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1976 Oregon

4–⁠7 (1–⁠6 Pac-8), coached by Don Read.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1976, game by game: won vs. Colorado State 17–3; lost vs. USC 0–53; won at Utah 21–13; won vs. Utah State 27–9; lost at California 10–27; lost at No. 14 Notre Dame 0–41; lost at Washington 7–14; lost vs. Washington State 22–23; lost at No. 3 UCLA 0–46; lost vs. Stanford 17–28; won at Oregon State 23–14+18−53Won 17–3 vs. Colorado State+14Colorado StateLost 0–53 vs. USC-53USCWon 21–13 at Utah+8UtahWon 27–9 vs. Utah State+18Utah StateLost 10–27 at California-17CaliforniaLost 0–41 at No. 14 Notre Dame-41No. 14 Notre DameLost 7–14 at Washington-7WashingtonLost 22–23 vs. Washington State-1Washington StateLost 0–46 at No. 3 UCLA-46No. 3 UCLALost 17–28 vs. Stanford-11StanfordWon 23–14 at Oregon State+9Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsColorado StateW 17–⁠350%
Sep 18vsUSCL 0–⁠5337%
Sep 25atUtahW 21–⁠1354%
Oct 2vsUtah StateW 27–⁠960%
Oct 9atCaliforniaL 10–⁠2721%
Oct 16at14Notre DameL 0–⁠4118%
Oct 23atWashingtonL 7–⁠1434%
Oct 30vsWashington StateL 22–⁠2364%
Nov 6at3UCLAL 0–⁠469%
Nov 13vsStanfordL 17–⁠2841%
Nov 20atOregon StateW 23–⁠1457%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 23–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pac-8.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Pac-8
AP final
Unranked
Points
144–⁠271
Coach
Don Read
Elo
1395 −10 this season
SP+ rating
-9.0 No. 102 of 132; offense No. 106, defense No. 93
SRS
−5.2 No. 95 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-Pac-8

1 second team

Second team

  • Greg BauerWRCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Pac-8 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠011–⁠12
UCLA6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠115
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠5
California3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon1–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠10

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