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1987 Arizona

4–⁠4–⁠3 (2–⁠3–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Dick Tomey.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1987, game by game: lost vs. Iowa 14–15; won vs. New Mexico 20–9; lost at No. 13 UCLA 24–34; won vs. Bowling Green 45–7; tied at California 23–23; won vs. Oregon State 31–17; lost at Washington State 28–45; won at Stanford 23–13; tied vs. Washington 21–21; lost at USC 10–12; tied at Arizona State 24–24+38−17Lost 14–15 vs. Iowa-1IowaWon 20–9 vs. New Mexico+11New MexicoLost 24–34 at No. 13 UCLA-10No. 13 UCLAWon 45–7 vs. Bowling Green+38Bowling GreenTied 23–23 at California0CaliforniaWon 31–17 vs. Oregon State+14Oregon StateLost 28–45 at Washington State-17Washington StateWon 23–13 at Stanford+10StanfordTied 21–21 vs. Washington0WashingtonLost 10–12 at USC-2USCTied 24–24 at Arizona State0Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsIowaL 14–⁠1561%
Sep 19vsNew MexicoW 20–⁠983%
Sep 26at13UCLAL 24–⁠3436%
Oct 3vsBowling GreenW 45–⁠775%
Oct 10atCaliforniaT 23–⁠2373%
Oct 17vsOregon StateW 31–⁠1783%
Oct 24atWashington StateL 28–⁠4569%
Oct 31atStanfordW 23–⁠1348%
Nov 7vsWashingtonT 21–⁠2159%
Nov 14atUSCL 10–⁠1239%
Nov 28atArizona StateT 24–⁠2441%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Arizona State 24–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 23rd-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 1987.

Consensus All-AmericanChuck Cecil, S

Record
4–⁠4–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠3 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
263–⁠220
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1588 −22 this season
SP+ rating
7.9 No. 37 of 101; offense No. 43, defense No. 33
SRS
4.4 No. 38 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Larry Mac Duff

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 4Chuck Cecil DBGreen Bay Packers

All-Pac-10

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA7–⁠110–⁠29
USC7–⁠18–⁠418
Washington4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠46–⁠5
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠120
Arizona2–⁠3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠3
California2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oregon State0–⁠72–⁠9

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