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1987 Oregon

6–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1987, game by game: won at Colorado 10–7; lost at No. 5 Ohio State 14–24; won vs. San Diego State 25–20; won vs. No. 16 Washington 29–22; won vs. USC 34–27; lost at No. 9 UCLA 10–41; lost at Stanford 10–13; lost vs. California 6–20; lost at Arizona State 17–37; won at Washington State 31–17; won vs. Oregon State 44–0+44−31Won 10–7 at Colorado+3ColoradoLost 14–24 at No. 5 Ohio State-10No. 5 Ohio StateWon 25–20 vs. San Diego State+5San Diego StateWon 29–22 vs. No. 16 Washington+7No. 16 WashingtonWon 34–27 vs. USC+7USCLost 10–41 at No. 9 UCLA-31No. 9 UCLALost 10–13 at Stanford-3StanfordLost 6–20 vs. California-14CaliforniaLost 17–37 at Arizona State-20Arizona StateWon 31–17 at Washington State+14Washington StateWon 44–0 vs. Oregon State+44Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12atColoradoW 10–⁠737%
Sep 19at5Ohio StateL 14–⁠2423%
Sep 26vsSan Diego StateW 25–⁠2056%
Oct 3vs16WashingtonW 29–⁠2244%
Oct 10vsUSCW 34–⁠2751%
Oct 17at9UCLAL 10–⁠4124%
Oct 24atStanfordL 10–⁠1345%
Oct 31vsCaliforniaL 6–⁠2076%
Nov 7atArizona StateL 17–⁠3724%
Nov 14atWashington StateW 31–⁠1746%
Nov 21vsOregon StateW 44–⁠079%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 44–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 61st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 16

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
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
230–⁠228
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1514 +26 this season
SP+ rating
6.6 No. 41 of 101; offense No. 57, defense No. 28
SRS
3.5 No. 42 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo
Defensive coordinator
Denny Schuler
Captains
Anthony Newman and Jeff Stefanick

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 2Anthony Newman DBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 4Rollin Putzier DTGreen Bay Packers

All-Pac-10

2 first team

First team

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.