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1989 Washington State

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Mike Price.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1989, game by game: won vs. Idaho 41–7; won at No. 24 BYU 46–41; won vs. Oregon State 41–3; won at Wyoming 29–23; lost vs. No. 11 USC 17–18; won at No. 23 Oregon 51–38; won vs. Stanford 31–13; lost vs. No. 22 Arizona 21–23; lost at Arizona State 39–44; lost at California 26–38; lost at Washington 9–20+38−12Won 41–7 vs. Idaho+34IdahoWon 46–41 at No. 24 BYU+5No. 24 BYUWon 41–3 vs. Oregon State+38Oregon StateWon 29–23 at Wyoming+6WyomingLost 17–18 vs. No. 11 USC-1No. 11 USCWon 51–38 at No. 23 Oregon+13No. 23 OregonWon 31–13 vs. Stanford+18StanfordLost 21–23 vs. No. 22 Arizona-2No. 22 ArizonaLost 39–44 at Arizona State-5Arizona StateLost 26–38 at California-12CaliforniaLost 9–20 at Washington-11Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsIdahoW 41–⁠785%
Sep 7at24BYUW 46–⁠4143%
Sep 16vsOregon StateW 41–⁠373%
Sep 23atWyomingW 29–⁠2352%
Sep 30vs11USCL 17–⁠1853%
Oct 7at23OregonW 51–⁠3849%
Oct 14vsStanfordW 31–⁠1381%
Oct 21vs22ArizonaL 21–⁠2364%
Oct 28atArizona StateL 39–⁠4466%
Nov 11atCaliforniaL 26–⁠3869%
Nov 18atWashingtonL 9–⁠2039%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 20–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 23
  2. Wk 4: 19
  3. Wk 5: 19
  4. Wk 6: 21
  5. Wk 7: 17
  6. Wk 8: 15
  7. Wk 9: 23

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.

Consensus All-AmericanJason Hanson, K

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
351–⁠268
Coach
Mike Price
Elo
1566 +0 this season
SP+ rating
14.2 No. 21 of 103; offense No. 10, defense No. 55
SRS
12.3 No. 19 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Joe Tiller
Defensive coordinator
Mike Zimmer
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 1Steve Broussard RBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 5Tony Savage DTNew York Jets
Rd 6Tim Stallworth WRLos Angeles Rams
Rd 7Dan Grayson LBPittsburgh Steelers

All-Pac-10

7 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.