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1966 Oregon

3–⁠7 (1–⁠3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Len Casanova.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1966, game by game: lost at Oklahoma 0–17; lost vs. Utah 14–17; lost vs. San José State 7–21; won vs. Stanford 7–3; won at Air Force 17–6; lost at Washington 7–10; won at Idaho 28–7; lost vs. Washington State 13–14; lost at Arizona State 10–14; lost at Oregon State 15–20+21−17Lost 0–17 at Oklahoma-17OklahomaLost 14–17 vs. Utah-3UtahLost 7–21 vs. San José State-14San José StateWon 7–3 vs. Stanford+4StanfordWon 17–6 at Air Force+11Air ForceLost 7–10 at Washington-3WashingtonWon 28–7 at Idaho+21IdahoLost 13–14 vs. Washington State-1Washington StateLost 10–14 at Arizona State-4Arizona StateLost 15–20 at Oregon State-5Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atOklahomaL 0–⁠1744%
Sep 24vsUtahL 14–⁠1754%
Oct 1vsSan José StateL 7–⁠2163%
Oct 8vsStanfordW 7–⁠345%
Oct 15atAir ForceW 17–⁠634%
Oct 22atWashingtonL 7–⁠1034%
Oct 29atIdahoW 28–⁠755%
Nov 5vsWashington StateL 13–⁠1467%
Nov 12atArizona StateL 10–⁠1444%
Nov 19atOregon StateL 15–⁠2031%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 20–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 81st-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 1966.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠3 tied for 6th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
118–⁠129
Coach
Len Casanova
Elo
1465 −39 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.0 No. 62 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Mike Brundage and Ross Carter

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Steve JonesRB
  • Jim SmithDBAP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Ross CarterOGAP-2
  • Bill SmithCAP-2
  • Cam MolterDEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1966 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC4–⁠17–⁠4
UCLA3–⁠19–⁠15
Oregon State3–⁠17–⁠3
Washington4–⁠36–⁠4
California2–⁠33–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠33–⁠7
Oregon1–⁠33–⁠7
Stanford1–⁠45–⁠5

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