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1995 Colorado State

8–⁠4 (6–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Sonny Lubick.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1995, game by game: won vs. Montana State 31–10; lost at No. 10 Colorado 14–42; won at No. 21 Air Force 27–20; lost vs. BYU 21–28; won at Utah State 59–17; won at Utah 19–14; lost vs. New Mexico 14–22; won at Wyoming 31–24; won vs. UTEP 56–10; won vs. Hawai’i 22–0; won at San Diego State 24–13; lost vs. No. 10 Kansas State 21–54+46−33Won 31–10 vs. Montana State+21Montana StateLost 14–42 at No. 10 Colorado-28No. 10 ColoradoWon 27–20 at No. 21 Air Force+7No. 21 Air ForceLost 21–28 vs. BYU-7BYUWon 59–17 at Utah State+42Utah StateWon 19–14 at Utah+5UtahLost 14–22 vs. New Mexico-8New MexicoWon 31–24 at Wyoming+7WyomingWon 56–10 vs. UTEP+46UTEPWon 22–0 vs. Hawai’i+22Hawai’iWon 24–13 at San Diego State+11San Diego StateLost 21–54 vs. No. 10 Kansas State-33No. 10 Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsMontana StateW 31–⁠1088%
Sep 9at10ColoradoL 14–⁠4224%
Sep 16at21Air ForceW 27–⁠2037%
Sep 30vsBYUL 21–⁠2865%
Oct 7atUtah StateW 59–⁠1772%
Oct 14atUtahW 19–⁠1441%
Oct 21vsNew MexicoL 14–⁠2273%
Oct 28atWyomingW 31–⁠2453%
Nov 4vsUTEPW 56–⁠1089%
Nov 11vsHawai’iW 22–⁠077%
Nov 25atSan Diego StateW 24–⁠1346%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs10Kansas StateHoliday BowlL 21–⁠5443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 54–⁠21 in the Holiday Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Western Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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 1995.

Western Athletic Conference champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Air Force, BYU and Utah

Jim Thorpe AwardGreg Myers, S

Consensus All-AmericanGreg Myers, S

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
339–⁠254
Coach
Sonny Lubick
Elo
1595 +33 this season
SP+ rating
11.3 No. 31 of 107; offense No. 31, defense No. 44
SRS
2.7 No. 45 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dave Lay
Defensive coordinator
Larry Kerr

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 3Brady Smith DENew Orleans Saints
Rd 4Sean Moran DEBuffalo Bills
Rd 5Greg Myers DBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 5Raymond Jackson DBBuffalo Bills

All-WAC

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • E.J. WatsonRBCoaches-2
  • Karl BallardLBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State6–⁠28–⁠4
BYU6–⁠27–⁠4
Utah6–⁠27–⁠4
Air Force6–⁠28–⁠5
San Diego State5–⁠38–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠46–⁠5
Fresno State2–⁠65–⁠7
New Mexico2–⁠64–⁠7
Hawai’i2–⁠64–⁠8
UTEP1–⁠72–⁠10

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