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1991 Washington State

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Mike Price.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1991, game by game: lost at Oregon 14–40; lost vs. Fresno State 30–34; lost at No. 16 Ohio State 19–33; won at UNLV 40–13; won vs. Oregon State 55–7; lost vs. USC 27–34; won at No. 25 Arizona State 17–3; lost at No. 23 UCLA 3–44; won vs. Arizona 40–27; lost vs. No. 22 Stanford 14–49; lost at No. 2 Washington 21–56+48−41Lost 14–40 at Oregon-26OregonLost 30–34 vs. Fresno State-4Fresno StateLost 19–33 at No. 16 Ohio State-14No. 16 Ohio StateWon 40–13 at UNLV+27UNLVWon 55–7 vs. Oregon State+48Oregon StateLost 27–34 vs. USC-7USCWon 17–3 at No. 25 Arizona State+14No. 25 Arizona StateLost 3–44 at No. 23 UCLA-41No. 23 UCLAWon 40–27 vs. Arizona+13ArizonaLost 14–49 vs. No. 22 Stanford-35No. 22 StanfordLost 21–56 at No. 2 Washington-35No. 2 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atOregonL 14–⁠4027%
Sep 14vsFresno StateL 30–⁠3436%
Sep 21at16Ohio StateL 19–⁠3321%
Sep 28atUNLVW 40–⁠1347%
Oct 5vsOregon StateW 55–⁠774%
Oct 12vsUSCL 27–⁠3438%
Oct 19at25Arizona StateW 17–⁠328%
Nov 2at23UCLAL 3–⁠4427%
Nov 9vsArizonaW 40–⁠2756%
Nov 16vs22StanfordL 14–⁠4942%
Nov 23at2WashingtonL 21–⁠569%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 56–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 66th-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 1991.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
280–⁠340
Coach
Mike Price
Elo
1458 +12 this season
SP+ rating
-0.5 No. 59 of 104; offense No. 23, defense No. 88
SRS
0.1 No. 55 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tim Lappano
Defensive coordinator
Mike Zimmer
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 2Jason Hanson KDetroit Lions
Rd 5Michael Wright DBNew York Giants

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington8–⁠012–⁠02
California6–⁠210–⁠28
UCLA6–⁠29–⁠319
Stanford6–⁠28–⁠422
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State3–⁠54–⁠7
Arizona3–⁠54–⁠7
USC2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon1–⁠73–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠71–⁠10

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