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1982 San José State

8–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Jack Elway.

Schedule and results

San José State in 1982, game by game: won at Oregon 18–13; won at Stanford 35–31; won at Oregon State 17–13; lost at California 7–26; won at Cal State Fullerton 38–15; lost vs. Long Beach State 21–22; lost vs. Fresno State 27–39; won at UNLV 48–14; won vs. Santa Clara 40–0; won at Pacific 31–0; won vs. Utah State 49–26+40−19Won 18–13 at Oregon+5OregonWon 35–31 at Stanford+4StanfordWon 17–13 at Oregon State+4Oregon StateLost 7–26 at California-19CaliforniaWon 38–15 at Cal State Fullerton+23Cal State Fulle…Lost 21–22 vs. Long Beach State-1Long Beach StateLost 27–39 vs. Fresno State-12Fresno StateWon 48–14 at UNLV+34UNLVWon 40–0 vs. Santa Clara+40Santa ClaraWon 31–0 at Pacific+31PacificWon 49–26 vs. Utah State+23Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atOregonW 18–⁠1364%
Sep 18atStanfordW 35–⁠3147%
Sep 25atOregon StateW 17–⁠1382%
Oct 2atCaliforniaL 7–⁠2661%
Oct 9atCal State FullertonW 38–⁠1572%
Oct 16vsLong Beach StateL 21–⁠2280%
Oct 23vsFresno StateL 27–⁠3969%
Oct 30atUNLVW 48–⁠1461%
Nov 6vsSanta ClaraW 40–⁠092%
Nov 13atPacificW 31–⁠074%
Nov 20vsUtah StateW 49–⁠2674%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah State 49–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 91 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 1982.

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
331–⁠199
Coach
Jack Elway
Elo
1589 +27 this season
SP+ rating
4.4 No. 48 of 109; offense No. 33, defense No. 72
SRS
5.2 No. 40 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 1Gill Byrd DBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 7Ken Thomas RBKansas City Chiefs

1982 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Fresno State6–⁠011–⁠1
Long Beach State5–⁠16–⁠5
San José State4–⁠28–⁠3
Utah State2–⁠35–⁠6
Pacific2–⁠42–⁠9
UNLV1–⁠43–⁠8
Cal State Fullerton0–⁠63–⁠9

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