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1989 Arizona

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Dick Tomey, finished No. 25 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1989, game by game: won vs. Stanford 19–3; lost at Texas Tech 14–24; won vs. No. 6 Oklahoma 6–3; won vs. No. 11 Washington 20–17; lost at Oregon 10–16; won vs. No. 22 UCLA 42–7; won at No. 15 Washington State 23–21; won vs. Pacific 38–14; lost at California 28–29; lost vs. No. 9 USC 3–24; won at Arizona State 28–10; won vs. NC State 17–10+35−21Won 19–3 vs. Stanford+16StanfordLost 14–24 at Texas Tech-10Texas TechWon 6–3 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma+3No. 6 OklahomaWon 20–17 vs. No. 11 Washington+3No. 11 WashingtonLost 10–16 at Oregon-6OregonWon 42–7 vs. No. 22 UCLA+35No. 22 UCLAWon 23–21 at No. 15 Washington State+2No. 15 Washington StateWon 38–14 vs. Pacific+24PacificLost 28–29 at California-1CaliforniaLost 3–24 vs. No. 9 USC-21No. 9 USCWon 28–10 at Arizona State+18Arizona StateWon 17–10 vs. NC State+7NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsStanfordW 19–⁠366%
Sep 9atTexas TechL 14–⁠2454%
Sep 16vs6OklahomaW 6–⁠344%
Sep 23vs11WashingtonW 20–⁠1755%
Sep 30atOregonL 10–⁠1647%
Oct 14vs22UCLAW 42–⁠747%
Oct 21at15Washington StateW 23–⁠2136%
Oct 28vsPacificW 38–⁠1492%
Nov 4atCaliforniaL 28–⁠2972%
Nov 11vs9USCL 3–⁠2445%
Nov 25atArizona StateW 28–⁠1052%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsNC StateCopper BowlW 17–⁠1060%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat NC State 17–⁠10 in the Copper Bowl; No. 25 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 20
  3. Wk 4: 23
  4. Wk 5: 17
  5. Wk 8: 22
  6. Wk 9: 17
  7. Wk 10: 15
  8. Wk 11: 25
  9. Final: 25

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 1989.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 25 peak No. 15
Points
248–⁠178
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1642 +65 this season
SP+ rating
14.0 No. 23 of 103; offense No. 58, defense No. 7
SRS
11.6 No. 22 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rip Scherer
Defensive coordinator
Larry Mac Duff

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 1Chris Singleton LBNew England Patriots
Rd 1Anthony Smith DELos Angeles Raiders
Rd 3Glenn Parker OTBuffalo Bills
Rd 6John Nies PBuffalo Bills

All-Pac-10

7 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠18
Arizona5–⁠38–⁠425
Oregon5–⁠38–⁠4
Washington5–⁠38–⁠423
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠56–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠53–⁠8
UCLA2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
California2–⁠64–⁠7

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