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1968 Oregon

4–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Pac-8), coached by Jerry Frei.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1968, game by game: lost at Colorado 7–28; lost vs. Stanford 12–28; lost at No. 6 Ohio State 6–21; won at Washington 3–0; won vs. Idaho 23–8; won vs. Utah 14–6; lost vs. No. 1 USC 13–20; won vs. Washington State 27–13; lost at No. 18 California 8–36; lost at No. 16 Oregon State 19–41+15−28Lost 7–28 at Colorado-21ColoradoLost 12–28 vs. Stanford-16StanfordLost 6–21 at No. 6 Ohio State-15No. 6 Ohio StateWon 3–0 at Washington+3WashingtonWon 23–8 vs. Idaho+15IdahoWon 14–6 vs. Utah+8UtahLost 13–20 vs. No. 1 USC-7No. 1 USCWon 27–13 vs. Washington State+14Washington StateLost 8–36 at No. 18 California-28No. 18 CaliforniaLost 19–41 at No. 16 Oregon State-22No. 16 Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atColoradoL 7–⁠2820%
Sep 28vsStanfordL 12–⁠2844%
Oct 5at6Ohio StateL 6–⁠2121%
Oct 12atWashingtonW 3–⁠025%
Oct 19vsIdahoW 23–⁠876%
Oct 26vsUtahW 14–⁠652%
Nov 2vs1USCL 13–⁠2020%
Nov 9vsWashington StateW 27–⁠1366%
Nov 16at18CaliforniaL 8–⁠3623%
Nov 23at16Oregon StateL 19–⁠4116%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 41–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 89th-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 1968.

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 5th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠201
Coach
Jerry Frei
Elo
1423 −4 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.2 No. 57 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
George Dames and Omri Hildreth

All-Pac-8

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Nick ShurOGAP-1
  • George DamesMGAP-1; Coaches-1; UPI-2
  • Omri HildrethDB

Second team

  • Steve HilbertDBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠09–⁠1–⁠14
Oregon State5–⁠17–⁠315
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠44–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠43–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2

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