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1992 California

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Keith Gilbertson.

Schedule and results

California in 1992, game by game: won vs. San José State 46–16; lost at Purdue 14–41; won at No. 24 Kansas 27–23; won vs. Oregon State 42–0; lost at No. 1 Washington 16–35; lost at No. 18 USC 24–27; lost vs. No. 21 Arizona 17–24; won vs. UCLA 48–12; lost at Oregon 17–37; lost at Arizona State 12–28; lost vs. No. 14 Stanford 21–41+42−27Won 46–16 vs. San José State+30San José StateLost 14–41 at Purdue-27PurdueWon 27–23 at No. 24 Kansas+4No. 24 KansasWon 42–0 vs. Oregon State+42Oregon StateLost 16–35 at No. 1 Washington-19No. 1 WashingtonLost 24–27 at No. 18 USC-3No. 18 USCLost 17–24 vs. No. 21 Arizona-7No. 21 ArizonaWon 48–12 vs. UCLA+36UCLALost 17–37 at Oregon-20OregonLost 12–28 at Arizona State-16Arizona StateLost 21–41 vs. No. 14 Stanford-20No. 14 Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsSan José StateW 46–⁠1667%
Sep 12atPurdueL 14–⁠4171%
Sep 24at24KansasW 27–⁠2343%
Oct 3vsOregon StateW 42–⁠085%
Oct 10at1WashingtonL 16–⁠3524%
Oct 17at18USCL 24–⁠2749%
Oct 24vs21ArizonaL 17–⁠2461%
Oct 31vsUCLAW 48–⁠1266%
Nov 7atOregonL 17–⁠3756%
Nov 14atArizona StateL 12–⁠2849%
Nov 21vs14StanfordL 21–⁠4137%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 41–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 2: 19
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 7: 24

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 1992.

Led the nationSean Dawkins: receiving touchdowns (14 TD)

Consensus All-AmericanSean Dawkins, WR

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
284–⁠284
Coach
Keith Gilbertson
Elo
1509 −114 this season
SP+ rating
7.3 No. 36 of 105; offense No. 22, defense No. 65
SRS
7.1 No. 29 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Sheppard
Defensive coordinator
Artie Gigantino

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 1Sean Dawkins WRIndianapolis Colts
Rd 3Russell White RBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 6Chidi Ahanotu DETampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠210–⁠39
Washington6–⁠29–⁠311
Washington State5–⁠39–⁠315
USC5–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Oregon4–⁠46–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠56–⁠5
California2–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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