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1949 Oregon

4–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jim Aiken.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1949, game by game: won at Saint Mary’s (CA) 24–7; won vs. Idaho 41–0; lost at UCLA 27–35; won at Washington State 21–0; won vs. Colorado 42–14; lost at No. 19 USC 13–40; lost at Iowa 31–34; lost vs. Washington 27–28; lost at No. 4 California 14–41; lost vs. Oregon State 10–20+41−27Won 24–7 at Saint Mary’s (CA)+17Saint Mary’s (C…Won 41–0 vs. Idaho+41IdahoLost 27–35 at UCLA-8UCLAWon 21–0 at Washington State+21Washington StateWon 42–14 vs. Colorado+28ColoradoLost 13–40 at No. 19 USC-27No. 19 USCLost 31–34 at Iowa-3IowaLost 27–28 vs. Washington-1WashingtonLost 14–41 at No. 4 California-27No. 4 CaliforniaLost 10–20 vs. Oregon State-10Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atSaint Mary’s (CA)W 24–⁠761%
Sep 24vsIdahoW 41–⁠080%
Sep 30atUCLAL 27–⁠3557%
Oct 8atWashington StateW 21–⁠058%
Oct 15vsColoradoW 42–⁠1482%
Oct 22at19USCL 13–⁠4046%
Oct 29atIowaL 31–⁠3454%
Nov 5vsWashingtonL 27–⁠2882%
Nov 12at4CaliforniaL 14–⁠4122%
Nov 19vsOregon StateL 10–⁠2057%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 20–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 59th-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 1949.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
250–⁠219
Coach
Jim Aiken
Elo
1522 −54 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.4 No. 38 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 1Ken Carpenter BCleveland Browns
Rd 3Bob Sanders BPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Darrell RobinsonEAP-1; INS-2

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California7–⁠010–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford4–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
USC4–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠37–⁠3
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠6
Washington2–⁠53–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠5
Montana0–⁠35–⁠4

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