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1990 Arizona

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

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1990, game by game: won vs. No. 11 Illinois 28–16; won at New Mexico 25–10; won vs. Oregon 22–17; lost vs. California 25–30; won at UCLA 28–21; lost at Oregon State 21–35; won at No. 15 USC 35–26; won vs. Washington State 42–34; lost at No. 7 Washington 10–54; lost vs. Stanford 10–23; won vs. Arizona State 21–17; lost vs. Syracuse 0–28+15−44Won 28–16 vs. No. 11 Illinois+12No. 11 IllinoisWon 25–10 at New Mexico+15New MexicoWon 22–17 vs. Oregon+5OregonLost 25–30 vs. California-5CaliforniaWon 28–21 at UCLA+7UCLALost 21–35 at Oregon State-14Oregon StateWon 35–26 at No. 15 USC+9No. 15 USCWon 42–34 vs. Washington State+8Washington StateLost 10–54 at No. 7 Washington-44No. 7 WashingtonLost 10–23 vs. Stanford-13StanfordWon 21–17 vs. Arizona State+4Arizona StateLost 0–28 vs. Syracuse-28Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vs11IllinoisW 28–⁠1657%
Sep 15atNew MexicoW 25–⁠1072%
Sep 22vsOregonW 22–⁠1761%
Sep 29vsCaliforniaL 25–⁠3081%
Oct 6atUCLAW 28–⁠2155%
Oct 13atOregon StateL 21–⁠3581%
Oct 20at15USCW 35–⁠2625%
Oct 27vsWashington StateW 42–⁠3471%
Nov 3at7WashingtonL 10–⁠5430%
Nov 10vsStanfordL 10–⁠2375%
Nov 24vsArizona StateW 21–⁠1767%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvsSyracuseAloha BowlL 0–⁠2842%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Syracuse 28–⁠0 in the Aloha Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 20
  2. Wk 4: 18
  3. Wk 5: 16
  4. Wk 6: 25
  5. Wk 7: 21
  6. Wk 9: 23
  7. Wk 10: 23

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 1990.

Jim Thorpe AwardDarryll Lewis, CB

Consensus All-AmericanDarryll Lewis, CB

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠4 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
267–⁠311
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1548 −47 this season
SP+ rating
0.4 No. 54 of 104; offense No. 56, defense No. 57
SRS
1.9 No. 44 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rip Scherer
Defensive coordinator
Larry Mac Duff

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 2Darryll Lewis DBHouston Oilers

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Rick WarrenOGCoaches-2
  • Reggie JohnsonDTCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠110–⁠25
USC5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠4–⁠120
Oregon4–⁠38–⁠4
California4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona5–⁠47–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠45–⁠6
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State2–⁠54–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠10

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