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1989 Cal State Fullerton

6–⁠4–⁠1 (5–⁠2 Big West), coached by Gene Murphy.

Schedule and results

Cal State Fullerton in 1989, game by game: lost at Northern Illinois 17–26; won vs. Cal State Northridge 27–20; lost at Colorado State 14–42; tied at San Diego State 41–41; won vs. UNLV 34–20; lost at Utah State 23–34; won at Pacific 35–26; lost at Fresno State 19–33; won vs. New Mexico State 45–10; won vs. Long Beach State 31–13; won at San José State 28–14+35−28Lost 17–26 at Northern Illinois-9Northern Illino…Won 27–20 vs. Cal State Northridge+7Cal State North…Lost 14–42 at Colorado State-28Colorado StateTied 41–41 at San Diego State0San Diego StateWon 34–20 vs. UNLV+14UNLVLost 23–34 at Utah State-11Utah StateWon 35–26 at Pacific+9PacificLost 19–33 at Fresno State-14Fresno StateWon 45–10 vs. New Mexico State+35New Mexico StateWon 31–13 vs. Long Beach State+18Long Beach StateWon 28–14 at San José State+14San José State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atNorthern IllinoisL 17–⁠2644%
Sep 9vsCal State NorthridgeW 27–⁠2088%
Sep 16atColorado StateL 14–⁠4258%
Sep 23atSan Diego StateT 41–⁠4144%
Sep 30vsUNLVW 34–⁠2063%
Oct 7atUtah StateL 23–⁠3457%
Oct 14atPacificW 35–⁠2660%
Oct 21atFresno StateL 19–⁠3317%
Nov 4vsNew Mexico StateW 45–⁠1083%
Nov 11vsLong Beach StateW 31–⁠1373%
Nov 18atSan José StateW 28–⁠1433%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat San José State 28–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Big West.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 23 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 1989.

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Big West
AP final
Unranked
Points
314–⁠279
Coach
Gene Murphy
Elo
1491 +9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.7 No. 75 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 5Reggie Redding TEAtlanta Falcons
Rd 6Mike Pringle RBAtlanta Falcons

1989 Big West standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Fresno State7–⁠011–⁠1
Cal State Fullerton5–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
San José State5–⁠26–⁠5
Utah State4–⁠34–⁠7
UNLV3–⁠44–⁠7
Long Beach State2–⁠54–⁠8
Pacific2–⁠52–⁠10
New Mexico State0–⁠70–⁠11

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