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1989 Arizona State

6–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Larry Marmie.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1989, game by game: won vs. Kansas State 31–0; won vs. San José State 28–21; lost vs. No. 17 Houston 7–36; won vs. Missouri 19–3; lost at No. 25 UCLA 14–33; tied at Oregon State 17–17; lost vs. Oregon 7–27; won vs. No. 23 Washington State 44–39; won at Washington 34–32; won vs. Stanford 30–22; lost vs. Arizona 10–28+31−29Won 31–0 vs. Kansas State+31Kansas StateWon 28–21 vs. San José State+7San José StateLost 7–36 vs. No. 17 Houston-29No. 17 HoustonWon 19–3 vs. Missouri+16MissouriLost 14–33 at No. 25 UCLA-19No. 25 UCLATied 17–17 at Oregon State0Oregon StateLost 7–27 vs. Oregon-20OregonWon 44–39 vs. No. 23 Washington State+5No. 23 Washington StateWon 34–32 at Washington+2WashingtonWon 30–22 vs. Stanford+8StanfordLost 10–28 vs. Arizona-18Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsKansas StateW 31–⁠083%
Sep 16vsSan José StateW 28–⁠2166%
Sep 23vs17HoustonL 7–⁠3647%
Sep 30vsMissouriW 19–⁠368%
Oct 7at25UCLAL 14–⁠3327%
Oct 14atOregon StateT 17–⁠1750%
Oct 21vsOregonL 7–⁠2754%
Oct 28vs23Washington StateW 44–⁠3934%
Nov 4atWashingtonW 34–⁠3230%
Nov 11vsStanfordW 30–⁠2268%
Nov 25vsArizonaL 10–⁠2848%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona 28–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
241–⁠258
Coach
Larry Marmie
Elo
1501 −12 this season
SP+ rating
0.0 No. 55 of 103; offense No. 58, defense No. 47
SRS
0.8 No. 52 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 5Lynn James WRCincinnati Bengals

All-Pac-10

5 first team

First team

  • Paul JustinQB
  • Ron FairWR
  • Mark HayesOT
  • Mark TingstadLB
  • Nathan LaDukeDB

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠18
Arizona5–⁠38–⁠425
Oregon5–⁠38–⁠4
Washington5–⁠38–⁠423
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠56–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠53–⁠8
UCLA2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
California2–⁠64–⁠7

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