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1987 California

3–⁠6–⁠2 (2–⁠3–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Bruce Snyder.

Schedule and results

California in 1987, game by game: won vs. Pacific 42–0; lost vs. San José State 25–27; lost at Minnesota 23–32; lost vs. USC 14–31; lost at No. 10 Tennessee 12–38; tied vs. Arizona 23–23; lost at No. 8 UCLA 18–42; won at Oregon 20–6; won vs. Arizona State 38–20; lost at Stanford 7–31; tied vs. Washington State 17–17+42−26Won 42–0 vs. Pacific+42PacificLost 25–27 vs. San José State-2San José StateLost 23–32 at Minnesota-9MinnesotaLost 14–31 vs. USC-17USCLost 12–38 at No. 10 Tennessee-26No. 10 TennesseeTied 23–23 vs. Arizona0ArizonaLost 18–42 at No. 8 UCLA-24No. 8 UCLAWon 20–6 at Oregon+14OregonWon 38–20 vs. Arizona State+18Arizona StateLost 7–31 at Stanford-24StanfordTied 17–17 vs. Washington State0Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsPacificW 42–⁠059%
Sep 12vsSan José StateL 25–⁠2736%
Sep 19atMinnesotaL 23–⁠3230%
Sep 26vsUSCL 14–⁠3139%
Oct 3at10TennesseeL 12–⁠3815%
Oct 10vsArizonaT 23–⁠2327%
Oct 24at8UCLAL 18–⁠4210%
Oct 31atOregonW 20–⁠624%
Nov 14vsArizona StateW 38–⁠2029%
Nov 21atStanfordL 7–⁠3136%
Nov 28vsWashington StateT 17–⁠1757%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Washington State 17–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 73rd-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 1987.

Record
3–⁠6–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠2 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
239–⁠267
Coach
Bruce Snyder
Elo
1452 +45 this season
SP+ rating
5.3 No. 43 of 101; offense No. 43, defense No. 45
SRS
1.6 No. 48 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Kent Baer

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 1Ken Harvey LBPhoenix Cardinals

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA7–⁠110–⁠29
USC7–⁠18–⁠418
Washington4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠46–⁠5
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠120
Arizona2–⁠3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠3
California2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oregon State0–⁠72–⁠9

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