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1996 Oregon

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Mike Bellotti.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1996, game by game: won at Fresno State 30–27; won vs. Nevada 44–30; won vs. Colorado State 35–28; lost at Washington State 44–55; lost at No. 6 Arizona State 27–48; lost vs. UCLA 22–41; lost at Stanford 24–27; lost vs. No. 23 Washington 14–33; won vs. Arizona 49–31; won vs. California 40–23; won at Oregon State 49–13+36−21Won 30–27 at Fresno State+3Fresno StateWon 44–30 vs. Nevada+14NevadaWon 35–28 vs. Colorado State+7Colorado StateLost 44–55 at Washington State-11Washington StateLost 27–48 at No. 6 Arizona State-21No. 6 Arizona StateLost 22–41 vs. UCLA-19UCLALost 24–27 at Stanford-3StanfordLost 14–33 vs. No. 23 Washington-19No. 23 WashingtonWon 49–31 vs. Arizona+18ArizonaWon 40–23 vs. California+17CaliforniaWon 49–13 at Oregon State+36Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atFresno StateW 30–⁠2762%
Sep 7vsNevadaW 44–⁠3063%
Sep 14vsColorado StateW 35–⁠2866%
Sep 21atWashington StateL 44–⁠5563%
Sep 28at6Arizona StateL 27–⁠4840%
Oct 5vsUCLAL 22–⁠4163%
Oct 12atStanfordL 24–⁠2748%
Oct 26vs23WashingtonL 14–⁠3343%
Nov 9vsArizonaW 49–⁠3148%
Nov 16vsCaliforniaW 40–⁠2358%
Nov 23atOregon StateW 49–⁠1370%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 49–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 25

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 1996.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 25
Points
378–⁠356
Coach
Mike Bellotti
Elo
1565 −17 this season
SP+ rating
10.5 No. 35 of 111; offense No. 5, defense No. 82
SRS
7.3 No. 36 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dirk Koetter
Defensive coordinator
Rich Stubler

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 3Paul Wiggins OTPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 3Kenny Wheaton DBDallas Cowboys
Rd 7Tony Graziani QBAtlanta Falcons

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Damon GriffinWRCoaches-2
  • Paul WigginsOLCoaches-2
  • Mark GreggOLCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State8–⁠011–⁠14
Washington7–⁠19–⁠316
Stanford5–⁠37–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠5
USC3–⁠56–⁠6
California3–⁠56–⁠6
Arizona3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon State1–⁠72–⁠9

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