1941 Oregon

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

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1941, game by game: lost at Stanford 15–19; won vs. Idaho 21–7; won at USC 20–6; won vs. California 19–7; lost at UCLA 7–14; lost vs. Washington State 0–13; won vs. Santa Clara 21–19; won at No. 20 Washington 19–16; lost vs. No. 17 Oregon State 7–12; lost at Texas 7–71+14−64Lost 15–19 at Stanford-4StanfordWon 21–7 vs. Idaho+14IdahoWon 20–6 at USC+14USCWon 19–7 vs. California+12CaliforniaLost 7–14 at UCLA-7UCLALost 0–13 vs. Washington State-13Washington StateWon 21–19 vs. Santa Clara+2Santa ClaraWon 19–16 at No. 20 Washington+3No. 20 WashingtonLost 7–12 vs. No. 17 Oregon State-5No. 17 Oregon StateLost 7–71 at Texas-64Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 71–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 16

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 1941.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
136–⁠184
Coach
Tex Oliver
Elo
1505 −5 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.1 No. 35 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 3Curt Mecham BBrooklyn Dodgers

All-Pacific Coast

3 second team

Second team

  • Curt MechamBAP-2; UP-2
  • Tom RoblinBAP-2
  • Ray SegaleOGAP-3; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State7–⁠28–⁠212
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠419
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon4–⁠45–⁠5
UCLA3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠5
USC2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

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