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1982 Arizona

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

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1982, game by game: won vs. Oregon State 38–12; lost vs. No. 1 Washington 13–23; lost vs. Iowa 14–17; tied at No. 8 UCLA 24–24; won at No. 9 Notre Dame 16–13; won vs. Pacific 55–7; won at Washington State 34–17; won at Stanford 41–27; lost vs. No. 16 USC 41–48; lost at Oregon 7–13; won vs. No. 6 Arizona State 28–18+48−10Won 38–12 vs. Oregon State+26Oregon StateLost 13–23 vs. No. 1 Washington-10No. 1 WashingtonLost 14–17 vs. Iowa-3IowaTied 24–24 at No. 8 UCLA0No. 8 UCLAWon 16–13 at No. 9 Notre Dame+3No. 9 Notre DameWon 55–7 vs. Pacific+48PacificWon 34–17 at Washington State+17Washington StateWon 41–27 at Stanford+14StanfordLost 41–48 vs. No. 16 USC-7No. 16 USCLost 7–13 at Oregon-6OregonWon 28–18 vs. No. 6 Arizona State+10No. 6 Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsOregon StateW 38–⁠1279%
Sep 18vs1WashingtonL 13–⁠2338%
Sep 25vsIowaL 14–⁠1755%
Oct 9at8UCLAT 24–⁠2417%
Oct 16at9Notre DameW 16–⁠1322%
Oct 23vsPacificW 55–⁠776%
Oct 30atWashington StateW 34–⁠1753%
Nov 6atStanfordW 41–⁠2737%
Nov 13vs16USCL 41–⁠4841%
Nov 20atOregonL 7–⁠1372%
Nov 27vs6Arizona StateW 28–⁠1832%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona State 28–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

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.

Consensus All-AmericanRicky Hunley, LB

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
311–⁠219
Coach
Larry Smith
Elo
1558 +76 this season
SP+ rating
16.1 No. 24 of 109; offense No. 13, defense No. 40
SRS
14.7 No. 20 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Axman
Defensive coordinator
Moe Ankney

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 7Chris Schultz OTDallas Cowboys

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ivan LesnikDLCoaches-2
  • Glenn PerkinsLBCoaches-2

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.