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1958 Oregon

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

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1958, game by game: won vs. Idaho 27–0; lost at No. 1 Oklahoma 0–6; won vs. USC 25–0; lost vs. Washington State 0–6; lost at California 6–23; lost at Washington 0–6; won vs. Stanford 12–0; lost at UCLA 3–7; won at Oregon State 20–0; lost at Miami 0–2+27−17Won 27–0 vs. Idaho+27IdahoLost 0–6 at No. 1 Oklahoma-6No. 1 OklahomaWon 25–0 vs. USC+25USCLost 0–6 vs. Washington State-6Washington StateLost 6–23 at California-17CaliforniaLost 0–6 at Washington-6WashingtonWon 12–0 vs. Stanford+12StanfordLost 3–7 at UCLA-4UCLAWon 20–0 at Oregon State+20Oregon StateLost 0–2 at Miami-2Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsIdahoW 27–⁠065%
Oct 4at1OklahomaL 0–⁠624%
Oct 11vsUSCW 25–⁠069%
Oct 18vsWashington StateL 0–⁠666%
Oct 25atCaliforniaL 6–⁠2353%
Nov 1atWashingtonL 0–⁠655%
Nov 8vsStanfordW 12–⁠070%
Nov 15atUCLAL 3–⁠745%
Nov 22atOregon StateW 20–⁠031%
Dec 6atMiamiL 0–⁠264%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 2–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 15
  2. Wk 5: 14

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 1958.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
93–⁠50
Coach
Len Casanova
Elo
1528 −16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.1 No. 29 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ron Stover

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team

First team

  • Willie WestRBAP-2; Coaches-1
  • Jim LindenOT
  • Bob GrottkauOG
  • Bob PetersonCAP-2; Coaches-1

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠17–⁠416
Washington State6–⁠27–⁠3
USC4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠52–⁠8
Washington1–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠5

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