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1964 Oregon

7–⁠2–⁠1 (1–⁠2–⁠1 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Len Casanova.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1964, game by game: won vs. BYU 20–13; won vs. Pittsburgh 22–13; won at Penn State 22–14; won at Idaho 14–8; won vs. Arizona 21–0; won at Washington 7–0; lost vs. Stanford 8–10; tied vs. Washington State 21–21; won at Indiana 29–21; lost at Oregon State 6–7+21−2Won 20–13 vs. BYU+7BYUWon 22–13 vs. Pittsburgh+9PittsburghWon 22–14 at Penn State+8Penn StateWon 14–8 at Idaho+6IdahoWon 21–0 vs. Arizona+21ArizonaWon 7–0 at Washington+7WashingtonLost 8–10 vs. Stanford-2StanfordTied 21–21 vs. Washington State0Washington StateWon 29–21 at Indiana+8IndianaLost 6–7 at Oregon State-1Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsBYUW 20–⁠1382%
Sep 26vsPittsburghW 22–⁠1361%
Oct 3atPenn StateW 22–⁠1450%
Oct 10atIdahoW 14–⁠873%
Oct 17vsArizonaW 21–⁠074%
Oct 24atWashingtonW 7–⁠056%
Oct 31vsStanfordL 8–⁠1085%
Nov 7vsWashington StateT 21–⁠2185%
Nov 14atIndianaW 29–⁠2168%
Nov 21atOregon StateL 6–⁠751%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 19th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 7
  2. Wk 9: 10

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 1964.

Record
7–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 6th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
170–⁠107
Coach
Len Casanova
Elo
1657 +66 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.3 No. 17 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Berry and Lowell Dean

All-Pacific Coast

6 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Bob BerryQB
  • Ray PalmEAP-2; UPI-1
  • Lowell DeanOTAP-1; UPI-2
  • Mark RichardsOGAP-2; Coaches-1
  • Dave TobeyCAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Les PalmDBAP-1

Second team

  • Oliver McKinneyDEAP-2
  • Ancer L. HaggertyMGAP-2
  • Tim CaseyLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State3–⁠18–⁠38
USC3–⁠17–⁠310
Washington5–⁠26–⁠4
UCLA2–⁠24–⁠6
Stanford3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon1–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California0–⁠43–⁠7

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