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1961 Oregon

4–⁠6, coached by Len Casanova.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1961, game by game: won vs. Idaho 51–0; lost at Utah 6–14; lost at Minnesota 7–14; lost vs. Arizona 6–15; won vs. San José State 21–6; won vs. Washington 7–6; won at Stanford 19–7; lost at Washington State 21–22; lost at Ohio State 12–22; lost vs. Oregon State 2–6+51−10Won 51–0 vs. Idaho+51IdahoLost 6–14 at Utah-8UtahLost 7–14 at Minnesota-7MinnesotaLost 6–15 vs. Arizona-9ArizonaWon 21–6 vs. San José State+15San José StateWon 7–6 vs. Washington+1WashingtonWon 19–7 at Stanford+12StanfordLost 21–22 at Washington State-1Washington StateLost 12–22 at Ohio State-10Ohio StateLost 2–6 vs. Oregon State-4Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsIdahoW 51–⁠083%
Sep 30atUtahL 6–⁠1449%
Oct 7atMinnesotaL 7–⁠1442%
Oct 14vsArizonaL 6–⁠1558%
Oct 21vsSan José StateW 21–⁠668%
Oct 28vsWashingtonW 7–⁠643%
Nov 4atStanfordW 19–⁠759%
Nov 11atWashington StateL 21–⁠2261%
Nov 18atOhio StateL 12–⁠2222%
Nov 25vsOregon StateL 2–⁠660%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 6–⁠2; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 63rd-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 1961.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
152–⁠112
Coach
Len Casanova
Elo
1510 −47 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.3 No. 45 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Kent Peterson and Mickey Bruce
Most valuable player
Kent Peterson

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).