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1945 Oregon

3–⁠6 (3–⁠6 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tex Oliver.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1945, game by game: lost at Washington 6–20; won vs. Idaho 33–7; lost at Oregon State 6–19; won vs. Washington State 26–13; lost at UCLA 0–12; lost vs. No. 18 Washington 0–7; lost at Washington State 13–20; won at California 20–13; lost vs. Oregon State 12–13+26−14Lost 6–20 at Washington-14WashingtonWon 33–7 vs. Idaho+26IdahoLost 6–19 at Oregon State-13Oregon StateWon 26–13 vs. Washington State+13Washington StateLost 0–12 at UCLA-12UCLALost 0–7 vs. No. 18 Washington-7No. 18 WashingtonLost 13–20 at Washington State-7Washington StateWon 20–13 at California+7CaliforniaLost 12–13 vs. Oregon State-1Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29atWashingtonL 6–⁠2038%
Oct 6vsIdahoW 33–⁠783%
Oct 13atOregon StateL 6–⁠1937%
Oct 20vsWashington StateW 26–⁠1339%
Oct 27atUCLAL 0–⁠1242%
Nov 3vs18WashingtonL 0–⁠743%
Nov 10atWashington StateL 13–⁠2027%
Nov 17atCaliforniaW 20–⁠1346%
Dec 1vsOregon StateL 12–⁠1356%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 13–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The tied 90th-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 1945.

Led the nationJake Leicht: punt return yards (395 yds), punt return average (14.1)

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠6 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
116–⁠124
Coach
Tex Oliver
Elo
1420 −29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.9 No. 71 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jake Leicht

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jake LeichtQBAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • John KaufmanOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1945 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC5–⁠17–⁠411
Washington State6–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Washington6–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA2–⁠35–⁠4
California2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠63–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠51–⁠7
Montana0–⁠10–⁠2

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