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1989 Washington

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Don James, finished No. 23 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1989, game by game: won vs. No. 15 Texas A&M 19–6; won vs. Purdue 38–9; lost at No. 23 Arizona 17–20; lost vs. No. 5 Colorado 28–45; lost at No. 9 USC 16–24; won vs. Oregon 20–14; won at California 29–16; won at UCLA 28–27; lost vs. Arizona State 32–34; won at Oregon State 51–14; won vs. Washington State 20–9; won vs. Florida 34–7+37−17Won 19–6 vs. No. 15 Texas A&M+13No. 15 Texas A&MWon 38–9 vs. Purdue+29PurdueLost 17–20 at No. 23 Arizona-3No. 23 ArizonaLost 28–45 vs. No. 5 Colorado-17No. 5 ColoradoLost 16–24 at No. 9 USC-8No. 9 USCWon 20–14 vs. Oregon+6OregonWon 29–16 at California+13CaliforniaWon 28–27 at UCLA+1UCLALost 32–34 vs. Arizona State-2Arizona StateWon 51–14 at Oregon State+37Oregon StateWon 20–9 vs. Washington State+11Washington StateWon 34–7 vs. Florida+27Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vs15Texas A&MW 19–⁠652%
Sep 16vsPurdueW 38–⁠978%
Sep 23at23ArizonaL 17–⁠2045%
Sep 30vs5ColoradoL 28–⁠4555%
Oct 7at9USCL 16–⁠2427%
Oct 14vsOregonW 20–⁠1457%
Oct 21atCaliforniaW 29–⁠1656%
Oct 28atUCLAW 28–⁠2739%
Nov 4vsArizona StateL 32–⁠3470%
Nov 11atOregon StateW 51–⁠1456%
Nov 18vsWashington StateW 20–⁠961%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsFloridaFreedom BowlW 34–⁠756%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida 34–⁠7 in the Freedom Bowl; No. 23 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 15
  2. Wk 4: 11
  3. Wk 5: 21
  4. Final: 23

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 1989.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 23 peak No. 11
Points
332–⁠225
Coach
Don James
Elo
1656 +93 this season
SP+ rating
20.5 No. 13 of 103; offense No. 20, defense No. 19
SRS
17.0 No. 12 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gary Pinkel
Defensive coordinator
Jim Lambright
Captains
Dennis Brown, Cary Conklin, Martin Harrison and Andre Riley
Most valuable player
Bern Brostek

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 1Bern Brostek CLos Angeles Rams
Rd 2Dennis Brown DTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 4Cary Conklin QBWashington Redskins
Rd 5Le-Lo Lang DBDenver Broncos

All-Pac-10

5 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠2–⁠18
Arizona5–⁠38–⁠425
Oregon5–⁠38–⁠4
Washington5–⁠38–⁠423
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠56–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠53–⁠8
UCLA2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
California2–⁠64–⁠7

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