1942 Oregon

2–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by John Warren.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1942, game by game: lost vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 9–10; lost at Washington State 0–7; lost vs. Washington 7–15; won vs. Idaho 28–0; lost at California 7–20; won vs. No. 10 UCLA 14–7; lost at USC 0–40; lost at Oregon State 2–39+28−40Lost 9–10 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight-1Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 0–7 at Washington State-7Washington StateLost 7–15 vs. Washington-8WashingtonWon 28–0 vs. Idaho+28IdahoLost 7–20 at California-13CaliforniaWon 14–7 vs. No. 10 UCLA+7No. 10 UCLALost 0–40 at USC-40USCLost 2–39 at Oregon State-37Oregon State
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 Oregon State 39–⁠2; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 88th-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 1942.

Record
2–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
67–⁠138
Coach
John Warren
Elo
1423 −80 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.3 No. 93 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 3Dick Ashcom OTDetroit Lions
Rd 5Val Culwell OGNew York Giants

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Tom RoblinRBAP-2; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠17–⁠413
Washington State5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠217
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠412
USC4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Washington3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
California3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠7
Montana0–⁠60–⁠8

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