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1992 Arizona

6–⁠5–⁠1 (4–⁠3–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Dick Tomey.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1992, game by game: won vs. Utah State 49–3; lost vs. Washington State 20–23; tied at Oregon State 14–14; lost at No. 1 Miami 7–8; won vs. No. 11 UCLA 23–3; won at No. 8 Stanford 21–6; won at California 24–17; won vs. New Mexico State 30–0; won vs. No. 1 Washington 16–3; lost at No. 18 USC 7–14; lost vs. Arizona State 6–7; lost vs. Baylor 15–20+46−7Won 49–3 vs. Utah State+46Utah StateLost 20–23 vs. Washington State-3Washington StateTied 14–14 at Oregon State0Oregon StateLost 7–8 at No. 1 Miami-1No. 1 MiamiWon 23–3 vs. No. 11 UCLA+20No. 11 UCLAWon 21–6 at No. 8 Stanford+15No. 8 StanfordWon 24–17 at California+7CaliforniaWon 30–0 vs. New Mexico State+30New Mexico StateWon 16–3 vs. No. 1 Washington+13No. 1 WashingtonLost 7–14 at No. 18 USC-7No. 18 USCLost 6–7 vs. Arizona State-1Arizona StateLost 15–20 vs. Baylor-5Baylor
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsUtah StateW 49–⁠359%
Sep 12vsWashington StateL 20–⁠2361%
Sep 19atOregon StateT 14–⁠1459%
Sep 26at1MiamiL 7–⁠814%
Oct 3vs11UCLAW 23–⁠336%
Oct 17at8StanfordW 21–⁠622%
Oct 24atCaliforniaW 24–⁠1739%
Oct 31vsNew Mexico StateW 30–⁠088%
Nov 7vs1WashingtonW 16–⁠330%
Nov 14at18USCL 7–⁠1449%
Nov 21vsArizona StateL 6–⁠770%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsBaylorJohn Hancock BowlL 15–⁠2057%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Baylor 20–⁠15 in the John Hancock Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 21
  2. Wk 10: 17
  3. Wk 11: 12
  4. Wk 12: 9
  5. Wk 13: 16
  6. Wk 14: 23
  7. Wk 15: 22
  8. Wk 16: 22

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 1992.

Consensus All-AmericanRob Waldrop, DT

Record
6–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
232–⁠118
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1598 +121 this season
SP+ rating
19.5 No. 10 of 105; offense No. 64, defense No. 1
SRS
14.4 No. 10 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Duane Akina
Defensive coordinator
Larry Mac Duff
Offense
Multiple
Defense
Double Eagle Flex

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 3Ty Parten DTCincinnati Bengals
Rd 5Richard Griffith TENew England Patriots
Rd 6Darryl Morrison DBWashington Redskins
Rd 7Keshon Johnson DBChicago Bears

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠210–⁠39
Washington6–⁠29–⁠311
Washington State5–⁠39–⁠315
USC5–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Oregon4–⁠46–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠56–⁠5
California2–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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