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1988 Oregon State

4–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠5–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Dave Kragthorpe.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1988, game by game: lost vs. Arizona 13–24; won at San José State 41–27; won vs. California 17–16; lost at Colorado 21–28; won vs. Fresno State 21–10; lost at No. 2 UCLA 21–38; tied at Stanford 20–20; lost vs. No. 3 USC 20–41; lost at Arizona State 24–30; lost at No. 20 Washington State 27–36; won vs. Oregon 21–10+14−21Lost 13–24 vs. Arizona-11ArizonaWon 41–27 at San José State+14San José StateWon 17–16 vs. California+1CaliforniaLost 21–28 at Colorado-7ColoradoWon 21–10 vs. Fresno State+11Fresno StateLost 21–38 at No. 2 UCLA-17No. 2 UCLATied 20–20 at Stanford0StanfordLost 20–41 vs. No. 3 USC-21No. 3 USCLost 24–30 at Arizona State-6Arizona StateLost 27–36 at No. 20 Washington State-9No. 20 Washington StateWon 21–10 vs. Oregon+11Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsArizonaL 13–⁠2432%
Sep 10atSan José StateW 41–⁠2714%
Sep 17vsCaliforniaW 17–⁠1647%
Sep 24atColoradoL 21–⁠2821%
Oct 1vsFresno StateW 21–⁠1039%
Oct 8at2UCLAL 21–⁠3812%
Oct 22atStanfordT 20–⁠2026%
Oct 29vs3USCL 20–⁠4122%
Nov 5atArizona StateL 24–⁠3027%
Nov 12at20Washington StateL 27–⁠3624%
Nov 19vsOregonW 21–⁠1038%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 21–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 67th-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 1988.

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠5–⁠1 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
246–⁠280
Coach
Dave Kragthorpe
Elo
1443 +69 this season
SP+ rating
10.8 No. 30 of 102; offense No. 26, defense No. 35
SRS
5.2 No. 35 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Tim Hundley

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 3Erik Wilhelm QBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 6Robb Thomas WRKansas City Chiefs

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Phil RossTECoaches-2
  • Pellom McDanielsDLCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC8–⁠010–⁠27
UCLA6–⁠210–⁠26
Washington State5–⁠39–⁠316
Arizona5–⁠37–⁠4
Arizona State3–⁠46–⁠5
Washington3–⁠56–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠5–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
California1–⁠5–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1

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