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1951 Oregon

2–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Len Casanova.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1951, game by game: lost vs. Stanford 20–27; won vs. Arizona 39–21; lost at Pacific 6–34; lost vs. Washington 6–63; lost at UCLA 0–41; lost at No. 18 Washington State 6–41; won vs. Idaho 14–13; lost at Boston University 6–35; lost at No. 16 California 26–28; lost vs. Oregon State 7–14+18−57Lost 20–27 vs. Stanford-7StanfordWon 39–21 vs. Arizona+18ArizonaLost 6–34 at Pacific-28PacificLost 6–63 vs. Washington-57WashingtonLost 0–41 at UCLA-41UCLALost 6–41 at No. 18 Washington State-35No. 18 Washington StateWon 14–13 vs. Idaho+1IdahoLost 6–35 at Boston University-29Boston Universi…Lost 26–28 at No. 16 California-2No. 16 CaliforniaLost 7–14 vs. Oregon State-7Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsStanfordL 20–⁠2737%
Sep 29vsArizonaW 39–⁠2156%
Oct 6atPacificL 6–⁠3424%
Oct 13vsWashingtonL 6–⁠6332%
Oct 20atUCLAL 0–⁠4123%
Oct 27at18Washington StateL 6–⁠4121%
Nov 3vsIdahoW 14–⁠1345%
Nov 10atBoston UniversityL 6–⁠3525%
Nov 17at16CaliforniaL 26–⁠289%
Nov 24vsOregon StateL 7–⁠1435%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 14–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 108th-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 1951.

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
130–⁠317
Coach
Len Casanova
Elo
1314 −82 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.1 No. 92 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Michael Sikora and Richard Patrick

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠117
California5–⁠28–⁠212
USC4–⁠27–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠37–⁠318
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠62–⁠8
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠7

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