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1995 Arizona

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

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1995, game by game: won vs. Pacific 41–9; won vs. Georgia Tech 20–19; lost at Illinois 7–9; lost vs. No. 5 USC 10–31; won vs. California 20–15; lost at UCLA 10–17; lost vs. No. 20 Washington 17–31; won at Washington State 24–14; won at Oregon State 14–9; lost vs. No. 17 Oregon 13–17; won at Arizona State 31–28+32−21Won 41–9 vs. Pacific+32PacificWon 20–19 vs. Georgia Tech+1Georgia TechLost 7–9 at Illinois-2IllinoisLost 10–31 vs. No. 5 USC-21No. 5 USCWon 20–15 vs. California+5CaliforniaLost 10–17 at UCLA-7UCLALost 17–31 vs. No. 20 Washington-14No. 20 WashingtonWon 24–14 at Washington State+10Washington StateWon 14–9 at Oregon State+5Oregon StateLost 13–17 vs. No. 17 Oregon-4No. 17 OregonWon 31–28 at Arizona State+3Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsPacificW 41–⁠978%
Sep 7vsGeorgia TechW 20–⁠1981%
Sep 16atIllinoisL 7–⁠954%
Sep 23vs5USCL 10–⁠3153%
Sep 30vsCaliforniaW 20–⁠1570%
Oct 14atUCLAL 10–⁠1741%
Oct 21vs20WashingtonL 17–⁠3154%
Oct 28atWashington StateW 24–⁠1440%
Nov 4atOregon StateW 14–⁠968%
Nov 11vs17OregonL 13–⁠1749%
Nov 24atArizona StateW 31–⁠2840%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona State 31–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 19
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 4: 17
  5. Wk 5: 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 1995.

Consensus All-AmericanTedy Bruschi, DE

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
207–⁠199
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1574 −23 this season
SP+ rating
0.7 No. 59 of 107; offense No. 93, defense No. 18
SRS
1.7 No. 51 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Duane Akina
Defensive coordinator
Larry Mac Duff

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 3Tedy Bruschi LBNew England Patriots
Rd 7Chuck Osborne DTSt. Louis Rams

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Kelly MalveauxDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Washington6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon6–⁠29–⁠318
Stanford5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠47–⁠5
Arizona4–⁠46–⁠5
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
California2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠81–⁠10

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