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1983 Arizona State

6–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Darryl Rogers.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1983, game by game: won vs. Utah State 39–12; tied at UCLA 26–26; won vs. Wichita State 44–14; won vs. Stanford 29–11; won at USC 34–14; lost vs. Washington State 21–31; lost vs. Florida State 26–29; lost at California 24–26; won vs. Oregon State 38–3; won vs. San José State 24–17; lost vs. Arizona 15–17+35−10Won 39–12 vs. Utah State+27Utah StateTied 26–26 at UCLA0UCLAWon 44–14 vs. Wichita State+30Wichita StateWon 29–11 vs. Stanford+18StanfordWon 34–14 at USC+20USCLost 21–31 vs. Washington State-10Washington StateLost 26–29 vs. Florida State-3Florida StateLost 24–26 at California-2CaliforniaWon 38–3 vs. Oregon State+35Oregon StateWon 24–17 vs. San José State+7San José StateLost 15–17 vs. Arizona-2Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsUtah StateW 39–⁠1281%
Sep 17atUCLAT 26–⁠2644%
Sep 24vsWichita StateW 44–⁠1485%
Oct 1vsStanfordW 29–⁠1182%
Oct 15atUSCW 34–⁠1453%
Oct 22vsWashington StateL 21–⁠3186%
Oct 29vsFlorida StateL 26–⁠2959%
Nov 5atCaliforniaL 24–⁠2663%
Nov 12vsOregon StateW 38–⁠389%
Nov 19vsSan José StateW 24–⁠1771%
Nov 26vsArizonaL 15–⁠1768%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona 17–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 20
  2. Wk 6: 18
  3. Wk 7: 18
  4. Wk 8: 13

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.

Consensus All-AmericanLuis Zendejas, K

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
320–⁠200
Coach
Darryl Rogers
Elo
1615 −18 this season
SP+ rating
12.7 No. 26 of 108; offense No. 18, defense No. 41
SRS
9.6 No. 31 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Al Luginbill

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 6Don Kern TECincinnati Bengals

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Darryl ClackRBCoaches-2
  • Mike WhiteOTCoaches-2
  • Jim MeyersPCoaches-2

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.