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1928 Oregon

9–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by John McEwan.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1928, game by game: won vs. Pacific (Oregon) 45–0; lost vs. Stanford 12–26; won vs. Willamette 38–6; won vs. Washington 27–0; won vs. Western Oregon 24–0; lost at California 0–13; won at Oregon State 12–0; won vs. Montana 31–6; won at UCLA 26–6; won at Hawaii All-Stars 13–2; won at Hawai’i 6–0+45−14Won 45–0 vs. Pacific (Oregon)+45Pacific (Oregon)Lost 12–26 vs. Stanford-14StanfordWon 38–6 vs. Willamette+32WillametteWon 27–0 vs. Washington+27WashingtonWon 24–0 vs. Western Oregon+24Western OregonLost 0–13 at California-13CaliforniaWon 12–0 at Oregon State+12Oregon StateWon 31–6 vs. Montana+25MontanaWon 26–6 at UCLA+20UCLAWon 13–2 at Hawaii All-Stars+11Hawaii All-StarsWon 6–0 at Hawai’i+6Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsPacific (Oregon)W 45–⁠085%
Oct 6vsStanfordL 12–⁠2651%
Oct 13vsWillametteW 38–⁠684%
Oct 20vsWashingtonW 27–⁠031%
Oct 27vsWestern OregonW 24–⁠086%
Nov 3atCaliforniaL 0–⁠1339%
Nov 17atOregon StateW 12–⁠025%
Nov 24vsMontanaW 31–⁠673%
Nov 29atUCLAW 26–⁠679%
Dec 25atHawaii All-StarsW 13–⁠283%
Jan 1atHawai’iW 6–⁠086%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 6–⁠0; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
234–⁠59
Coach
John McEwan
Elo
1535 +112 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.7 No. 8 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
George Burnell

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • George StadelmanCNEA-1; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1928 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1928 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC4–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠1
California3–⁠0–⁠26–⁠2–⁠2
Stanford4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠29–⁠2
Washington State4–⁠37–⁠3
Oregon State2–⁠36–⁠3
Idaho2–⁠33–⁠4–⁠1
Washington2–⁠47–⁠4
UCLA0–⁠44–⁠4–⁠1
Montana0–⁠54–⁠5–⁠1

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