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1948 Oregon

9–⁠2 (7–⁠0 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jim Aiken, finished No. 9 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1948, game by game: won vs. California–Santa Barbara 55–7; won at Stanford 20–12; lost at Michigan 0–14; won at Idaho 15–8; won vs. USC 8–7; won vs. Washington State 33–7; won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 14–13; won at Washington 13–7; won at UCLA 26–7; won at Oregon State 10–0; lost vs. No. 8 SMU 13–21+48−14Won 55–7 vs. California–Santa Barbara+48California–Sant…Won 20–12 at Stanford+8StanfordLost 0–14 at Michigan-14MichiganWon 15–8 at Idaho+7IdahoWon 8–7 vs. USC+1USCWon 33–7 vs. Washington State+26Washington StateWon 14–13 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+1Saint Mary’s (C…Won 13–7 at Washington+6WashingtonWon 26–7 at UCLA+19UCLAWon 10–0 at Oregon State+10Oregon StateLost 13–21 vs. No. 8 SMU-8No. 8 SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsCalifornia–Santa BarbaraW 55–⁠790%
Sep 25atStanfordW 20–⁠1258%
Oct 2atMichiganL 0–⁠1422%
Oct 9atIdahoW 15–⁠872%
Oct 16vsUSCW 8–⁠749%
Oct 23vsWashington StateW 33–⁠767%
Oct 30vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 14–⁠1377%
Nov 6atWashingtonW 13–⁠764%
Nov 12atUCLAW 26–⁠763%
Nov 20atOregon StateW 10–⁠058%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs8SMUCotton BowlL 13–⁠2137%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to SMU 21–⁠13 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 9 in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 14
  2. Wk 5: 16
  3. Wk 6: 15
  4. Wk 7: 13
  5. Wk 8: 10
  6. Final: 9

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 1948.

Pacific Coast Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference, shared with California

Led the nationDick Wilkins: yards per catch (19.3)

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠0 shared first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 9 peak No. 9
Points
207–⁠103
Coach
Jim Aiken
Elo
1614 +94 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.9 No. 33 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Brad Ecklund, Dan Garza and Don Stanton

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 4Norm Van Brocklin QBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 7Dan Garza ENew York Yankees (AAFC)

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠09–⁠29
California6–⁠010–⁠14
USC4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford3–⁠44–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠3
Washington2–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
UCLA2–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠6
Montana0–⁠33–⁠7

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