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1989 Oregon State

4–⁠7–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Dave Kragthorpe.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1989, game by game: won vs. Stanford 20–16; lost at No. 23 Washington State 3–41; won at Boise State 37–30; lost at No. 3 Nebraska 7–35; lost at Fresno State 18–35; tied vs. Arizona State 17–17; won vs. UCLA 18–17; won at California 25–14; lost at No. 9 USC 6–48; lost vs. Washington 14–51; lost at Oregon 21–30; lost at No. 24 Hawai’i 21–23+11−42Won 20–16 vs. Stanford+4StanfordLost 3–41 at No. 23 Washington State-38No. 23 Washington StateWon 37–30 at Boise State+7Boise StateLost 7–35 at No. 3 Nebraska-28No. 3 NebraskaLost 18–35 at Fresno State-17Fresno StateTied 17–17 vs. Arizona State0Arizona StateWon 18–17 vs. UCLA+1UCLAWon 25–14 at California+11CaliforniaLost 6–48 at No. 9 USC-42No. 9 USCLost 14–51 vs. Washington-37WashingtonLost 21–30 at Oregon-9OregonLost 21–23 at No. 24 Hawai’i-2No. 24 Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsStanfordW 20–⁠1652%
Sep 16at23Washington StateL 3–⁠4127%
Sep 23atBoise StateW 37–⁠3064%
Sep 30at3NebraskaL 7–⁠3515%
Oct 7atFresno StateL 18–⁠3522%
Oct 14vsArizona StateT 17–⁠1750%
Oct 21vsUCLAW 18–⁠1735%
Oct 28atCaliforniaW 25–⁠1445%
Nov 4at9USCL 6–⁠4818%
Nov 11vsWashingtonL 14–⁠5144%
Nov 18atOregonL 21–⁠3023%
Nov 25at24Hawai’iL 21–⁠2322%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hawai’i 23–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 70th-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 1989.

Record
4–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
207–⁠357
Coach
Dave Kragthorpe
Elo
1433 −29 this season
SP+ rating
-2.1 No. 62 of 103; offense No. 67, defense No. 54
SRS
−3.4 No. 64 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 5Pat Chaffey RBChicago Bears

All-Pac-10

6 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠18
Arizona5–⁠38–⁠425
Oregon5–⁠38–⁠4
Washington5–⁠38–⁠423
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠56–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠53–⁠8
UCLA2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
California2–⁠64–⁠7

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