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1988 Oregon

6–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1988, game by game: won vs. Long Beach State 49–0; won at Washington State 43–28; won vs. Stanford 7–3; won at San Diego State 34–13; lost at No. 3 USC 14–42; won vs. Idaho State 52–7; won vs. No. 17 Washington 17–14; lost vs. Arizona State 20–21; lost vs. No. 6 UCLA 6–16; lost at Arizona 27–41; lost at Oregon State 10–21; lost at Hawai’i 17–41+49−28Won 49–0 vs. Long Beach State+49Long Beach StateWon 43–28 at Washington State+15Washington StateWon 7–3 vs. Stanford+4StanfordWon 34–13 at San Diego State+21San Diego StateLost 14–42 at No. 3 USC-28No. 3 USCWon 52–7 vs. Idaho State+45Idaho StateWon 17–14 vs. No. 17 Washington+3No. 17 WashingtonLost 20–21 vs. Arizona State-1Arizona StateLost 6–16 vs. No. 6 UCLA-10No. 6 UCLALost 27–41 at Arizona-14ArizonaLost 10–21 at Oregon State-11Oregon StateLost 17–41 at Hawai’i-24Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsLong Beach StateW 49–⁠076%
Sep 17atWashington StateW 43–⁠2843%
Sep 24vsStanfordW 7–⁠361%
Oct 1atSan Diego StateW 34–⁠1356%
Oct 8at3USCL 14–⁠4229%
Oct 15vsIdaho StateW 52–⁠789%
Oct 22vs17WashingtonW 17–⁠1453%
Oct 29vsArizona StateL 20–⁠2166%
Nov 5vs6UCLAL 6–⁠1637%
Nov 12atArizonaL 27–⁠4142%
Nov 19atOregon StateL 10–⁠2162%
Dec 3atHawai’iL 17–⁠4141%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hawai’i 41–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 20
  2. Wk 7: 18
  3. Wk 10: 20

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
6–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
296–⁠247
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1494 −16 this season
SP+ rating
8.1 No. 36 of 102; offense No. 43, defense No. 31
SRS
5.9 No. 34 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo
Defensive coordinator
Denny Schuler
Captains
Bill Musgrave, Matt Brock and Thom Kaumeyer

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 2Scott Kozak LBHouston Oilers
Rd 3Matt Brock DEGreen Bay Packers
Rd 6Thom Kaumeyer DBLos Angeles Rams

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

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.