1991 Arizona State

6–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Larry Marmie.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1991, game by game: won at Oklahoma State 30–3; won at No. 22 USC 32–25; lost vs. No. 16 Nebraska 9–18; won vs. Utah 21–15; won at Oregon State 24–7; lost vs. Washington State 3–17; lost vs. UCLA 16–21; lost at No. 3 Washington 16–44; won vs. Oregon 24–21; lost at No. 6 California 6–25; won vs. Arizona 37–14+27−28Won 30–3 at Oklahoma State+27Oklahoma StateWon 32–25 at No. 22 USC+7No. 22 USCLost 9–18 vs. No. 16 Nebraska-9No. 16 NebraskaWon 21–15 vs. Utah+6UtahWon 24–7 at Oregon State+17Oregon StateLost 3–17 vs. Washington State-14Washington StateLost 16–21 vs. UCLA-5UCLALost 16–44 at No. 3 Washington-28No. 3 WashingtonWon 24–21 vs. Oregon+3OregonLost 6–25 at No. 6 California-19No. 6 CaliforniaWon 37–14 vs. Arizona+23Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona 37–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 24
  2. Wk 8: 25
Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 24
Points
218–⁠210
Coach
Larry Marmie
Elo
1513 +31 this season
SP+ rating
6.9 No. 42 of 104; offense No. 58, defense No. 28
SRS
7.4 No. 34 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 2Darren Woodson DBDallas Cowboys
Rd 2Phillippi Sparks DBNew York Giants
Rd 2Shane Collins DEWashington Redskins

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington8–⁠012–⁠02
California6–⁠210–⁠28
UCLA6–⁠29–⁠319
Stanford6–⁠28–⁠422
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State3–⁠54–⁠7
Arizona3–⁠54–⁠7
USC2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon1–⁠73–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠71–⁠10

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