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1990 Oregon State

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

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1990, game by game: lost vs. Montana 15–22; lost at Kansas 12–38; lost vs. UNLV 20–45; lost at Stanford 3–37; lost at No. 8 Nebraska 7–31; won vs. No. 21 Arizona 35–21; lost vs. Washington State 24–55; lost at UCLA 17–26; lost at Arizona State 9–34; lost vs. No. 23 USC 7–56; lost vs. Oregon 3–6+14−49Lost 15–22 vs. Montana-7MontanaLost 12–38 at Kansas-26KansasLost 20–45 vs. UNLV-25UNLVLost 3–37 at Stanford-34StanfordLost 7–31 at No. 8 Nebraska-24No. 8 NebraskaWon 35–21 vs. No. 21 Arizona+14No. 21 ArizonaLost 24–55 vs. Washington State-31Washington StateLost 17–26 at UCLA-9UCLALost 9–34 at Arizona State-25Arizona StateLost 7–56 vs. No. 23 USC-49No. 23 USCLost 3–6 vs. Oregon-3Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsMontanaL 15–⁠2279%
Sep 8atKansasL 12–⁠3851%
Sep 15vsUNLVL 20–⁠4563%
Sep 22atStanfordL 3–⁠3727%
Sep 29at8NebraskaL 7–⁠318%
Oct 13vs21ArizonaW 35–⁠2119%
Oct 20vsWashington StateL 24–⁠5541%
Oct 27atUCLAL 17–⁠2622%
Nov 3atArizona StateL 9–⁠3429%
Nov 10vs23USCL 7–⁠5614%
Nov 17vsOregonL 3–⁠620%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 6–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 101st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
152–⁠371
Coach
Dave Kragthorpe
Elo
1301 −155 this season
SP+ rating
-21.7 No. 99 of 104; offense No. 95, defense No. 95
SRS
−15.5 No. 94 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 2Esera Tuaolo DTGreen Bay Packers

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Brent HuffCBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠110–⁠25
USC5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠4–⁠120
Oregon4–⁠38–⁠4
California4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona5–⁠47–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠45–⁠6
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State2–⁠54–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠10

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