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1940 Oregon

4–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tex Oliver.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1940, game by game: won vs. San Diego Marines 12–2; lost at Stanford 0–13; lost vs. Washington 0–10; lost at No. 17 USC 0–13; tied at Washington State 6–6; won vs. Montana 38–0; won vs. UCLA 18–0; lost at California 6–14; won at Oregon State 20–0+38−13Won 12–2 vs. San Diego Marines+10San Diego Marin…Lost 0–13 at Stanford-13StanfordLost 0–10 vs. Washington-10WashingtonLost 0–13 at No. 17 USC-13No. 17 USCTied 6–6 at Washington State0Washington StateWon 38–0 vs. Montana+38MontanaWon 18–0 vs. UCLA+18UCLALost 6–14 at California-8CaliforniaWon 20–0 at Oregon State+20Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsSan Diego MarinesW 12–⁠284%
Oct 5atStanfordL 0–⁠1342%
Oct 12vsWashingtonL 0–⁠1051%
Oct 19at17USCL 0–⁠1315%
Oct 26atWashington StateT 6–⁠637%
Nov 2vsMontanaW 38–⁠067%
Nov 9vsUCLAW 18–⁠054%
Nov 16atCaliforniaL 6–⁠1440%
Nov 30atOregon StateW 20–⁠026%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 20–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 60th-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 1940.

Record
4–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
100–⁠58
Coach
Tex Oliver
Elo
1515 +38 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.8 No. 21 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1941

The 1941 draft
Rd 5Chet Haliska BCleveland Rams
Rd 5Jim Stuart OTWashington Redskins

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford7–⁠010–⁠02
Washington7–⁠17–⁠210
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠6
USC2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Montana1–⁠24–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠41–⁠7–⁠1

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