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1992 Fresno State

9–⁠4 (6–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Jim Sweeney, finished No. 24 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Fresno State in 1992, game by game: won at Pacific 42–21; lost at Oregon State 36–46; won vs. Colorado State 52–21; lost vs. Washington State 37–39; won vs. Louisiana Tech 48–14; lost at BYU 24–36; lost at Hawai’i 45–47; won vs. New Mexico 31–28; won vs. Wyoming 42–31; won vs. Utah 41–15; won at San Diego State 45–41; won at UTEP 43–18; won vs. No. 23 USC 24–7+34−12Won 42–21 at Pacific+21PacificLost 36–46 at Oregon State-10Oregon StateWon 52–21 vs. Colorado State+31Colorado StateLost 37–39 vs. Washington State-2Washington StateWon 48–14 vs. Louisiana Tech+34Louisiana TechLost 24–36 at BYU-12BYULost 45–47 at Hawai’i-2Hawai’iWon 31–28 vs. New Mexico+3New MexicoWon 42–31 vs. Wyoming+11WyomingWon 41–15 vs. Utah+26UtahWon 45–41 at San Diego State+4San Diego StateWon 43–18 at UTEP+25UTEPWon 24–7 vs. No. 23 USC+17No. 23 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atPacificW 42–⁠2164%
Sep 12atOregon StateL 36–⁠4678%
Sep 19vsColorado StateW 52–⁠2176%
Sep 26vsWashington StateL 37–⁠3969%
Oct 3vsLouisiana TechW 48–⁠1459%
Oct 10atBYUL 24–⁠3646%
Oct 17atHawai’iL 45–⁠4753%
Oct 24vsNew MexicoW 31–⁠2880%
Oct 31vsWyomingW 42–⁠3168%
Nov 7vsUtahW 41–⁠1567%
Nov 21atSan Diego StateW 45–⁠4146%
Nov 28atUTEPW 43–⁠1880%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs23USCFreedom BowlW 24–⁠755%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat USC 24–⁠7 in the Freedom Bowl; No. 24 in the final AP poll; Western Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 97 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Final: 24

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 BYU and Hawai’i

Record
9–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
No. 24 peak No. 24
Points
510–⁠364
Coach
Jim Sweeney
Elo
1655 +68 this season
SP+ rating
13.2 No. 21 of 105; offense No. 1, defense No. 90
SRS
10.2 No. 21 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 4Lorenzo Neal RBNew Orleans Saints

All-WAC

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Trent DilferQBCoaches-1
  • Jesse HardwickOLCoaches-1
  • Zack RixDLCoaches-1

Second team

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.