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1990 Washington State

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Mike Price.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1990, game by game: won at TCU 21–3; lost vs. Wyoming 13–34; lost at No. 5 BYU 36–50; won vs. California 41–31; lost vs. UCLA 20–30; lost at No. 15 USC 17–30; won at Oregon State 55–24; lost at No. 23 Arizona 34–42; lost at Stanford 13–31; lost vs. Arizona State 26–51; lost vs. No. 10 Washington 10–55+31−45Won 21–3 at TCU+18TCULost 13–34 vs. Wyoming-21WyomingLost 36–50 at No. 5 BYU-14No. 5 BYUWon 41–31 vs. California+10CaliforniaLost 20–30 vs. UCLA-10UCLALost 17–30 at No. 15 USC-13No. 15 USCWon 55–24 at Oregon State+31Oregon StateLost 34–42 at No. 23 Arizona-8No. 23 ArizonaLost 13–31 at Stanford-18StanfordLost 26–51 vs. Arizona State-25Arizona StateLost 10–55 vs. No. 10 Washington-45No. 10 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atTCUW 21–⁠356%
Sep 8vsWyomingL 13–⁠3463%
Sep 15at5BYUL 36–⁠5029%
Sep 22vsCaliforniaW 41–⁠3164%
Sep 29vsUCLAL 20–⁠3063%
Oct 6at15USCL 17–⁠3020%
Oct 20atOregon StateW 55–⁠2459%
Oct 27at23ArizonaL 34–⁠4229%
Nov 3atStanfordL 13–⁠3151%
Nov 10vsArizona StateL 26–⁠5161%
Nov 17vs10WashingtonL 10–⁠5521%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 55–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 84th-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 1990.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
286–⁠381
Coach
Mike Price
Elo
1419 −125 this season
SP+ rating
-5.3 No. 73 of 104; offense No. 26, defense No. 97
SRS
−1.9 No. 62 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Joe Tiller
Defensive coordinator
Mike Zimmer
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Pac-10

2 first team

First team

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.