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1990 Washington

10–⁠2 (7–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Don James, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1990, game by game: won vs. San José State 20–17; won at Purdue 20–14; won vs. No. 5 USC 31–0; lost at No. 20 Colorado 14–20; won at Arizona State 42–14; won vs. No. 19 Oregon 38–17; won at Stanford 52–16; won vs. California 46–7; won vs. No. 23 Arizona 54–10; lost vs. UCLA 22–25; won at Washington State 55–10; won vs. No. 17 Iowa 46–34+45−6Won 20–17 vs. San José State+3San José StateWon 20–14 at Purdue+6PurdueWon 31–0 vs. No. 5 USC+31No. 5 USCLost 14–20 at No. 20 Colorado-6No. 20 ColoradoWon 42–14 at Arizona State+28Arizona StateWon 38–17 vs. No. 19 Oregon+21No. 19 OregonWon 52–16 at Stanford+36StanfordWon 46–7 vs. California+39CaliforniaWon 54–10 vs. No. 23 Arizona+44No. 23 ArizonaLost 22–25 vs. UCLA-3UCLAWon 55–10 at Washington State+45Washington StateWon 46–34 vs. No. 17 Iowa+12No. 17 Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsSan José StateW 20–⁠1772%
Sep 15atPurdueW 20–⁠1471%
Sep 22vs5USCW 31–⁠046%
Sep 29at20ColoradoL 14–⁠2041%
Oct 6atArizona StateW 42–⁠1461%
Oct 13vs19OregonW 38–⁠1763%
Oct 20atStanfordW 52–⁠1671%
Oct 27vsCaliforniaW 46–⁠779%
Nov 3vs23ArizonaW 54–⁠1070%
Nov 10vsUCLAL 22–⁠2584%
Nov 17atWashington StateW 55–⁠1079%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs17IowaRose BowlW 46–⁠3470%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa 46–⁠34 in the Rose Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 2: 20
  3. Wk 3: 22
  4. Wk 4: 21
  5. Wk 5: 12
  6. Wk 6: 17
  7. Wk 7: 17
  8. Wk 8: 13
  9. Wk 9: 7
  10. Wk 10: 7
  11. Wk 11: 2
  12. Wk 12: 10
  13. Wk 13: 9
  14. Wk 14: 9
  15. Wk 15: 8
  16. Final: 5

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 1990.

Pac-10 champions7–⁠1 in the conference

Doak Walker AwardGreg Lewis, RB

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠1 first in Pac-10
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 2
Points
440–⁠184
Coach
Don James
Elo
1748 +144 this season
SP+ rating
28.7 No. 3 of 104; offense No. 6, defense No. 10
SRS
26.4 No. 2 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gary Pinkel
Defensive coordinator
Jim Lambright
Captains
Eric Briscoe, Dean Kirkland, Greg Lewis and Travis Richardson
Most valuable player
Greg Lewis

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 5Greg Lewis RBDenver Broncos
Rd 5Charles Mincy DBKansas City Chiefs

All-Pac-10

8 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Greg LewisRBCoaches-1
  • Jeff PahukoaOGCoaches-1
  • Dean KirklandOGCoaches-1
  • Steve EmtmanDECoaches-1
  • Travis RichardsonDECoaches-1
  • Donald JonesLBCoaches-1
  • Charles MincyCBCoaches-1
  • Beno BryantRSCoaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠110–⁠25
USC5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠4–⁠120
Oregon4–⁠38–⁠4
California4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona5–⁠47–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠45–⁠6
Stanford4–⁠45–⁠6
Arizona State2–⁠54–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠10

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