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1989 California

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Bruce Snyder.

Schedule and results

California in 1989, game by game: lost at Oregon 19–35; lost at No. 3 Miami 3–31; won vs. Wisconsin 20–14; lost at UCLA 6–24; won vs. San José State 26–21; lost vs. No. 10 USC 15–31; lost vs. Washington 16–29; lost vs. Oregon State 14–25; won vs. No. 15 Arizona 29–28; won vs. Washington State 38–26; lost at Stanford 14–24+12−28Lost 19–35 at Oregon-16OregonLost 3–31 at No. 3 Miami-28No. 3 MiamiWon 20–14 vs. Wisconsin+6WisconsinLost 6–24 at UCLA-18UCLAWon 26–21 vs. San José State+5San José StateLost 15–31 vs. No. 10 USC-16No. 10 USCLost 16–29 vs. Washington-13WashingtonLost 14–25 vs. Oregon State-11Oregon StateWon 29–28 vs. No. 15 Arizona+1No. 15 ArizonaWon 38–26 vs. Washington State+12Washington StateLost 14–24 at Stanford-10Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atOregonL 19–⁠3542%
Sep 16at3MiamiL 3–⁠3113%
Sep 23vsWisconsinW 20–⁠1468%
Sep 30atUCLAL 6–⁠2424%
Oct 7vsSan José StateW 26–⁠2155%
Oct 14vs10USCL 15–⁠3129%
Oct 21vsWashingtonL 16–⁠2944%
Oct 28vsOregon StateL 14–⁠2555%
Nov 4vs15ArizonaW 29–⁠2828%
Nov 11vsWashington StateW 38–⁠2631%
Nov 18atStanfordL 14–⁠2447%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 24–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 78th-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 1989.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
200–⁠288
Coach
Bruce Snyder
Elo
1442 −56 this season
SP+ rating
-2.2 No. 63 of 103; offense No. 70, defense No. 50
SRS
−0.8 No. 55 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Kent Baer

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 4Troy Taylor QBNew York Jets

All-Pac-10

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠18
Arizona5–⁠38–⁠425
Oregon5–⁠38–⁠4
Washington5–⁠38–⁠423
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠56–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠53–⁠8
UCLA2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
California2–⁠64–⁠7

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