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1950 Oregon

1–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jim Aiken.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1950, game by game: lost at UCLA 0–28; lost vs. No. 14 California 7–28; won vs. Montana 21–13; lost at Idaho 0–14; lost vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 13–18; lost at USC 21–30; lost vs. Washington State 13–21; lost at No. 17 Washington 13–27; lost at Colorado 7–21; lost vs. Oregon State 2–14+8−28Lost 0–28 at UCLA-28UCLALost 7–28 vs. No. 14 California-21No. 14 CaliforniaWon 21–13 vs. Montana+8MontanaLost 0–14 at Idaho-14IdahoLost 13–18 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)-5Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 21–30 at USC-9USCLost 13–21 vs. Washington State-8Washington StateLost 13–27 at No. 17 Washington-14No. 17 WashingtonLost 7–21 at Colorado-14ColoradoLost 2–14 vs. Oregon State-12Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atUCLAL 0–⁠2842%
Sep 30vs14CaliforniaL 7–⁠2831%
Oct 7vsMontanaW 21–⁠1362%
Oct 14atIdahoL 0–⁠1452%
Oct 21vsSaint Mary’s (CA)L 13–⁠1874%
Oct 28atUSCL 21–⁠3034%
Nov 4vsWashington StateL 13–⁠2150%
Nov 11at17WashingtonL 13–⁠2723%
Nov 18atColoradoL 7–⁠2135%
Nov 25vsOregon StateL 2–⁠1437%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 14–⁠2; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 105th-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 1950.

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
97–⁠214
Coach
Jim Aiken
Elo
1344 −171 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.0 No. 100 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ray Lung

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Earl StelleB
  • Chet DanielsOGAP-1

Second team

  • Ray LungOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠18–⁠211
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington State2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
USC1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State2–⁠53–⁠6
Oregon0–⁠71–⁠9

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