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1965 Oregon

4–⁠5–⁠1 (0–⁠5 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Len Casanova.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1965, game by game: won at Pittsburgh 17–15; won at Utah 31–14; won vs. BYU 27–14; lost at Stanford 14–17; tied at Air Force 18–18; lost vs. Washington 20–24; won vs. Idaho 17–14; lost at Washington State 7–27; lost vs. California 0–24; lost vs. Oregon State 14–19+17−24Won 17–15 at Pittsburgh+2PittsburghWon 31–14 at Utah+17UtahWon 27–14 vs. BYU+13BYULost 14–17 at Stanford-3StanfordTied 18–18 at Air Force0Air ForceLost 20–24 vs. Washington-4WashingtonWon 17–14 vs. Idaho+3IdahoLost 7–27 at Washington State-20Washington StateLost 0–24 vs. California-24CaliforniaLost 14–19 vs. Oregon State-5Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atPittsburghW 17–⁠1552%
Sep 25atUtahW 31–⁠1448%
Oct 2vsBYUW 27–⁠1477%
Oct 9atStanfordL 14–⁠1760%
Oct 16atAir ForceT 18–⁠1874%
Oct 23vsWashingtonL 20–⁠2475%
Oct 30vsIdahoW 17–⁠1475%
Nov 6atWashington StateL 7–⁠2756%
Nov 13vsCaliforniaL 0–⁠2474%
Nov 20vsOregon StateL 14–⁠1962%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 19–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 69th-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 1965.

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠5 8th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
165–⁠186
Coach
Len Casanova
Elo
1505 −99 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.1 No. 60 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Tim Casey, Mark Richards and Dave Tobey

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Steve BunkerEAP-2; UPI-1
  • Mark RichardsOGAP-1
  • Dave TobeyLBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Les PalmDBUPI-1

Second team

  • Ray EaglinDEUPI-2
  • Jerry InmanDTAP-2
  • Tim CaseyLBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA4–⁠08–⁠2–⁠14
USC4–⁠17–⁠2–⁠110
Washington State2–⁠17–⁠3
Washington4–⁠35–⁠5
Stanford2–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon State1–⁠35–⁠5
Oregon0–⁠54–⁠5–⁠1

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