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1974 Oregon

2–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Pac-8), coached by Don Read.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1974, game by game: lost at No. 7 Nebraska 7–61; won vs. Air Force 27–23; won at Utah 23–16; lost at Northwestern 10–14; lost at California 10–40; lost vs. No. 6 USC 7–16; lost at Washington 0–66; lost vs. Washington State 16–21; lost at UCLA 0–21; lost vs. Stanford 0–17; lost at Oregon State 16–35+7−66Lost 7–61 at No. 7 Nebraska-54No. 7 NebraskaWon 27–23 vs. Air Force+4Air ForceWon 23–16 at Utah+7UtahLost 10–14 at Northwestern-4NorthwesternLost 10–40 at California-30CaliforniaLost 7–16 vs. No. 6 USC-9No. 6 USCLost 0–66 at Washington-66WashingtonLost 16–21 vs. Washington State-5Washington StateLost 0–21 at UCLA-21UCLALost 0–17 vs. Stanford-17StanfordLost 16–35 at Oregon State-19Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14at7NebraskaL 7–⁠6115%
Sep 21vsAir ForceW 27–⁠2344%
Sep 28atUtahW 23–⁠1643%
Oct 5atNorthwesternL 10–⁠1457%
Oct 12atCaliforniaL 10–⁠4035%
Oct 19vs6USCL 7–⁠1625%
Oct 26atWashingtonL 0–⁠6649%
Nov 2vsWashington StateL 16–⁠2150%
Nov 9atUCLAL 0–⁠2115%
Nov 16vsStanfordL 0–⁠1736%
Nov 23atOregon StateL 16–⁠3534%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 35–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 107th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
116–⁠330
Coach
Don Read
Elo
1317 −126 this season
SP+ rating
-23.5 No. 119 of 124; offense No. 118, defense No. 117
SRS
−11.9 No. 104 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Joe Wade
Defensive coordinator
Fred von Appen
Captains
Norv Turner and Tim Slapnicka
Offense
Veer

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 1Russ Francis TENew England Patriots

All-Pac-8

1 first team

First team

  • Steve DonnellyDBAP-1; UPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠1–⁠12
Stanford5–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠2
California4–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon State3–⁠43–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon0–⁠72–⁠9

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