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1929 Oregon

7–⁠3 (4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by John McEwan.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1929, game by game: won vs. Pacific (Oregon) 58–0; lost at Stanford 7–33; won vs. Willamette 34–0; won vs. Idaho 34–7; won at Washington 14–0; won vs. UCLA 27–0; won vs. Oregon State 16–0; won vs. Hawai’i 7–0; lost at Saint Mary’s (CA) 6–31; lost at Florida 6–20+58−26Won 58–0 vs. Pacific (Oregon)+58Pacific (Oregon)Lost 7–33 at Stanford-26StanfordWon 34–0 vs. Willamette+34WillametteWon 34–7 vs. Idaho+27IdahoWon 14–0 at Washington+14WashingtonWon 27–0 vs. UCLA+27UCLAWon 16–0 vs. Oregon State+16Oregon StateWon 7–0 vs. Hawai’i+7Hawai’iLost 6–31 at Saint Mary’s (CA)-25Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 6–20 at Florida-14Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsPacific (Oregon)W 58–⁠091%
Oct 5atStanfordL 7–⁠3335%
Oct 12vsWillametteW 34–⁠091%
Oct 19vsIdahoW 34–⁠756%
Oct 26atWashingtonW 14–⁠053%
Nov 2vsUCLAW 27–⁠084%
Nov 16vsOregon StateW 16–⁠065%
Nov 23vsHawai’iW 7–⁠095%
Nov 28atSaint Mary’s (CA)L 6–⁠3181%
Dec 7atFloridaL 6–⁠2029%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida 20–⁠6; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Pacific Coast Conference champions4–⁠1 in the conference, shared with California, Stanford and USC

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
209–⁠91
Coach
John McEwan
Elo
1524 +1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.0 No. 19 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
David Mason

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

  • Austin ColbertOTAP-1; NEA-1
  • M. ShieldsOT

From Wikipedia’s 1929 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1929 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠110–⁠2
Stanford5–⁠19–⁠2
California4–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠17–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠210–⁠2
UCLA1–⁠34–⁠4
Oregon State1–⁠45–⁠4
Idaho1–⁠44–⁠5
Montana0–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington0–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1

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