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1981 Oregon

2–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1981, game by game: lost at Fresno State 16–23; lost at Kansas 10–19; won vs. Pacific 34–0; lost vs. No. 16 Washington 3–17; lost at Arizona State 0–24; lost vs. Arizona 14–18; lost vs. Air Force 10–20; lost vs. UCLA 11–28; lost at Washington State 7–39; lost at Stanford 3–42; won vs. Oregon State 47–17+34−39Lost 16–23 at Fresno State-7Fresno StateLost 10–19 at Kansas-9KansasWon 34–0 vs. Pacific+34PacificLost 3–17 vs. No. 16 Washington-14No. 16 WashingtonLost 0–24 at Arizona State-24Arizona StateLost 14–18 vs. Arizona-4ArizonaLost 10–20 vs. Air Force-10Air ForceLost 11–28 vs. UCLA-17UCLALost 7–39 at Washington State-32Washington StateLost 3–42 at Stanford-39StanfordWon 47–17 vs. Oregon State+30Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atFresno StateL 16–⁠2361%
Sep 12atKansasL 10–⁠1946%
Sep 19vsPacificW 34–⁠071%
Sep 26vs16WashingtonL 3–⁠1743%
Oct 10atArizona StateL 0–⁠2426%
Oct 17vsArizonaL 14–⁠1856%
Oct 24vsAir ForceL 10–⁠2075%
Oct 31vsUCLAL 11–⁠2831%
Nov 7atWashington StateL 7–⁠3924%
Nov 14atStanfordL 3–⁠4233%
Nov 21vsOregon StateW 47–⁠1777%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 47–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
155–⁠247
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1386 −166 this season
SP+ rating
-10.2 No. 110 of 132; offense No. 111, defense No. 86
SRS
−4.4 No. 87 of 137 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Erik Widmark

Drafted in 1982

The 1982 draft
Rd 4Reggie Brown RBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 6Vince Williams RBSan Francisco 49ers

All-Pac-10

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1981 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1981 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington6–⁠210–⁠210
Arizona State5–⁠29–⁠216
USC5–⁠29–⁠314
Washington State5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
UCLA5–⁠2–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠46–⁠5
Stanford4–⁠44–⁠7
California2–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon1–⁠62–⁠9
Oregon State0–⁠71–⁠10

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