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1979 Oregon

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1979, game by game: won at Colorado 33–19; lost at No. 10 Michigan State 17–41; lost vs. No. 12 Washington 17–21; lost at No. 10 Purdue 7–13; won vs. California 19–14; lost at Arizona 13–24; won vs. Air Force 17–9; won at Washington State 37–26; won at Stanford 16–7; lost vs. UCLA 0–35; won vs. Oregon State 24–3+21−35Won 33–19 at Colorado+14ColoradoLost 17–41 at No. 10 Michigan State-24No. 10 Michigan StateLost 17–21 vs. No. 12 Washington-4No. 12 WashingtonLost 7–13 at No. 10 Purdue-6No. 10 PurdueWon 19–14 vs. California+5CaliforniaLost 13–24 at Arizona-11ArizonaWon 17–9 vs. Air Force+8Air ForceWon 37–26 at Washington State+11Washington StateWon 16–7 at Stanford+9StanfordLost 0–35 vs. UCLA-35UCLAWon 24–3 vs. Oregon State+21Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atColoradoW 33–⁠1931%
Sep 15at10Michigan StateL 17–⁠4123%
Sep 22vs12WashingtonL 17–⁠2131%
Sep 29at10PurdueL 7–⁠1322%
Oct 6vsCaliforniaW 19–⁠1440%
Oct 13atArizonaL 13–⁠2429%
Oct 20vsAir ForceW 17–⁠978%
Oct 27atWashington StateW 37–⁠2650%
Nov 10atStanfordW 16–⁠724%
Nov 17vsUCLAL 0–⁠3551%
Nov 29vsOregon StateW 24–⁠380%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 24–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
200–⁠212
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1484 +64 this season
SP+ rating
-3.8 No. 86 of 135; offense No. 91, defense No. 72
SRS
3.4 No. 56 of 140 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Becker

Drafted in 1980

The 1980 draft
Rd 4Terry Dion DESeattle Seahawks

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Vince GoldsmithDLCoaches-1

Second team

  • Neil ElshireDLCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1979 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠12
Washington5–⁠29–⁠311
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠5
Arizona4–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
California5–⁠46–⁠6
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠46–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠71–⁠10

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