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1983 Oregon

4–⁠6–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1983, game by game: lost vs. Pacific 15–21; lost at No. 7 Ohio State 6–31; won vs. Houston 15–14; lost at San José State 34–44; won vs. California 24–17; won at No. 9 Arizona 19–10; lost vs. No. 14 Washington 3–32; lost at Washington State 7–24; lost vs. UCLA 13–24; won at Stanford 16–7; tied vs. Oregon State 0–0+9−29Lost 15–21 vs. Pacific-6PacificLost 6–31 at No. 7 Ohio State-25No. 7 Ohio StateWon 15–14 vs. Houston+1HoustonLost 34–44 at San José State-10San José StateWon 24–17 vs. California+7CaliforniaWon 19–10 at No. 9 Arizona+9No. 9 ArizonaLost 3–32 vs. No. 14 Washington-29No. 14 WashingtonLost 7–24 at Washington State-17Washington StateLost 13–24 vs. UCLA-11UCLAWon 16–7 at Stanford+9StanfordTied 0–0 vs. Oregon State0Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsPacificL 15–⁠2161%
Sep 10at7Ohio StateL 6–⁠3115%
Sep 24vsHoustonW 15–⁠1437%
Oct 1atSan José StateL 34–⁠4421%
Oct 8vsCaliforniaW 24–⁠1736%
Oct 15at9ArizonaW 19–⁠1017%
Oct 22vs14WashingtonL 3–⁠3232%
Oct 29atWashington StateL 7–⁠2436%
Nov 5vsUCLAL 13–⁠2425%
Nov 12atStanfordW 16–⁠743%
Nov 19vsOregon StateT 0–⁠075%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Oregon State 0–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The tied 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1983.

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
152–⁠224
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1420 +8 this season
SP+ rating
-10.2 No. 86 of 108; offense No. 105, defense No. 55
SRS
−6.2 No. 80 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo
Defensive coordinator
Joe Schaffeld
Captains
Steve Baack and La’Daria Johnson

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 3Steve Baack DEDetroit Lions
Rd 6Dan Ralph DTAtlanta Falcons

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠117
Washington5–⁠28–⁠4
Washington State5–⁠37–⁠4
USC4–⁠34–⁠6–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
California3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠71–⁠10

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