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1992 Colorado State

5–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Earle Bruce.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1992, game by game: lost at No. 12 Colorado 17–37; lost vs. Idaho 34–37; lost at Fresno State 21–52; won at LSU 17–14; lost vs. Utah 29–33; won vs. UTEP 42–24; won at Air Force 32–28; lost vs. Wyoming 14–31; lost vs. San Diego State 13–20; lost at Hawai’i 13–24; won vs. Ohio 35–24; won at New Mexico 14–10+18−31Lost 17–37 at No. 12 Colorado-20No. 12 ColoradoLost 34–37 vs. Idaho-3IdahoLost 21–52 at Fresno State-31Fresno StateWon 17–14 at LSU+3LSULost 29–33 vs. Utah-4UtahWon 42–24 vs. UTEP+18UTEPWon 32–28 at Air Force+4Air ForceLost 14–31 vs. Wyoming-17WyomingLost 13–20 vs. San Diego State-7San Diego StateLost 13–24 at Hawai’i-11Hawai’iWon 35–24 vs. Ohio+11OhioWon 14–10 at New Mexico+4New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at12ColoradoL 17–⁠3720%
Sep 12vsIdahoL 34–⁠3776%
Sep 19atFresno StateL 21–⁠5224%
Sep 26atLSUW 17–⁠1430%
Oct 3vsUtahL 29–⁠3345%
Oct 10vsUTEPW 42–⁠2463%
Oct 17atAir ForceW 32–⁠2821%
Oct 24vsWyomingL 14–⁠3159%
Oct 31vsSan Diego StateL 13–⁠2039%
Nov 7atHawai’iL 13–⁠2426%
Nov 14vsOhioW 35–⁠2476%
Nov 21atNew MexicoW 14–⁠1046%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat New Mexico 14–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
281–⁠334
Coach
Earle Bruce
Elo
1430 −29 this season
SP+ rating
-5.6 No. 78 of 105; offense No. 55, defense No. 79
SRS
−6.1 No. 76 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Chuck Heater

All-WAC

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Pat MeyerOLCoaches-2
  • Bob CoxCCoaches-2
  • Brian SchneiderLBCoaches-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.