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1947 Oregon

7–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jim Aiken.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1947, game by game: won vs. Montana State 27–14; lost vs. Texas 13–38; lost vs. Nevada 6–13; lost at UCLA 7–24; won vs. Washington 6–0; won vs. No. 20 San Francisco 34–7; won vs. Idaho 34–7; won at Washington State 12–6; won at Stanford 21–6; won vs. Oregon State 14–6+27−25Won 27–14 vs. Montana State+13Montana StateLost 13–38 vs. Texas-25TexasLost 6–13 vs. Nevada-7NevadaLost 7–24 at UCLA-17UCLAWon 6–0 vs. Washington+6WashingtonWon 34–7 vs. No. 20 San Francisco+27No. 20 San FranciscoWon 34–7 vs. Idaho+27IdahoWon 12–6 at Washington State+6Washington StateWon 21–6 at Stanford+15StanfordWon 14–6 vs. Oregon State+8Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsMontana StateW 27–⁠1473%
Sep 27vsTexasL 13–⁠3832%
Oct 4vsNevadaL 6–⁠1351%
Oct 11atUCLAL 7–⁠2420%
Oct 18vsWashingtonW 6–⁠042%
Oct 25vs20San FranciscoW 34–⁠743%
Nov 1vsIdahoW 34–⁠780%
Nov 8atWashington StateW 12–⁠653%
Nov 15atStanfordW 21–⁠656%
Nov 22vsOregon StateW 14–⁠658%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 55th-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 1947.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
174–⁠121
Coach
Jim Aiken
Elo
1530 +96 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.9 No. 45 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jake Leicht, James Newquist and Robert Koch

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Norm Van BrocklinQBCoaches-1; AP-1; UP-1
  • Jake LeichtRBCoaches-1; AP-2; UP-1
  • Brad EcklundCCoaches-1; AP-3

Second team

  • Don GarzaECoaches-2; AP-2
  • Don StantonOTCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠07–⁠2–⁠18
California5–⁠19–⁠115
Oregon5–⁠17–⁠3
UCLA4–⁠25–⁠4
Montana2–⁠17–⁠4
Oregon State3–⁠45–⁠5
Washington2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠44–⁠4
Stanford0–⁠70–⁠9

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