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1953 Oregon

4–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Len Casanova.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1953, game by game: won at Nebraska 20–12; lost at Stanford 0–7; lost vs. No. 5 UCLA 0–12; lost at Washington State 0–7; lost vs. Washington 6–14; won vs. San José State 26–13; won vs. No. 7 USC 13–7; won vs. Idaho 26–6; tied at California 0–0; lost vs. Oregon State 0–7+20−12Won 20–12 at Nebraska+8NebraskaLost 0–7 at Stanford-7StanfordLost 0–12 vs. No. 5 UCLA-12No. 5 UCLALost 0–7 at Washington State-7Washington StateLost 6–14 vs. Washington-8WashingtonWon 26–13 vs. San José State+13San José StateWon 13–7 vs. No. 7 USC+6No. 7 USCWon 26–6 vs. Idaho+20IdahoTied 0–0 at California0CaliforniaLost 0–7 vs. Oregon State-7Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atNebraskaW 20–⁠1230%
Sep 26atStanfordL 0–⁠730%
Oct 3vs5UCLAL 0–⁠1221%
Oct 10atWashington StateL 0–⁠731%
Oct 17vsWashingtonL 6–⁠1434%
Oct 24vsSan José StateW 26–⁠1343%
Oct 31vs7USCW 13–⁠717%
Nov 7vsIdahoW 26–⁠669%
Nov 14atCaliforniaT 0–⁠023%
Nov 21vsOregon StateL 0–⁠764%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 92nd-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 1953.

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠5–⁠1 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
91–⁠85
Coach
Len Casanova
Elo
1419 +48 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.3 No. 61 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Emery Barnes

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1953 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠18–⁠25
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠119
USC4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Oregon State3–⁠53–⁠6
Washington2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠31–⁠8

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