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1986 Long Beach State

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Mike Sheppard.

Schedule and results

Long Beach State in 1986, game by game: lost at San Diego State 24–27; won at Western Michigan 14–13; lost at No. 16 UCLA 23–41; won at Cal State Fullerton 30–20; won at New Mexico State 38–7; lost at Fresno State 12–25; won at Utah State 14–3; won vs. Eastern Washington 35–34; lost at San José State 14–38; lost vs. UNLV 8–31; won vs. Pacific 38–21+31−24Lost 24–27 at San Diego State-3San Diego StateWon 14–13 at Western Michigan+1Western MichiganLost 23–41 at No. 16 UCLA-18No. 16 UCLAWon 30–20 at Cal State Fullerton+10Cal State Fulle…Won 38–7 at New Mexico State+31New Mexico StateLost 12–25 at Fresno State-13Fresno StateWon 14–3 at Utah State+11Utah StateWon 35–34 vs. Eastern Washington+1Eastern Washing…Lost 14–38 at San José State-24San José StateLost 8–31 vs. UNLV-23UNLVWon 38–21 vs. Pacific+17Pacific
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atSan Diego StateL 24–⁠2737%
Sep 20atWestern MichiganW 14–⁠1348%
Sep 27at16UCLAL 23–⁠4119%
Oct 11atCal State FullertonW 30–⁠2050%
Oct 18atNew Mexico StateW 38–⁠775%
Oct 25atFresno StateL 12–⁠2525%
Nov 1atUtah StateW 14–⁠361%
Nov 8vsEastern WashingtonW 35–⁠3484%
Nov 15atSan José StateL 14–⁠3831%
Nov 22vsUNLVL 8–⁠3160%
Nov 29vsPacificW 38–⁠2166%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Pacific 38–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 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 1986.

Led the nationMark Templeton: receptions (99 catches)

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 3rd in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
250–⁠260
Coach
Mike Sheppard
Elo
1451 −4 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.6 No. 68 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 3Charles Lockett WRPittsburgh Steelers

1986 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
San José State7–⁠010–⁠2
Fresno State6–⁠19–⁠2
Long Beach State4–⁠36–⁠5
UNLV3–⁠46–⁠5
Utah State3–⁠43–⁠8
Pacific2–⁠54–⁠7
Cal State Fullerton2–⁠53–⁠9
New Mexico State1–⁠61–⁠10

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