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1982 Arizona State

10–⁠2 (5–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Darryl Rogers, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1982, game by game: won at Oregon 34–3; won vs. Utah 23–10; won at Houston 24–10; won at California 15–0; won vs. Kansas State 30–7; won vs. Stanford 21–17; won vs. UTEP 37–6; won vs. No. 12 USC 17–10; won vs. Oregon State 30–16; lost vs. No. 7 Washington 13–17; lost at Arizona 18–28; won vs. No. 12 Oklahoma 32–21+31−10Won 34–3 at Oregon+31OregonWon 23–10 vs. Utah+13UtahWon 24–10 at Houston+14HoustonWon 15–0 at California+15CaliforniaWon 30–7 vs. Kansas State+23Kansas StateWon 21–17 vs. Stanford+4StanfordWon 37–6 vs. UTEP+31UTEPWon 17–10 vs. No. 12 USC+7No. 12 USCWon 30–16 vs. Oregon State+14Oregon StateLost 13–17 vs. No. 7 Washington-4No. 7 WashingtonLost 18–28 at Arizona-10ArizonaWon 32–21 vs. No. 12 Oklahoma+11No. 12 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atOregonW 34–⁠369%
Sep 11vsUtahW 23–⁠1068%
Sep 18atHoustonW 24–⁠1056%
Sep 25atCaliforniaW 15–⁠070%
Oct 2vsKansas StateW 30–⁠784%
Oct 9vsStanfordW 21–⁠1776%
Oct 16vsUTEPW 37–⁠694%
Oct 30vs12USCW 17–⁠1061%
Nov 6vsOregon StateW 30–⁠1696%
Nov 13vs7WashingtonL 13–⁠1766%
Nov 27atArizonaL 18–⁠2868%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs12OklahomaFiesta BowlW 32–⁠2147%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oklahoma 32–⁠21 in the Fiesta Bowl; No. 6 in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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 1982.

2 consensus All-AmericansVernon Maxwell, DE; Mike Richardson, DB

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 3
Points
294–⁠145
Coach
Darryl Rogers
Elo
1700 +82 this season
SP+ rating
20.2 No. 11 of 109; offense No. 34, defense No. 4
SRS
17.8 No. 13 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Baker
Defensive coordinator
Al Luginbill

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 1Jim Jeffcoat DEDallas Cowboys
Rd 2Vernon Maxwell LBBaltimore Colts
Rd 2Mike Richardson DBChicago Bears
Rd 2Ron Brown WRCleveland Browns
Rd 3Bryan Caldwell DEDallas Cowboys
Rd 4Ron Wetzel TEKansas City Chiefs
Rd 7Alvin Moore RBBaltimore Colts
Rd 7Mike Black PDetroit Lions

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA5–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠210–⁠27
Arizona State5–⁠210–⁠26
USC5–⁠28–⁠315
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
California4–⁠47–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
Oregon State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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