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1989 Oregon

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1989, game by game: won vs. California 35–19; won at No. 24 Iowa 44–6; lost at Stanford 17–18; won vs. No. 17 Arizona 16–10; lost vs. No. 21 Washington State 38–51; lost at Washington 14–20; won at Arizona State 27–7; won vs. Long Beach State 52–10; lost at No. 23 BYU 41–45; won at UCLA 38–20; won vs. Oregon State 30–21; won vs. Tulsa 27–24+42−13Won 35–19 vs. California+16CaliforniaWon 44–6 at No. 24 Iowa+38No. 24 IowaLost 17–18 at Stanford-1StanfordWon 16–10 vs. No. 17 Arizona+6No. 17 ArizonaLost 38–51 vs. No. 21 Washington State-13No. 21 Washington StateLost 14–20 at Washington-6WashingtonWon 27–7 at Arizona State+20Arizona StateWon 52–10 vs. Long Beach State+42Long Beach StateLost 41–45 at No. 23 BYU-4No. 23 BYUWon 38–20 at UCLA+18UCLAWon 30–21 vs. Oregon State+9Oregon StateWon 27–24 vs. Tulsa+3Tulsa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsCaliforniaW 35–⁠1958%
Sep 16at24IowaW 44–⁠636%
Sep 23atStanfordL 17–⁠1854%
Sep 30vs17ArizonaW 16–⁠1053%
Oct 7vs21Washington StateL 38–⁠5151%
Oct 14atWashingtonL 14–⁠2043%
Oct 21atArizona StateW 27–⁠746%
Oct 28vsLong Beach StateW 52–⁠1083%
Nov 4at23BYUL 41–⁠4540%
Nov 11atUCLAW 38–⁠2041%
Nov 18vsOregon StateW 30–⁠2177%
Dec 16Bowls & playoffvsTulsaIndependence BowlW 27–⁠2469%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulsa 27–⁠24 in the Independence Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The tied 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 22
  2. Wk 6: 23

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
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
379–⁠251
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1622 +126 this season
SP+ rating
13.0 No. 25 of 103; offense No. 19, defense No. 40
SRS
12.1 No. 20 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Belotti
Defensive coordinator
Denny Schuler
Captains
Bill Musgrave, Derek Loville, Mark Kearns and Chris Oldham

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 3Latin Berry RBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 4Chris Oldham DBDetroit Lions

All-Pac-10

6 first team

First team

  • Derek LovilleRB
  • Terry ObeeWR
  • Curt DykesOT
  • David CusanoDL
  • Peter BrantleyLB
  • Chris OldhamDB

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.