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2008 Oregon

10–⁠3 (7–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Mike Bellotti, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 2008, game by game: won vs. Washington 44–10; won vs. Utah State 66–24; won at Purdue 32–26; lost vs. Boise State 32–37; won at Washington State 63–14; lost at No. 9 USC 10–44; won vs. UCLA 31–24; won at Arizona State 54–20; lost at California 16–26; won vs. Stanford 35–28; won vs. Arizona 55–45; won at No. 17 Oregon State 65–38; won vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State 42–31+49−34Won 44–10 vs. Washington+34WashingtonWon 66–24 vs. Utah State+42Utah StateWon 32–26 at Purdue+6PurdueLost 32–37 vs. Boise State-5Boise StateWon 63–14 at Washington State+49Washington StateLost 10–44 at No. 9 USC-34No. 9 USCWon 31–24 vs. UCLA+7UCLAWon 54–20 at Arizona State+34Arizona StateLost 16–26 at California-10CaliforniaWon 35–28 vs. Stanford+7StanfordWon 55–45 vs. Arizona+10ArizonaWon 65–38 at No. 17 Oregon State+27No. 17 Oregon StateWon 42–31 vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State+11No. 14 Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsWashingtonW 44–⁠1075%
Sep 6vsUtah StateW 66–⁠2487%
Sep 13atPurdueW 32–⁠2654%
Sep 20vsBoise StateL 32–⁠3759%
Sep 27atWashington StateW 63–⁠1470%
Oct 4at9USCL 10–⁠4430%
Oct 11vsUCLAW 31–⁠2474%
Oct 25atArizona StateW 54–⁠2057%
Nov 1atCaliforniaL 16–⁠2651%
Nov 8vsStanfordW 35–⁠2878%
Nov 15vsArizonaW 55–⁠4564%
Nov 29at17Oregon StateW 65–⁠3839%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs14Oklahoma StateHoliday BowlW 42–⁠3158%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma State 42–⁠31 in the Holiday Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 21
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 3: 16
  4. Wk 4: 17
  5. Wk 6: 23
  6. Wk 10: 23
  7. Wk 13: 24
  8. Wk 14: 19
  9. Wk 15: 16
  10. Final: 10
Record
10–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 10
Points
545–⁠367
Coach
Mike Bellotti
Elo
1726 +125 this season
SP+ rating
19.6 No. 15 of 120; offense No. 16, defense No. 24, special teams No. 73
SRS
13.3 No. 12 of 120 in FBS
Recruiting class
No. 34
Offensive coordinator
Chip Kelly
Defensive coordinator
Nick Aliotti
Captains
Patrick Chung, Jeremiah Johnson, Nick Reed and Max Unger
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

How good, play by play

  • Offense57th of 120
  • Defense23rd of 120
  • Offense, opponent-adjusted44th of 120
  • Defense, opponent-adjusted20th of 120
EPA per playSuccessExplosivenessFBS rank
Offense0.0441%1.0157th of 120
Defense-0.0236%0.9823rd of 120
Opponent-adjusted0.05 off
-0.01 def		41% off
37% def		—44th off
20th def
How these are measured

Play-weighted averages over games against FBS opponents; raw numbers, not adjusted for the strength of the opponent. EPA (expected points added) measures how much each play changed the expected score; success rate counts plays that kept the offense on schedule; explosiveness is the average EPA on successful plays. Lower is better on defense. Ranked by EPA per play among teams that were FBS that season. The opponent-adjusted row (offense / defense) is CollegeFootballData.com’s WEPA, which accounts for who each team played.

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense-0.1own 342% allowed
Defense-0.2own 302% caused

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

Top recruits in the 2008 class

Chris Harper RB★★★★No. 133
Hamani Stevens OG★★★★No. 236
Dion Jordan WDE★★★★No. 248
Darron Thomas DUAL★★★★No. 289
Nick Cody OT★★★★No. 334

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2008 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.900
Running backs33.30.896
Receivers23.00.853
Offensive line24.00.903
Defensive line23.00.838
Linebackers13.00.833
Defensive backs13.00.840
Whole class123.30.871

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2009

The 2009 draft
Rd 2Patrick Chung SNew England Patriots
Rd 2Jairus Byrd CBBuffalo Bills
Rd 2Max Unger CSeattle Seahawks
Rd 5Fenuki Tupou OTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Ra’Shon Harris DTPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Nick Reed DESeattle Seahawks

All-Pac-10

5 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2008 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2008 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC8–⁠112–⁠13
Oregon7–⁠210–⁠310
Oregon State7–⁠29–⁠418
California6–⁠39–⁠4
Arizona5–⁠48–⁠5
Arizona State4–⁠55–⁠7
Stanford4–⁠55–⁠7
UCLA3–⁠64–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠82–⁠11
Washington0–⁠90–⁠12

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