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1990 Arizona State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Larry Marmie.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1990, game by game: won vs. Baylor 34–13; won vs. Colorado State 31–20; lost at Missouri 9–30; lost vs. No. 17 Washington 14–42; lost vs. California 24–31; lost at Oregon 7–27; lost vs. No. 21 USC 6–13; won vs. Oregon State 34–9; won at Washington State 51–26; lost at Arizona 17–21; lost vs. No. 11 Houston 45–62+25−28Won 34–13 vs. Baylor+21BaylorWon 31–20 vs. Colorado State+11Colorado StateLost 9–30 at Missouri-21MissouriLost 14–42 vs. No. 17 Washington-28No. 17 WashingtonLost 24–31 vs. California-7CaliforniaLost 7–27 at Oregon-20OregonLost 6–13 vs. No. 21 USC-7No. 21 USCWon 34–9 vs. Oregon State+25Oregon StateWon 51–26 at Washington State+25Washington StateLost 17–21 at Arizona-4ArizonaLost 45–62 vs. No. 11 Houston-17No. 11 Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsBaylorW 34–⁠1354%
Sep 15vsColorado StateW 31–⁠2059%
Sep 29atMissouriL 9–⁠3063%
Oct 6vs17WashingtonL 14–⁠4239%
Oct 13vsCaliforniaL 24–⁠3157%
Oct 20atOregonL 7–⁠2723%
Oct 27vs21USCL 6–⁠1327%
Nov 3vsOregon StateW 34–⁠971%
Nov 10atWashington StateW 51–⁠2639%
Nov 24atArizonaL 17–⁠2133%
Dec 2vs11HoustonL 45–⁠6222%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Houston 62–⁠45; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 25
  2. Wk 4: 23
  3. Wk 5: 21
Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 21
Points
272–⁠294
Coach
Larry Marmie
Elo
1473 −28 this season
SP+ rating
3.2 No. 44 of 104; offense No. 35, defense No. 62
SRS
3.5 No. 42 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 1Leonard Russell RBNew England Patriots
Rd 5Floyd Fields DBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 7Paul Justin QBChicago Bears

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Nathan LaDukeSCoaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠110–⁠25
USC5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠4–⁠120
Oregon4–⁠38–⁠4
California4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona5–⁠47–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠45–⁠6
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State2–⁠54–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠10

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