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1972 Oregon

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Pac-8), coached by Dick Enright.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1972, game by game: lost at Missouri 22–24; won vs. Arizona 34–7; lost at No. 2 Oklahoma 3–68; lost at No. 15 UCLA 20–65; lost at No. 11 Washington 17–23; lost vs. Washington State 14–31; won vs. No. 13 Stanford 15–13; lost vs. No. 1 USC 0–18; lost at California 12–31; won vs. San José State 27–2; won at Oregon State 30–3+27−65Lost 22–24 at Missouri-2MissouriWon 34–7 vs. Arizona+27ArizonaLost 3–68 at No. 2 Oklahoma-65No. 2 OklahomaLost 20–65 at No. 15 UCLA-45No. 15 UCLALost 17–23 at No. 11 Washington-6No. 11 WashingtonLost 14–31 vs. Washington State-17Washington StateWon 15–13 vs. No. 13 Stanford+2No. 13 StanfordLost 0–18 vs. No. 1 USC-18No. 1 USCLost 12–31 at California-19CaliforniaWon 27–2 vs. San José State+25San José StateWon 30–3 at Oregon State+27Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atMissouriL 22–⁠2456%
Sep 16vsArizonaW 34–⁠758%
Sep 23at2OklahomaL 3–⁠6820%
Sep 29at15UCLAL 20–⁠6542%
Oct 7at11WashingtonL 17–⁠2324%
Oct 14vsWashington StateL 14–⁠3161%
Oct 21vs13StanfordW 15–⁠1325%
Oct 28vs1USCL 0–⁠1821%
Nov 4atCaliforniaL 12–⁠3147%
Nov 11vsSan José StateW 27–⁠247%
Nov 18atOregon StateW 30–⁠347%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 30–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 77th-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 1972.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
194–⁠285
Coach
Dick Enright
Elo
1477 −27 this season
SP+ rating
4.6 No. 53 of 121; offense No. 44, defense No. 62
SRS
5.3 No. 45 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1973

The 1973 draft
Rd 2Chuck Bradley CMiami Dolphins
Rd 3Tim Stokes OTLos Angeles Rams
Rd 3Dan Fouts QBSan Diego Chargers

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Dan FoutsQBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Greg SpechtWRAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠012–⁠01
UCLA5–⁠28–⁠315
Washington4–⁠38–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠37–⁠419
California3–⁠43–⁠8
Stanford2–⁠56–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠9

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