1938 Oregon

4–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tex Oliver.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1938, game by game: won at Washington State 10–2; won vs. UCLA 14–12; lost at Stanford 16–27; lost at No. 11 Fordham 0–26; lost vs. No. 19 USC 7–31; won vs. Idaho 19–6; lost at No. 14 California 0–20; won vs. Washington 3–0; lost vs. Oregon State 0–14+13−26Won 10–2 at Washington State+8Washington StateWon 14–12 vs. UCLA+2UCLALost 16–27 at Stanford-11StanfordLost 0–26 at No. 11 Fordham-26No. 11 FordhamLost 7–31 vs. No. 19 USC-24No. 19 USCWon 19–6 vs. Idaho+13IdahoLost 0–20 at No. 14 California-20No. 14 CaliforniaWon 3–0 vs. Washington+3WashingtonLost 0–14 vs. Oregon State-14Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 85th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1938.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
69–⁠138
Coach
Tex Oliver
Elo
1439 −16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.2 No. 67 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Ted GebhardtQBNEA-2

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠110–⁠114
USC6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠5
Washington3–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Idaho2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State1–⁠72–⁠8
Montana0–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1

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