1946 Oregon

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

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1946, game by game: won vs. Pacific 7–6; won at California 14–13; won vs. Montana 34–0; tied vs. Washington State 0–0; won at Idaho 26–13; lost at USC 0–43; lost vs. No. 4 UCLA 0–14; lost at Washington 0–16; lost at Oregon State 0–13+34−43Won 7–6 vs. Pacific+1PacificWon 14–13 at California+1CaliforniaWon 34–0 vs. Montana+34MontanaTied 0–0 vs. Washington State0Washington StateWon 26–13 at Idaho+13IdahoLost 0–43 at USC-43USCLost 0–14 vs. No. 4 UCLA-14No. 4 UCLALost 0–16 at Washington-16WashingtonLost 0–13 at Oregon State-13Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsPacificW 7–⁠682%
Oct 5atCaliforniaW 14–⁠1348%
Oct 12vsMontanaW 34–⁠085%
Oct 19vsWashington StateT 0–⁠053%
Oct 26atIdahoW 26–⁠1385%
Nov 2atUSCL 0–⁠4331%
Nov 9vs4UCLAL 0–⁠1434%
Nov 16atWashingtonL 0–⁠1631%
Nov 23atOregon StateL 0–⁠1330%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 13–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 19

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 1946.

Record
4–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
81–⁠118
Coach
Tex Oliver
Elo
1401 −46 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.2 No. 77 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Duke Iversen

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 7Duke Iversen BNew York Giants

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Jake LeichtRBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA7–⁠010–⁠14
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
USC5–⁠26–⁠4
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Montana1–⁠34–⁠4
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠62–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠51–⁠8

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