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1988 Washington

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Don James.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1988, game by game: won at Purdue 20–6; won vs. Army 31–17; won vs. San José State 35–31; lost vs. No. 2 UCLA 17–24; won at Arizona State 10–0; lost at No. 3 USC 27–28; lost at Oregon 14–17; won vs. Stanford 28–25; lost vs. Arizona 13–16; won vs. California 28–27; lost at No. 19 Washington State 31–32+14−7Won 20–6 at Purdue+14PurdueWon 31–17 vs. Army+14ArmyWon 35–31 vs. San José State+4San José StateLost 17–24 vs. No. 2 UCLA-7No. 2 UCLAWon 10–0 at Arizona State+10Arizona StateLost 27–28 at No. 3 USC-1No. 3 USCLost 14–17 at Oregon-3OregonWon 28–25 vs. Stanford+3StanfordLost 13–16 vs. Arizona-3ArizonaWon 28–27 vs. California+1CaliforniaLost 31–32 at No. 19 Washington State-1No. 19 Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atPurdueW 20–⁠661%
Sep 17vsArmyW 31–⁠1771%
Sep 24vsSan José StateW 35–⁠3167%
Oct 1vs2UCLAL 17–⁠2444%
Oct 8atArizona StateW 10–⁠045%
Oct 15at3USCL 27–⁠2830%
Oct 22atOregonL 14–⁠1747%
Oct 29vsStanfordW 28–⁠2564%
Nov 5vsArizonaL 13–⁠1666%
Nov 12vsCaliforniaW 28–⁠2770%
Nov 19at19Washington StateL 31–⁠3245%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 32–⁠31; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 20
  2. Wk 4: 17
  3. Wk 5: 17
  4. Wk 6: 16
  5. Wk 7: 19
  6. Wk 8: 16
  7. Wk 9: 17

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 1988.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
254–⁠223
Coach
Don James
Elo
1595 +25 this season
SP+ rating
12.0 No. 28 of 102; offense No. 35, defense No. 23
SRS
9.2 No. 28 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gary Pinkel
Defensive coordinator
Jim Lambright
Captains
Ricky Andrews, Darryl Hall, Aaron Jenkins and Mike Zandofsky
Most valuable player
Aaron Jenkins

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 3Mike Zandofsky OGPhoenix Cardinals

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Brian SlaterWRCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC8–⁠010–⁠27
UCLA6–⁠210–⁠26
Washington State5–⁠39–⁠316
Arizona5–⁠37–⁠4
Arizona State3–⁠46–⁠5
Washington3–⁠56–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠5–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
California1–⁠5–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1

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