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1993 Washington State

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

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1993, game by game: lost at No. 3 Michigan 14–41; won vs. Montana State 54–14; won vs. Oregon State 51–6; lost at USC 3–34; won at Pacific 12–0; won vs. Arizona State 44–25; won vs. No. 21 California 34–7; lost at No. 7 Arizona 6–9; lost at Oregon 23–46; lost vs. No. 12 UCLA 27–40; lost at Washington 3–26+45−31Lost 14–41 at No. 3 Michigan-27No. 3 MichiganWon 54–14 vs. Montana State+40Montana StateWon 51–6 vs. Oregon State+45Oregon StateLost 3–34 at USC-31USCWon 12–0 at Pacific+12PacificWon 44–25 vs. Arizona State+19Arizona StateWon 34–7 vs. No. 21 California+27No. 21 CaliforniaLost 6–9 at No. 7 Arizona-3No. 7 ArizonaLost 23–46 at Oregon-23OregonLost 27–40 vs. No. 12 UCLA-13No. 12 UCLALost 3–26 at Washington-23Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4at3MichiganL 14–⁠4124%
Sep 11vsMontana StateW 54–⁠1487%
Sep 18vsOregon StateW 51–⁠677%
Sep 25atUSCL 3–⁠3444%
Oct 2atPacificW 12–⁠060%
Oct 9vsArizona StateW 44–⁠2564%
Oct 16vs21CaliforniaW 34–⁠755%
Oct 23at7ArizonaL 6–⁠936%
Oct 30atOregonL 23–⁠4650%
Nov 6vs12UCLAL 27–⁠4041%
Nov 20atWashingtonL 3–⁠2632%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 26–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 25
Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 25
Points
271–⁠248
Coach
Mike Price
Elo
1514 −31 this season
SP+ rating
10.7 No. 31 of 105; offense No. 45, defense No. 30
SRS
9.4 No. 28 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ted Williams
Defensive coordinator
Mike Zimmer
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • DeWayne PattersonDLCoaches-1
  • Anthony McClanahanLBCoaches-1
  • Deron PointerRSCoaches-1

Second team

  • Brett CarolanTECoaches-2
  • Josh DunningOLCoaches-2
  • Chad EatonDLCoaches-2
  • Ron ChildsLBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona6–⁠210–⁠210
UCLA6–⁠28–⁠418
USC6–⁠28–⁠5
Washington5–⁠37–⁠4
California4–⁠49–⁠425
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon2–⁠65–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠64–⁠7

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