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1992 Washington State

9–⁠3 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Mike Price, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1992, game by game: won vs. Montana 25–13; won at Arizona 23–20; won at Fresno State 39–37; won vs. Temple 51–10; won at Oregon State 35–10; won vs. UCLA 30–17; lost at No. 15 USC 21–31; lost vs. Oregon 17–34; won vs. Arizona State 20–18; lost at No. 15 Stanford 3–40; won vs. No. 5 Washington 42–23; won vs. Utah 31–28+41−37Won 25–13 vs. Montana+12MontanaWon 23–20 at Arizona+3ArizonaWon 39–37 at Fresno State+2Fresno StateWon 51–10 vs. Temple+41TempleWon 35–10 at Oregon State+25Oregon StateWon 30–17 vs. UCLA+13UCLALost 21–31 at No. 15 USC-10No. 15 USCLost 17–34 vs. Oregon-17OregonWon 20–18 vs. Arizona State+2Arizona StateLost 3–40 at No. 15 Stanford-37No. 15 StanfordWon 42–23 vs. No. 5 Washington+19No. 5 WashingtonWon 31–28 vs. Utah+3Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsMontanaW 25–⁠1379%
Sep 12atArizonaW 23–⁠2039%
Sep 26atFresno StateW 39–⁠3731%
Oct 3vsTempleW 51–⁠1076%
Oct 10atOregon StateW 35–⁠1067%
Oct 17vsUCLAW 30–⁠1754%
Oct 24at15USCL 21–⁠3142%
Oct 31vsOregonL 17–⁠3471%
Nov 7vsArizona StateW 20–⁠1856%
Nov 14at15StanfordL 3–⁠4025%
Nov 21vs5WashingtonW 42–⁠2323%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsUtahCopper BowlW 31–⁠2858%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah 31–⁠28 in the Copper Bowl; No. 15 in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The tied 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 22
  2. Wk 9: 13
  3. Wk 10: 19
  4. Wk 11: 25
  5. Wk 12: 21
  6. Wk 14: 21
  7. Wk 15: 18
  8. Wk 16: 18
  9. Final: 15

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 1992.

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 13
Points
337–⁠281
Coach
Mike Price
Elo
1568 +96 this season
SP+ rating
12.2 No. 23 of 105; offense No. 13, defense No. 59
SRS
10.0 No. 22 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ted Williams
Defensive coordinator
Mike Zimmer
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 1Drew Bledsoe QBNew England Patriots
Rd 4Lewis Bush LBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 7Clarence Williams TEDenver Broncos

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Shaumbe Wright-FairRBCoaches-2
  • Bob GarmanOTCoaches-2
  • Robbie TobeckGuards/centersCoaches-2
  • Anthony McClanahanLBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠210–⁠39
Washington6–⁠29–⁠311
Washington State5–⁠39–⁠315
USC5–⁠36–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Oregon4–⁠46–⁠6
UCLA3–⁠56–⁠5
California2–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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