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1988 Arizona

7–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Dick Tomey.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1988, game by game: won at Oregon State 24–13; won vs. Texas Tech 35–19; lost at No. 4 Oklahoma 10–28; won vs. Eastern Michigan 55–0; lost vs. No. 3 USC 15–38; won vs. Washington State 45–28; lost vs. No. 1 UCLA 3–24; lost vs. California 7–10; won at Washington 16–13; won vs. Oregon 41–27; won vs. Arizona State 28–18+55−23Won 24–13 at Oregon State+11Oregon StateWon 35–19 vs. Texas Tech+16Texas TechLost 10–28 at No. 4 Oklahoma-18No. 4 OklahomaWon 55–0 vs. Eastern Michigan+55Eastern MichiganLost 15–38 vs. No. 3 USC-23No. 3 USCWon 45–28 vs. Washington State+17Washington StateLost 3–24 vs. No. 1 UCLA-21No. 1 UCLALost 7–10 vs. California-3CaliforniaWon 16–13 at Washington+3WashingtonWon 41–27 vs. Oregon+14OregonWon 28–18 vs. Arizona State+10Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atOregon StateW 24–⁠1368%
Sep 10vsTexas TechW 35–⁠1970%
Sep 17at4OklahomaL 10–⁠2825%
Sep 24vsEastern MichiganW 55–⁠056%
Oct 1vs3USCL 15–⁠3850%
Oct 15vsWashington StateW 45–⁠2860%
Oct 22vs1UCLAL 3–⁠2437%
Oct 29vsCaliforniaL 7–⁠1070%
Nov 5atWashingtonW 16–⁠1334%
Nov 12vsOregonW 41–⁠2758%
Nov 26vsArizona StateW 28–⁠1867%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona State 28–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 14th-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 1988.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
279–⁠218
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1615 +57 this season
SP+ rating
17.0 No. 18 of 102; offense No. 23, defense No. 21
SRS
11.0 No. 23 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rip Scherer
Defensive coordinator
Larry Mac Duff

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 2Joe Tofflemire CSeattle Seahawks
Rd 3Derek Hill WRPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 4Brad Henke DTNew York Giants
Rd 4Rob Woods OTCincinnati Bengals

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Art GreathouseRBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC8–⁠010–⁠27
UCLA6–⁠210–⁠26
Washington State5–⁠39–⁠316
Arizona5–⁠37–⁠4
Arizona State3–⁠46–⁠5
Washington3–⁠56–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠5–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
California1–⁠5–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1

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