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1986 Oregon State

3–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Dave Kragthorpe.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1986, game by game: lost at Fresno State 0–27; lost at No. 3 Michigan 12–31; lost vs. Stanford 7–17; lost at Washington State 14–24; won at California 14–12; lost at No. 16 Arizona 12–23; won vs. Boise State 34–3; lost vs. No. 15 UCLA 0–49; lost vs. No. 13 Washington 12–28; won at BYU 10–7; lost vs. Oregon 28–49+31−49Lost 0–27 at Fresno State-27Fresno StateLost 12–31 at No. 3 Michigan-19No. 3 MichiganLost 7–17 vs. Stanford-10StanfordLost 14–24 at Washington State-10Washington StateWon 14–12 at California+2CaliforniaLost 12–23 at No. 16 Arizona-11No. 16 ArizonaWon 34–3 vs. Boise State+31Boise StateLost 0–49 vs. No. 15 UCLA-49No. 15 UCLALost 12–28 vs. No. 13 Washington-16No. 13 WashingtonWon 10–7 at BYU+3BYULost 28–49 vs. Oregon-21Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atFresno StateL 0–⁠2714%
Sep 20at3MichiganL 12–⁠3110%
Sep 27vsStanfordL 7–⁠1733%
Oct 4atWashington StateL 14–⁠2424%
Oct 11atCaliforniaW 14–⁠1230%
Oct 18at16ArizonaL 12–⁠2311%
Oct 25vsBoise StateW 34–⁠362%
Nov 1vs15UCLAL 0–⁠4913%
Nov 8vs13WashingtonL 12–⁠2818%
Nov 15atBYUW 10–⁠710%
Nov 22vsOregonL 28–⁠4945%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 49–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 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.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
143–⁠270
Coach
Dave Kragthorpe
Elo
1339 −17 this season
SP+ rating
-6.2 No. 69 of 101; offense No. 89, defense No. 45
SRS
−4.2 No. 67 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Garth Hall
Defensive coordinator
Tim Hundley

All-Pac-10

3 second team

Second team

  • Dave OrndorffOGCoaches-2
  • Gino MingoDLCoaches-2
  • Paul CarberryDLCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State5–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠14
Washington5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠118
UCLA5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠114
Arizona5–⁠39–⁠311
Stanford5–⁠38–⁠4
USC5–⁠37–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
California2–⁠72–⁠9
Oregon State1–⁠63–⁠8

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