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1990 Stanford

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Dennis Green.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1990, game by game: lost at No. 6 Colorado 17–21; lost at UCLA 31–32; won vs. Oregon State 37–3; lost vs. San José State 23–29; won at No. 1 Notre Dame 36–31; lost vs. No. 16 USC 22–37; lost vs. No. 13 Washington 16–52; lost at No. 25 Oregon 0–31; won vs. Washington State 31–13; won at Arizona 23–10; won at California 27–25+34−36Lost 17–21 at No. 6 Colorado-4No. 6 ColoradoLost 31–32 at UCLA-1UCLAWon 37–3 vs. Oregon State+34Oregon StateLost 23–29 vs. San José State-6San José StateWon 36–31 at No. 1 Notre Dame+5No. 1 Notre DameLost 22–37 vs. No. 16 USC-15No. 16 USCLost 16–52 vs. No. 13 Washington-36No. 13 WashingtonLost 0–31 at No. 25 Oregon-31No. 25 OregonWon 31–13 vs. Washington State+18Washington StateWon 23–10 at Arizona+13ArizonaWon 27–25 at California+2California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6at6ColoradoL 17–⁠2120%
Sep 15atUCLAL 31–⁠3237%
Sep 22vsOregon StateW 37–⁠373%
Sep 29vsSan José StateL 23–⁠2949%
Oct 6at1Notre DameW 36–⁠3112%
Oct 13vs16USCL 22–⁠3730%
Oct 20vs13WashingtonL 16–⁠5229%
Oct 27at25OregonL 0–⁠3122%
Nov 3vsWashington StateW 31–⁠1349%
Nov 10atArizonaW 23–⁠1025%
Nov 17atCaliforniaW 27–⁠2536%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 27–⁠25; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 57th-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 1990.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
263–⁠284
Coach
Dennis Green
Elo
1532 +65 this season
SP+ rating
11.2 No. 30 of 104; offense No. 25, defense No. 41
SRS
7.4 No. 31 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ron Turner
Defensive coordinator
Willie Shaw
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 3Ed McCaffrey WRNew York Giants
Rd 4Kevin Scott DBDetroit Lions

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jono TunneyLBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠110–⁠25
USC5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠4–⁠120
Oregon4–⁠38–⁠4
California4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona5–⁠47–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠45–⁠6
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State2–⁠54–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠10

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