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1954 Oregon

6–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Len Casanova.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1954, game by game: won at Idaho 41–0; lost vs. Stanford 13–18; lost vs. Utah 6–7; won at California 33–27; lost vs. USC 14–24; won vs. San José State 26–7; won at Washington 26–7; lost at No. 1 UCLA 0–41; won vs. Washington State 26–14; won at Oregon State 33–14+41−41Won 41–0 at Idaho+41IdahoLost 13–18 vs. Stanford-5StanfordLost 6–7 vs. Utah-1UtahWon 33–27 at California+6CaliforniaLost 14–24 vs. USC-10USCWon 26–7 vs. San José State+19San José StateWon 26–7 at Washington+19WashingtonLost 0–41 at No. 1 UCLA-41No. 1 UCLAWon 26–14 vs. Washington State+12Washington StateWon 33–14 at Oregon State+19Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atIdahoW 41–⁠055%
Sep 25vsStanfordL 13–⁠1846%
Oct 2vsUtahL 6–⁠753%
Oct 9atCaliforniaW 33–⁠2730%
Oct 16vsUSCL 14–⁠2443%
Oct 23vsSan José StateW 26–⁠752%
Oct 30atWashingtonW 26–⁠746%
Nov 6at1UCLAL 0–⁠4117%
Nov 13vsWashington StateW 26–⁠1469%
Nov 20atOregon StateW 33–⁠1468%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 33–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 16

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 1954.

Led the nationGeorge Shaw: total offense (1,536 yds)

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
218–⁠159
Coach
Len Casanova
Elo
1547 +101 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.0 No. 48 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ron Pheister

Drafted in 1955

The 1955 draft
Rd 1George Shaw QBBaltimore Colts
Rd 4Jack Patera OGBaltimore Colts
Rd 7Hal Reeve OTPittsburgh Steelers

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ron PheisterCAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1954 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1954 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠09–⁠02
USC6–⁠18–⁠417
Oregon5–⁠36–⁠4
California4–⁠35–⁠5
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠44–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠24–⁠5
Washington1–⁠62–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠8

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