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1996 Arizona

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

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1996, game by game: won vs. UTEP 23–3; lost at No. 22 Iowa 20–21; won vs. Illinois 41–0; lost at No. 24 Washington 17–31; won vs. Washington State 34–26; lost at USC 7–14; won vs. Oregon State 33–7; lost at California 55–56; lost at Oregon 31–49; won vs. UCLA 35–17; lost vs. No. 4 Arizona State 14–56+41−42Won 23–3 vs. UTEP+20UTEPLost 20–21 at No. 22 Iowa-1No. 22 IowaWon 41–0 vs. Illinois+41IllinoisLost 17–31 at No. 24 Washington-14No. 24 WashingtonWon 34–26 vs. Washington State+8Washington StateLost 7–14 at USC-7USCWon 33–7 vs. Oregon State+26Oregon StateLost 55–56 at California-1CaliforniaLost 31–49 at Oregon-18OregonWon 35–17 vs. UCLA+18UCLALost 14–56 vs. No. 4 Arizona State-42No. 4 Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsUTEPW 23–⁠382%
Sep 7at22IowaL 20–⁠2141%
Sep 14vsIllinoisW 41–⁠066%
Sep 21at24WashingtonL 17–⁠3141%
Oct 5vsWashington StateW 34–⁠2662%
Oct 12atUSCL 7–⁠1435%
Oct 26vsOregon StateW 33–⁠782%
Nov 2atCaliforniaL 55–⁠5648%
Nov 9atOregonL 31–⁠4952%
Nov 16vsUCLAW 35–⁠1752%
Nov 23vs4Arizona StateL 14–⁠5636%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 56–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 39th-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 1996.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
310–⁠280
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1533 −16 this season
SP+ rating
9.4 No. 38 of 111; offense No. 32, defense No. 54
SRS
8.9 No. 29 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Homer Smith
Defensive coordinator
Larry Mac Duff

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 3Frank Middleton OGTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 7Armon Williams DBTennessee Oilers

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State8–⁠011–⁠14
Washington7–⁠19–⁠316
Stanford5–⁠37–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠5
USC3–⁠56–⁠6
California3–⁠56–⁠6
Arizona3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon State1–⁠72–⁠9

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