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1989 Stanford

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Dennis Green.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1989, game by game: lost at No. 18 Arizona 3–19; lost at Oregon State 16–20; won vs. No. 22 Oregon 18–17; lost vs. San José State 33–40; lost vs. No. 1 Notre Dame 17–27; lost at No. 17 Washington State 13–31; lost vs. Utah 24–27; lost at No. 10 USC 0–19; won vs. UCLA 17–14; lost at Arizona State 22–30; won vs. California 24–14+10−19Lost 3–19 at No. 18 Arizona-16No. 18 ArizonaLost 16–20 at Oregon State-4Oregon StateWon 18–17 vs. No. 22 Oregon+1No. 22 OregonLost 33–40 vs. San José State-7San José StateLost 17–27 vs. No. 1 Notre Dame-10No. 1 Notre DameLost 13–31 at No. 17 Washington State-18No. 17 Washington StateLost 24–27 vs. Utah-3UtahLost 0–19 at No. 10 USC-19No. 10 USCWon 17–14 vs. UCLA+3UCLALost 22–30 at Arizona State-8Arizona StateWon 24–14 vs. California+10California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2at18ArizonaL 3–⁠1934%
Sep 9atOregon StateL 16–⁠2048%
Sep 23vs22OregonW 18–⁠1746%
Sep 30vsSan José StateL 33–⁠4062%
Oct 7vs1Notre DameL 17–⁠2720%
Oct 14at17Washington StateL 13–⁠3119%
Oct 21vsUtahL 24–⁠2760%
Oct 28at10USCL 0–⁠1914%
Nov 4vsUCLAW 17–⁠1433%
Nov 11atArizona StateL 22–⁠3032%
Nov 18vsCaliforniaW 24–⁠1453%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 24–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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 1989.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
187–⁠258
Coach
Dennis Green
Elo
1451 −67 this season
SP+ rating
-2.4 No. 64 of 103; offense No. 81, defense No. 36
SRS
−0.3 No. 54 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ron Turner
Defensive coordinator
Fred von Appen
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 4Rob Hinckley LBDetroit Lions
Rd 4Alan Grant DBIndianapolis Colts
Rd 7Lester Archambeau DEGreen Bay Packers

All-Pac-10

1 first team

First team

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.