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1987 Oregon State

2–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Pac-10), coached by Dave Kragthorpe.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1987, game by game: lost at No. 20 Georgia 7–41; won vs. San José State 36–34; lost at Texas 16–61; lost at USC 14–48; won vs. Akron 42–26; lost at Arizona 17–31; lost vs. Arizona State 21–30; lost at Washington 12–28; lost vs. No. 7 UCLA 17–52; lost vs. Stanford 7–38; lost at Oregon 0–44+16−45Lost 7–41 at No. 20 Georgia-34No. 20 GeorgiaWon 36–34 vs. San José State+2San José StateLost 16–61 at Texas-45TexasLost 14–48 at USC-34USCWon 42–26 vs. Akron+16AkronLost 17–31 at Arizona-14ArizonaLost 21–30 vs. Arizona State-9Arizona StateLost 12–28 at Washington-16WashingtonLost 17–52 vs. No. 7 UCLA-35No. 7 UCLALost 7–38 vs. Stanford-31StanfordLost 0–44 at Oregon-44Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12at20GeorgiaL 7–⁠4118%
Sep 19vsSan José StateW 36–⁠3428%
Sep 26atTexasL 16–⁠6131%
Oct 3atUSCL 14–⁠4819%
Oct 10vsAkronW 42–⁠2662%
Oct 17atArizonaL 17–⁠3117%
Oct 24vsArizona StateL 21–⁠3023%
Oct 31atWashingtonL 12–⁠2818%
Nov 7vs7UCLAL 17–⁠5213%
Nov 14vsStanfordL 7–⁠3838%
Nov 21atOregonL 0–⁠4421%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 44–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 96th-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 1987.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
189–⁠433
Coach
Dave Kragthorpe
Elo
1310 −83 this season
SP+ rating
-13.3 No. 85 of 101; offense No. 48, defense No. 95
SRS
−14.8 No. 94 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Garth Hall
Defensive coordinator
Tim Hundley

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 7Owen Hooven OTDallas Cowboys

All-Pac-10

3 second team

Second team

  • Robb ThomasWRCoaches-2
  • Phil RossTECoaches-2
  • Dave OrndorffOTCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA7–⁠110–⁠29
USC7–⁠18–⁠418
Washington4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠46–⁠5
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠120
Arizona2–⁠3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠3
California2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oregon State0–⁠72–⁠9

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