1978 Oregon
2–9 (2–5 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Washington State 31–7Oct 28
By 24 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | at Colorado | L 7–24 | 19% |
| Sep 16 | vs 8USC | L 10–37 | 22% |
| Sep 23 | vs TCU | L 10–14 | 60% |
| Sep 30 | at Wisconsin | L 19–22 | 24% |
| Oct 7 | at California | L 18–21 | 15% |
| Oct 14 | vs BYU | L 16–17 | 25% |
| Oct 21 | at Washington | L 14–20 | 13% |
| Oct 28 | vs Washington State | W 31–7 | 33% |
| Nov 4 | at 9UCLA | L 21–23 | 10% |
| Nov 11 | vs Arizona | L 3–24 | 43% |
| Nov 25 | at Oregon State | W 24–3 | 39% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Oregon State 24–3; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-10.
In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).
- Record
- 2–9
- Conference
- 2–5 8th in Pac-10
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 173–212
- Coach
- Rich Brooks
- Elo
- 1380 −4 this season
- SP+ rating
- 1.4 No. 68 of 133; offense No. 94, defense No. 45
- SRS
- 5.4 No. 47 of 138 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- John Becker
- Defensive coordinator
- Howard Tippett
All-Pac-10
2 second teamSecond team
Vince GoldsmithDLCoaches-2- Bruce BeekleyLBCoaches-2
From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1978 Pac-10 standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 6–1 | 12–1 | 2 |
| UCLA | 6–2 | 8–3–1 | 14 |
| Washington | 6–2 | 7–4 | |
 Arizona State | 4–3 | 9–3 | |
 Stanford | 4–3 | 8–4 | 17 |
| California | 3–4 | 6–5 | |
| Arizona | 3–4 | 5–6 | |
| Oregon | 2–5 | 2–9 | |
| Oregon State | 2–6 | 3–7–1 | |
| Washington State | 1–7 | 3–7–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.