END OF AN ERA: DONAHUE RESIGNS : BY THE NUMBERS
Donahue Year-by-Year
1995: 7-4-0
Fifth. Plays Kansas in Aloha Bowl. Unranked.
1994: 5-6-0
Fifth. Unranked.
1993: 8-4-0
First. Lost to Wisconsin, 21-16, in Rose Bowl. Ranked 18th.
1992: 6-5-0
Eighth. Unranked.
1991: 9-3-0
Second. Defeated Illinois, 6-3, in John Hancock Bowl. Ranked 19th.
1990: 5-6-0
Sixth. Unranked.
1989: 3-7-1
Ninth. Unranked.
1988: 10-2-0
Second. Defeated Arkansas, 17-3, in Cotton Bowl. Ranked sixth.
1987: 10-2-0
Tied for first. Defeated Florida, 20-16, in Aloha Bowl. Ranked ninth.
1986: 8-3-1
Second. Defeated Brigham Young, 31-10, in Freedom Bowl. Ranked 14th.
1985: 9-2-1
First. Defeated Iowa, 45-28, in Rose Bowl. Ranked seventh.
1984: 9-3-0
Third. Defeated Miami, 39-37, in Fiesta Bowl. Ranked ninth.
1983: 7-4-1
First. Defeated Illinois, 45-9, in Rose Bowl. Ranked 17th.
1982: 10-1-1
First. Defeated Michigan, 24-14, in Rose Bowl. Ranked fifth.
1981: 7-4-1
Fourth. Lost to Michigan, 33-14, in Bluebonnet Bowl. Unranked.
1980: 9-2-0
Second. Ranked 13th.
1979: 5-6-0
Seventh. Unranked.
1978: 8-3-1
Second. Tied Arkansas, 10-10, in Fiesta Bowl. Ranked 14th.
1977: 7-4-0
Tied for second in Pac-10. Unranked.
1976: 9-2-1
Second in Pacific 10 Conference. Lost to Alabama, 36-6, in Liberty Bowl. Finished year ranked 15th.
Total: 151-73-8
8-3-1 record in bowl games.
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