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1992 Air Force

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Fisher DeBerry.

Schedule and results

Air Force in 1992, game by game: won vs. Rice 30–21; lost vs. Hawai’i 3–6; won at Wyoming 42–28; won vs. New Mexico 33–32; won at UTEP 28–22; won vs. Navy 18–16; lost vs. Colorado State 28–32; won at San Diego State 20–17; lost vs. Utah 13–20; won at Army 7–3; lost vs. BYU 7–28; lost vs. No. 20 Ole Miss 0–13+14−21Won 30–21 vs. Rice+9RiceLost 3–6 vs. Hawai’i-3Hawai’iWon 42–28 at Wyoming+14WyomingWon 33–32 vs. New Mexico+1New MexicoWon 28–22 at UTEP+6UTEPWon 18–16 vs. Navy+2NavyLost 28–32 vs. Colorado State-4Colorado StateWon 20–17 at San Diego State+3San Diego StateLost 13–20 vs. Utah-7UtahWon 7–3 at Army+4ArmyLost 7–28 vs. BYU-21BYULost 0–13 vs. No. 20 Ole Miss-13No. 20 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsRiceW 30–⁠2176%
Sep 12vsHawai’iL 3–⁠672%
Sep 19atWyomingW 42–⁠2856%
Sep 26vsNew MexicoW 33–⁠3283%
Oct 3atUTEPW 28–⁠2271%
Oct 10vsNavyW 18–⁠1689%
Oct 17vsColorado StateL 28–⁠3279%
Oct 24atSan Diego StateW 20–⁠1742%
Oct 31vsUtahL 13–⁠2073%
Nov 7atArmyW 7–⁠367%
Nov 14vsBYUL 7–⁠2850%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs20Ole MissLiberty BowlL 0–⁠1342%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 13–⁠0 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 71 on file).

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 1992.

Consensus All-AmericanCarlton McDonald, DB

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
229–⁠238
Coach
Fisher DeBerry
Elo
1519 −61 this season
SP+ rating
-4.6 No. 73 of 105; offense No. 87, defense No. 50
SRS
−3.9 No. 70 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Paul Hamilton
Defensive coordinator
Cal McCombs
Captains
Chris Baker, Jarvis Baker and Carlton McDonald
Offense
Wishbone triple option
Defense
3–⁠4

All-WAC

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jim RemseyOLCoaches-2
  • Chris BakerDLCoaches-2
  • Eldrick HillDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Hawai’i6–⁠211–⁠220
Fresno State6–⁠29–⁠424
BYU6–⁠28–⁠5
San Diego State5–⁠35–⁠5–⁠1
Air Force4–⁠47–⁠5
Utah4–⁠46–⁠6
Colorado State3–⁠55–⁠7
Wyoming3–⁠55–⁠7
New Mexico2–⁠63–⁠8
UTEP1–⁠71–⁠10

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