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1990 California

7–⁠4–⁠1 (4–⁠3–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Bruce Snyder.

Schedule and results

California in 1990, game by game: won at Wisconsin 28–12; lost vs. No. 10 Miami 24–52; lost at Washington State 31–41; won at No. 16 Arizona 30–25; won vs. San José State 35–34; won at Arizona State 31–24; won vs. UCLA 38–31; lost at No. 7 Washington 7–46; tied at No. 21 USC 31–31; won vs. No. 20 Oregon 28–3; lost vs. Stanford 25–27; won vs. Wyoming 17–15+25−39Won 28–12 at Wisconsin+16WisconsinLost 24–52 vs. No. 10 Miami-28No. 10 MiamiLost 31–41 at Washington State-10Washington StateWon 30–25 at No. 16 Arizona+5No. 16 ArizonaWon 35–34 vs. San José State+1San José StateWon 31–24 at Arizona State+7Arizona StateWon 38–31 vs. UCLA+7UCLALost 7–46 at No. 7 Washington-39No. 7 WashingtonTied 31–31 at No. 21 USC0No. 21 USCWon 28–3 vs. No. 20 Oregon+25No. 20 OregonLost 25–27 vs. Stanford-2StanfordWon 17–15 vs. Wyoming+2Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atWisconsinW 28–⁠1254%
Sep 15vs10MiamiL 24–⁠5228%
Sep 22atWashington StateL 31–⁠4136%
Sep 29at16ArizonaW 30–⁠2519%
Oct 6vsSan José StateW 35–⁠3448%
Oct 13atArizona StateW 31–⁠2443%
Oct 20vsUCLAW 38–⁠3156%
Oct 27at7WashingtonL 7–⁠4621%
Nov 3at21USCT 31–⁠3122%
Nov 10vs20OregonW 28–⁠341%
Nov 17vsStanfordL 25–⁠2764%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsWyomingCopper BowlW 17–⁠1551%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wyoming 17–⁠15 in the Copper Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 34th-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 1990.

Record
7–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3–⁠1 4th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
325–⁠341
Coach
Bruce Snyder
Elo
1561 +100 this season
SP+ rating
11.3 No. 27 of 104; offense No. 20, defense No. 56
SRS
6.6 No. 33 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Mariucci
Defensive coordinator
Kent Baer

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 3James Richards OGDallas Cowboys
Rd 6Rhett Hall DTTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠110–⁠25
USC5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠4–⁠120
Oregon4–⁠38–⁠4
California4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona5–⁠47–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠45–⁠6
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State2–⁠54–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠10

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