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1986 Washington State

3–⁠7–⁠1 (2–⁠6–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Jim Walden.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1986, game by game: won vs. UNLV 34–14; lost vs. San José State 13–20; lost at California 21–31; tied at No. 11 Arizona State 21–21; won vs. Oregon State 24–14; won vs. No. 9 USC 34–14; lost at No. 17 UCLA 16–54; lost at Stanford 12–42; lost vs. No. 17 Arizona 6–31; lost at Oregon 17–27; lost vs. No. 12 Washington 23–44+20−38Won 34–14 vs. UNLV+20UNLVLost 13–20 vs. San José State-7San José StateLost 21–31 at California-10CaliforniaTied 21–21 at No. 11 Arizona State0No. 11 Arizona StateWon 24–14 vs. Oregon State+10Oregon StateWon 34–14 vs. No. 9 USC+20No. 9 USCLost 16–54 at No. 17 UCLA-38No. 17 UCLALost 12–42 at Stanford-30StanfordLost 6–31 vs. No. 17 Arizona-25No. 17 ArizonaLost 17–27 at Oregon-10OregonLost 23–44 vs. No. 12 Washington-21No. 12 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsUNLVW 34–⁠1459%
Sep 13vsSan José StateL 13–⁠2073%
Sep 20atCaliforniaL 21–⁠3149%
Sep 27at11Arizona StateT 21–⁠2123%
Oct 4vsOregon StateW 24–⁠1476%
Oct 11vs9USCW 34–⁠1439%
Oct 25at17UCLAL 16–⁠5424%
Nov 1atStanfordL 12–⁠4238%
Nov 8vs17ArizonaL 6–⁠3138%
Nov 15atOregonL 17–⁠2745%
Nov 22vs12WashingtonL 23–⁠4425%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 44–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 85th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 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 1986.

Record
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠6–⁠1 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
221–⁠312
Coach
Jim Walden
Elo
1418 −78 this season
SP+ rating
1.8 No. 53 of 101; offense No. 40, defense No. 70
SRS
0.7 No. 50 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 2Ricky Reynolds DBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 5Kitrick Taylor WRKansas City Chiefs
Rd 7Kerry Porter RBBuffalo Bills

All-Pac-10

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State5–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠14
Washington5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠118
UCLA5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠114
Arizona5–⁠39–⁠311
Stanford5–⁠38–⁠4
USC5–⁠37–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
California2–⁠72–⁠9
Oregon State1–⁠63–⁠8

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