1975 Oregon

3–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Pac-8), coached by Don Read.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1975, game by game: lost at No. 1 Oklahoma 7–62; lost vs. San José State 0–5; lost at Minnesota 7–10; lost vs. Washington 17–27; lost vs. California 7–34; lost at No. 3 USC 3–17; won vs. Utah 18–7; won at Washington State 26–14; lost vs. UCLA 17–50; lost at Stanford 30–33; won vs. Oregon State 14–7+12−55Lost 7–62 at No. 1 Oklahoma-55No. 1 OklahomaLost 0–5 vs. San José State-5San José StateLost 7–10 at Minnesota-3MinnesotaLost 17–27 vs. Washington-10WashingtonLost 7–34 vs. California-27CaliforniaLost 3–17 at No. 3 USC-14No. 3 USCWon 18–7 vs. Utah+11UtahWon 26–14 at Washington State+12Washington StateLost 17–50 vs. UCLA-33UCLALost 30–33 at Stanford-3StanfordWon 14–7 vs. Oregon State+7Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 14–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
146–⁠266
Coach
Don Read
Elo
1359 −19 this season
SP+ rating
-5.4 No. 89 of 132; offense No. 97, defense No. 81
SRS
−2.2 No. 78 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gene Dahlquist
Defensive coordinator
Fred von Appen
Captains
Don Johnson and Chuck Wills

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 1Mario Clark DBBuffalo Bills

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Mario ClarkDBUPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Chuck WillsDBUPI-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Greg BauerWRCoaches-2
  • Ron HuntOTCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠15
California6–⁠18–⁠314
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
Washington5–⁠26–⁠5
USC3–⁠48–⁠417
Oregon2–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠10
Washington State0–⁠73–⁠8

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