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1973 Oregon

2–⁠9 (2–⁠5 Pac-8), coached by Dick Enright.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1973, game by game: lost vs. No. 13 Arizona State 20–26; lost at Air Force 17–24; lost vs. Utah 17–35; lost at No. 5 Michigan 0–24; won vs. California 41–10; lost at No. 6 USC 10–31; won vs. Washington 58–0; lost at Washington State 14–21; lost vs. No. 9 UCLA 7–27; lost at Stanford 7–24; lost vs. Oregon State 14–17+58−24Lost 20–26 vs. No. 13 Arizona State-6No. 13 Arizona StateLost 17–24 at Air Force-7Air ForceLost 17–35 vs. Utah-18UtahLost 0–24 at No. 5 Michigan-24No. 5 MichiganWon 41–10 vs. California+31CaliforniaLost 10–31 at No. 6 USC-21No. 6 USCWon 58–0 vs. Washington+58WashingtonLost 14–21 at Washington State-7Washington StateLost 7–27 vs. No. 9 UCLA-20No. 9 UCLALost 7–24 at Stanford-17StanfordLost 14–17 vs. Oregon State-3Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vs13Arizona StateL 20–⁠2634%
Sep 22atAir ForceL 17–⁠2434%
Sep 29vsUtahL 17–⁠3553%
Oct 6at5MichiganL 0–⁠2413%
Oct 13vsCaliforniaW 41–⁠1049%
Oct 20at6USCL 10–⁠3112%
Oct 27vsWashingtonW 58–⁠059%
Nov 3atWashington StateL 14–⁠2147%
Nov 10vs9UCLAL 7–⁠2727%
Nov 17atStanfordL 7–⁠2425%
Nov 24vsOregon StateL 14–⁠1768%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 5th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
205–⁠239
Coach
Dick Enright
Elo
1414 −71 this season
SP+ rating
3.9 No. 65 of 123; offense No. 66, defense No. 53
SRS
6.3 No. 48 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jesse Branch
Defensive coordinator
Sam Robertson
Captain
Mike Jodoin

Drafted in 1974

The 1974 draft
Rd 5Tim Guy DTBuffalo Bills

All-Pac-8

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Don ReynoldsRBAP-2; UPI-1
  • Russ FrancisTEAP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Reggie LewisDTAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Steve DonnellyDBAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Bob PalmWRUPI-2
  • Ron HuntOTUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠09–⁠2–⁠18
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠212
Stanford5–⁠27–⁠4
Washington State4–⁠35–⁠6
California2–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠9
Oregon State2–⁠52–⁠9
Washington0–⁠72–⁠9

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