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1995 Oregon

9–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Mike Bellotti, finished No. 18 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1995, game by game: won at Utah 27–20; won vs. Illinois 34–31; won at No. 12 UCLA 38–31; lost vs. Stanford 21–28; won vs. Pacific 45–7; won at California 52–30; won vs. Washington State 26–7; lost vs. Arizona State 24–35; won at No. 15 Washington 24–22; won at Arizona 17–13; won vs. Oregon State 12–10; lost vs. No. 7 Colorado 6–38+38−32Won 27–20 at Utah+7UtahWon 34–31 vs. Illinois+3IllinoisWon 38–31 at No. 12 UCLA+7No. 12 UCLALost 21–28 vs. Stanford-7StanfordWon 45–7 vs. Pacific+38PacificWon 52–30 at California+22CaliforniaWon 26–7 vs. Washington State+19Washington StateLost 24–35 vs. Arizona State-11Arizona StateWon 24–22 at No. 15 Washington+2No. 15 WashingtonWon 17–13 at Arizona+4ArizonaWon 12–10 vs. Oregon State+2Oregon StateLost 6–38 vs. No. 7 Colorado-32No. 7 Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atUtahW 27–⁠2040%
Sep 9vsIllinoisW 34–⁠3168%
Sep 16at12UCLAW 38–⁠3143%
Sep 23vsStanfordL 21–⁠2871%
Oct 7vsPacificW 45–⁠781%
Oct 14atCaliforniaW 52–⁠3066%
Oct 21vsWashington StateW 26–⁠768%
Oct 28vsArizona StateL 24–⁠3579%
Nov 4at15WashingtonW 24–⁠2242%
Nov 11atArizonaW 17–⁠1351%
Nov 18vsOregon StateW 12–⁠1088%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs7ColoradoCotton BowlL 6–⁠3838%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 38–⁠6 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 18 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 24
  2. Wk 4: 20
  3. Wk 5: 12
  4. Wk 6: 19
  5. Wk 7: 17
  6. Wk 8: 15
  7. Wk 9: 12
  8. Wk 10: 10
  9. Wk 11: 19
  10. Wk 12: 17
  11. Wk 13: 16
  12. Wk 14: 12
  13. Wk 15: 12
  14. Wk 16: 12
  15. Final: 18

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 1995.

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 3rd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 18 peak No. 10
Points
326–⁠272
Coach
Mike Bellotti
Elo
1624 +39 this season
SP+ rating
8.8 No. 38 of 107; offense No. 38, defense No. 50
SRS
6.1 No. 36 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Al Borges
Defensive coordinator
Charlie Waters

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 1Alex Molden DBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 4Ricky Whittle RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 7Jeremy Asher LBWashington Redskins

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Washington6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon6–⁠29–⁠318
Stanford5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠47–⁠5
Arizona4–⁠46–⁠5
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
California2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠81–⁠10

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