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1970 Oregon

6–⁠4–⁠1 (4–⁠3 Pac-8), coached by Jerry Frei.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1970, game by game: won vs. California 31–24; lost at Illinois 16–20; lost vs. No. 3 Stanford 10–33; won vs. Washington State 28–13; won at No. 15 UCLA 41–40; won vs. Idaho 49–13; won vs. No. 10 USC 10–7; lost at Washington 23–25; won vs. No. 9 Air Force 46–35; tied at Army 22–22; lost at Oregon State 9–24+36−23Won 31–24 vs. California+7CaliforniaLost 16–20 at Illinois-4IllinoisLost 10–33 vs. No. 3 Stanford-23No. 3 StanfordWon 28–13 vs. Washington State+15Washington StateWon 41–40 at No. 15 UCLA+1No. 15 UCLAWon 49–13 vs. Idaho+36IdahoWon 10–7 vs. No. 10 USC+3No. 10 USCLost 23–25 at Washington-2WashingtonWon 46–35 vs. No. 9 Air Force+11No. 9 Air ForceTied 22–22 at Army0ArmyLost 9–24 at Oregon State-15Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsCaliforniaW 31–⁠2452%
Sep 19atIllinoisL 16–⁠2066%
Sep 26vs3StanfordL 10–⁠3332%
Oct 3vsWashington StateW 28–⁠1369%
Oct 10at15UCLAW 41–⁠4022%
Oct 17vsIdahoW 49–⁠1390%
Oct 24vs10USCW 10–⁠727%
Oct 31atWashingtonL 23–⁠2546%
Nov 7vs9Air ForceW 46–⁠3529%
Nov 14atArmyT 22–⁠2261%
Nov 21atOregon StateL 9–⁠2438%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 24–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 16
  2. Wk 10: 19

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 1970.

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
285–⁠256
Coach
Jerry Frei
Elo
1507 +40 this season
SP+ rating
8.2 No. 41 of 117; offense No. 27, defense No. 73
SRS
13.0 No. 26 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Tom Blanchard, Lionel Coleman and Bob Newland

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 7Bob Newland WRNew Orleans Saints

All-Pac-8

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jack StambaughOGUPI-2
  • Steve BuettnerDEUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠38
Washington4–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
California4–⁠36–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠36–⁠5
USC3–⁠46–⁠4–⁠115
Oregon State3–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State0–⁠71–⁠10

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