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1990 UCLA

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Terry Donahue.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1990, game by game: lost vs. No. 23 Oklahoma 14–34; won vs. Stanford 32–31; lost at No. 7 Michigan 15–38; won at Washington State 30–20; lost vs. No. 25 Arizona 21–28; won vs. San Diego State 45–31; lost at California 31–38; won vs. Oregon State 26–17; lost at No. 22 Oregon 24–28; won at No. 2 Washington 25–22; lost vs. No. 19 USC 42–45+14−23Lost 14–34 vs. No. 23 Oklahoma-20No. 23 OklahomaWon 32–31 vs. Stanford+1StanfordLost 15–38 at No. 7 Michigan-23No. 7 MichiganWon 30–20 at Washington State+10Washington StateLost 21–28 vs. No. 25 Arizona-7No. 25 ArizonaWon 45–31 vs. San Diego State+14San Diego StateLost 31–38 at California-7CaliforniaWon 26–17 vs. Oregon State+9Oregon StateLost 24–28 at No. 22 Oregon-4No. 22 OregonWon 25–22 at No. 2 Washington+3No. 2 WashingtonLost 42–45 vs. No. 19 USC-3No. 19 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vs23OklahomaL 14–⁠3450%
Sep 15vsStanfordW 32–⁠3163%
Sep 22at7MichiganL 15–⁠3824%
Sep 29atWashington StateW 30–⁠2037%
Oct 6vs25ArizonaL 21–⁠2845%
Oct 13vsSan Diego StateW 45–⁠3158%
Oct 20atCaliforniaL 31–⁠3844%
Oct 27vsOregon StateW 26–⁠1778%
Nov 3at22OregonL 24–⁠2827%
Nov 10at2WashingtonW 25–⁠2216%
Nov 17vs19USCL 42–⁠4536%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 45–⁠42; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 19

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 peak No. 19
Points
305–⁠332
Coach
Terry Donahue
Elo
1528 −4 this season
SP+ rating
7.8 No. 39 of 104; offense No. 21, defense No. 70
SRS
6.1 No. 37 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Homer Smith
Defensive coordinator
Bob Field

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 1Eric Turner DBCleveland Browns
Rd 2Roman Phifer LBLos Angeles Rams

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Scott MillerWRCoaches-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.