1955 Oregon

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

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1955, game by game: won at Utah 14–13; lost at USC 15–42; lost vs. Washington 7–19; lost vs. Colorado 6–13; won vs. California 21–0; won at Arizona 46–27; won vs. Idaho 25–0; won at Washington State 35–0; lost at Stanford 7–44; won vs. Oregon State 28–0+35−37Won 14–13 at Utah+1UtahLost 15–42 at USC-27USCLost 7–19 vs. Washington-12WashingtonLost 6–13 vs. Colorado-7ColoradoWon 21–0 vs. California+21CaliforniaWon 46–27 at Arizona+19ArizonaWon 25–0 vs. Idaho+25IdahoWon 35–0 at Washington State+35Washington StateLost 7–44 at Stanford-37StanfordWon 28–0 vs. Oregon State+28Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 28–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
204–⁠158
Coach
Len Casanova
Elo
1555 +24 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.4 No. 39 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Lon Stiner

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 7Jack Morris BLos Angeles Rams

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Dick JamesBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠09–⁠24
Oregon State5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠116
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
USC3–⁠36–⁠413
California1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠7–⁠2
Idaho0–⁠42–⁠7

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