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1992 BYU

8–⁠5 (6–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by LaVell Edwards.

Schedule and results

BYU in 1992, game by game: won at UTEP 38–28; lost vs. San Diego State 38–45; lost vs. No. 15 UCLA 10–17; lost at Hawai’i 32–36; won vs. Utah State 30–9; won vs. Fresno State 36–24; won at Wyoming 31–28; lost at No. 10 Notre Dame 16–42; won vs. No. 14 Penn State 30–17; won vs. New Mexico 35–0; won at Air Force 28–7; won at Utah 31–22; lost vs. Kansas 20–23+35−26Won 38–28 at UTEP+10UTEPLost 38–45 vs. San Diego State-7San Diego StateLost 10–17 vs. No. 15 UCLA-7No. 15 UCLALost 32–36 at Hawai’i-4Hawai’iWon 30–9 vs. Utah State+21Utah StateWon 36–24 vs. Fresno State+12Fresno StateWon 31–28 at Wyoming+3WyomingLost 16–42 at No. 10 Notre Dame-26No. 10 Notre DameWon 30–17 vs. No. 14 Penn State+13No. 14 Penn StateWon 35–0 vs. New Mexico+35New MexicoWon 28–7 at Air Force+21Air ForceWon 31–22 at Utah+9UtahLost 20–23 vs. Kansas-3Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atUTEPW 38–⁠2866%
Sep 10vsSan Diego StateL 38–⁠4569%
Sep 19vs15UCLAL 10–⁠1758%
Sep 26atHawai’iL 32–⁠3652%
Oct 2vsUtah StateW 30–⁠975%
Oct 10vsFresno StateW 36–⁠2454%
Oct 17atWyomingW 31–⁠2860%
Oct 24at10Notre DameL 16–⁠4231%
Oct 31vs14Penn StateW 30–⁠1739%
Nov 7vsNew MexicoW 35–⁠085%
Nov 14atAir ForceW 28–⁠750%
Nov 21atUtahW 31–⁠2261%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvsKansasAloha BowlL 20–⁠2365%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas 23–⁠20 in the Aloha Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Western Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 3: 25
  3. Wk 14: 25
  4. Wk 15: 25
  5. Wk 16: 25

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.

Western Athletic Conference champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Fresno State and Hawai’i

Record
8–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 24
Points
375–⁠298
Coach
LaVell Edwards
Elo
1654 +44 this season
SP+ rating
14.9 No. 18 of 105; offense No. 11, defense No. 46
SRS
8.5 No. 25 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Roger French
Defensive coordinator
Ken Schmidt
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 4Derwin Gray DBIndianapolis Colts

All-WAC

7 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Eric DrageWRCoaches-1
  • Byron RexTECoaches-1
  • Scott BrumfieldOLCoaches-1
  • Garry PayCCoaches-1
  • Lenny GomesDLCoaches-1
  • Shad HansenLBCoaches-1
  • Derwin GrayDBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Ryan HancockQBCoaches-2
  • Jamal WillisRBCoaches-2
  • Randy BrockDLCoaches-2
  • Todd HergetLBCoaches-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.