1971 Oregon

5–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Pac-8), coached by Jerry Frei.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1971, game by game: lost at No. 2 Nebraska 7–34; won vs. Utah 36–29; lost at No. 13 Stanford 17–38; lost at No. 3 Texas 7–35; won at USC 28–23; won vs. No. 18 Washington 23–21; won vs. San José State 34–14; lost at Washington State 21–31; won at Air Force 23–14; lost vs. California 10–17; lost vs. Oregon State 29–30+20−28Lost 7–34 at No. 2 Nebraska-27No. 2 NebraskaWon 36–29 vs. Utah+7UtahLost 17–38 at No. 13 Stanford-21No. 13 StanfordLost 7–35 at No. 3 Texas-28No. 3 TexasWon 28–23 at USC+5USCWon 23–21 vs. No. 18 Washington+2No. 18 WashingtonWon 34–14 vs. San José State+20San José StateLost 21–31 at Washington State-10Washington StateWon 23–14 at Air Force+9Air ForceLost 10–17 vs. California-7CaliforniaLost 29–30 vs. Oregon State-1Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 30–⁠29; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 65th-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 1971.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
235–⁠286
Coach
Jerry Frei
Elo
1507 +3 this season
SP+ rating
8.1 No. 40 of 120; offense No. 18, defense No. 78
SRS
7.0 No. 30 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jim Figoni, Bobby Moore and Steve Rennie

Drafted in 1972

The 1972 draft
Rd 1Ahmad Rashad WRSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 1Tom Drougas OTBaltimore Colts
Rd 4Tom Graham LBDenver Broncos

All-Pac-8

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠310
USC3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠120
Washington4–⁠38–⁠319
California4–⁠36–⁠5
Oregon State3–⁠35–⁠6
Oregon2–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠54–⁠7
UCLA1–⁠4–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1

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