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1989 Fresno State

11–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Big West), coached by Jim Sweeney.

Schedule and results

Fresno State in 1989, game by game: won vs. Utah 52–22; won vs. Montana 52–37; won at Pacific 27–14; won vs. Long Beach State 52–0; won vs. Oregon State 35–18; won at Utah State 34–7; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 33–19; won vs. UNLV 31–17; won vs. San José State 31–30; won at New Mexico State 45–5; lost at New Mexico 22–45; won vs. Ball State 27–6+52−23Won 52–22 vs. Utah+30UtahWon 52–37 vs. Montana+15MontanaWon 27–14 at Pacific+13PacificWon 52–0 vs. Long Beach State+52Long Beach StateWon 35–18 vs. Oregon State+17Oregon StateWon 34–7 at Utah State+27Utah StateWon 33–19 vs. Cal State Fullerton+14Cal State Fulle…Won 31–17 vs. UNLV+14UNLVWon 31–30 vs. San José State+1San José StateWon 45–5 at New Mexico State+40New Mexico StateLost 22–45 at New Mexico-23New MexicoWon 27–6 vs. Ball State+21Ball State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsUtahW 52–⁠2268%
Sep 9vsMontanaW 52–⁠3790%
Sep 16atPacificW 27–⁠1478%
Sep 23vsLong Beach StateW 52–⁠083%
Oct 7vsOregon StateW 35–⁠1878%
Oct 14atUtah StateW 34–⁠777%
Oct 21vsCal State FullertonW 33–⁠1983%
Oct 28vsUNLVW 31–⁠1788%
Nov 4vsSan José StateW 31–⁠3079%
Nov 11atNew Mexico StateW 45–⁠592%
Nov 18atNew MexicoL 22–⁠4589%
Dec 9Bowls & playoffvsBall StateCalifornia BowlW 27–⁠656%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ball State 27–⁠6 in the California Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Big West champions.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 97 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 25
  2. Wk 11: 24
  3. Wk 12: 23

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.

Big West champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Big West
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
441–⁠220
Coach
Jim Sweeney
Elo
1633 +54 this season
SP+ rating
7.4 No. 37 of 103; offense No. 33, defense No. 57
SRS
3.6 No. 45 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 1James Williams DBBuffalo Bills
Rd 2Ron Cox LBChicago Bears

1989 Big West standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Fresno State7–⁠011–⁠1
Cal State Fullerton5–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
San José State5–⁠26–⁠5
Utah State4–⁠34–⁠7
UNLV3–⁠44–⁠7
Long Beach State2–⁠54–⁠8
Pacific2–⁠52–⁠10
New Mexico State0–⁠70–⁠11

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