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1986 California

2–⁠9 (2–⁠7 Pac-10), coached by Joe Kapp.

Schedule and results

California in 1986, game by game: lost at Boston College 15–21; won vs. Washington State 31–21; lost vs. San José State 14–35; lost at No. 12 Washington 18–50; lost vs. Oregon State 12–14; lost vs. No. 19 UCLA 10–36; lost at No. 15 Arizona 16–33; lost vs. Oregon 9–27; lost at No. 5 Arizona State 0–49; lost at No. 13 USC 3–28; won vs. No. 16 Stanford 17–11+10−49Lost 15–21 at Boston College-6Boston CollegeWon 31–21 vs. Washington State+10Washington StateLost 14–35 vs. San José State-21San José StateLost 18–50 at No. 12 Washington-32No. 12 WashingtonLost 12–14 vs. Oregon State-2Oregon StateLost 10–36 vs. No. 19 UCLA-26No. 19 UCLALost 16–33 at No. 15 Arizona-17No. 15 ArizonaLost 9–27 vs. Oregon-18OregonLost 0–49 at No. 5 Arizona State-49No. 5 Arizona StateLost 3–28 at No. 13 USC-25No. 13 USCWon 17–11 vs. No. 16 Stanford+6No. 16 Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atBoston CollegeL 15–⁠2138%
Sep 20vsWashington StateW 31–⁠2151%
Sep 27vsSan José StateL 14–⁠3564%
Oct 4at12WashingtonL 18–⁠5018%
Oct 11vsOregon StateL 12–⁠1470%
Oct 18vs19UCLAL 10–⁠3624%
Oct 25at15ArizonaL 16–⁠3314%
Nov 1vsOregonL 9–⁠2753%
Nov 8at5Arizona StateL 0–⁠498%
Nov 15at13USCL 3–⁠2813%
Nov 22vs16StanfordW 17–⁠1124%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 17–⁠11; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 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 1986.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠7 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
145–⁠325
Coach
Joe Kapp
Elo
1360 −92 this season
SP+ rating
-5.7 No. 67 of 101; offense No. 76, defense No. 67
SRS
−4.1 No. 66 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 5Hardy Nickerson LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Doug Riesenberg OTNew York Giants

All-Pac-10

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State5–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠14
Washington5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠118
UCLA5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠114
Arizona5–⁠39–⁠311
Stanford5–⁠38–⁠4
USC5–⁠37–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
California2–⁠72–⁠9
Oregon State1–⁠63–⁠8

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