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1989 UCLA

3–⁠7–⁠1 (2–⁠5–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Terry Donahue.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1989, game by game: lost vs. Tennessee 6–24; won at San Diego State 28–25; lost vs. No. 5 Michigan 23–24; won vs. California 24–6; won vs. Arizona State 33–14; lost at Arizona 7–42; lost at Oregon State 17–18; lost vs. Washington 27–28; lost at Stanford 14–17; lost vs. Oregon 20–38; tied at No. 8 USC 10–10+19−35Lost 6–24 vs. Tennessee-18TennesseeWon 28–25 at San Diego State+3San Diego StateLost 23–24 vs. No. 5 Michigan-1No. 5 MichiganWon 24–6 vs. California+18CaliforniaWon 33–14 vs. Arizona State+19Arizona StateLost 7–42 at Arizona-35ArizonaLost 17–18 at Oregon State-1Oregon StateLost 27–28 vs. Washington-1WashingtonLost 14–17 at Stanford-3StanfordLost 20–38 vs. Oregon-18OregonTied 10–10 at No. 8 USC0No. 8 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsTennesseeL 6–⁠2474%
Sep 16atSan Diego StateW 28–⁠2570%
Sep 23vs5MichiganL 23–⁠2457%
Sep 30vsCaliforniaW 24–⁠676%
Oct 7vsArizona StateW 33–⁠1473%
Oct 14atArizonaL 7–⁠4253%
Oct 21atOregon StateL 17–⁠1865%
Oct 28vsWashingtonL 27–⁠2861%
Nov 4atStanfordL 14–⁠1767%
Nov 11vsOregonL 20–⁠3859%
Nov 18at8USCT 10–⁠1019%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied USC 10–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 20
  4. Wk 4: 24
  5. Wk 6: 25
  6. Wk 7: 22

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
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠5–⁠1 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 6
Points
209–⁠246
Coach
Terry Donahue
Elo
1548 −126 this season
SP+ rating
6.9 No. 40 of 103; offense No. 57, defense No. 23
SRS
4.2 No. 42 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Bob Field

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 5Charles Arbuckle TENew Orleans Saints
Rd 6Frank Cornish CSan Diego Chargers

All-Pac-10

5 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.