. Utah State 24–16; lost at No. 17 UCLA 10–34; lost vs. No. 7 Washington 17–45; lost at California 14–33; lost at Arizona 7–27; lost vs. USC 0–23; lost at Oregon 30–48+26−28Won 33–7 vs. North Texas+26North TexasLost 24–27 vs. No. 21 Stanford-3No. 21 StanfordLost 10–13 vs. No. 25 Arizona State-3No. 25 Arizona StateWon 26–12 vs. San José State+14San José StateWon 24–16 vs. Utah State+8Utah StateLost 10–34 at No. 17 UCLA-24No. 17 UCLALost 17–45 vs. No. 7 Washington-28No. 7 WashingtonLost 14–33 at California-19CaliforniaLost 7–27 at Arizona-20ArizonaLost 0–23 vs. USC-23USCLost 30–48 at Oregon-18Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsNorth TexasW 33–⁠762%
Sep 20vs21StanfordL 24–⁠2738%
Sep 27vs25Arizona StateL 10–⁠1322%
Oct 4vsSan José StateW 26–⁠1265%
Oct 11vsUtah StateW 24–⁠1651%
Oct 18at17UCLAL 10–⁠3418%
Oct 25vs7WashingtonL 17–⁠4520%
Nov 1atCaliforniaL 14–⁠3339%
Nov 8atArizonaL 7–⁠2727%
Nov 15vsUSCL 0–⁠2330%
Nov 22atOregonL 30–⁠4820%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 48–⁠30; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠8 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
195–⁠285
Coach
Mike Riley
Elo
1340 −41 this season
SP+ rating
-4.9 No. 73 of 112; offense No. 96, defense No. 50
SRS
−3.5 No. 70 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Paul Chryst
Defensive coordinator
Greg Newhouse

All-Pac-10

1 second team

Second team

  • Inoke BreckterfieldDECoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1997 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1997 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington State7–⁠110–⁠29
UCLA7–⁠110–⁠25
Arizona State6–⁠29–⁠314
Washington5–⁠38–⁠418
Arizona4–⁠47–⁠5
USC4–⁠46–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠57–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
California1–⁠73–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠83–⁠8

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