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1978 New Mexico

7–⁠5 (3–⁠3 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Bill Mondt.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1978, game by game: lost at Hawai’i 16–22; won at Wichita State 16–14; won vs. UNLV 24–0; lost vs. BYU 23–27; won at Wyoming 19–15; lost vs. Texas Tech 23–36; won vs. New Mexico State 35–20; won at UTEP 21–0; won at Utah 24–12; lost vs. Colorado State 15–26; won vs. Pacific 44–6; lost at San Diego State 24–27+38−13Lost 16–22 at Hawai’i-6Hawai’iWon 16–14 at Wichita State+2Wichita StateWon 24–0 vs. UNLV+24UNLVLost 23–27 vs. BYU-4BYUWon 19–15 at Wyoming+4WyomingLost 23–36 vs. Texas Tech-13Texas TechWon 35–20 vs. New Mexico State+15New Mexico StateWon 21–0 at UTEP+21UTEPWon 24–12 at Utah+12UtahLost 15–26 vs. Colorado State-11Colorado StateWon 44–6 vs. Pacific+38PacificLost 24–27 at San Diego State-3San Diego State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atHawai’iL 16–⁠2250%
Sep 16atWichita StateW 16–⁠1441%
Sep 23vsUNLVW 24–⁠089%
Sep 30vsBYUL 23–⁠2738%
Oct 7atWyomingW 19–⁠1548%
Oct 14vsTexas TechL 23–⁠3651%
Oct 21vsNew Mexico StateW 35–⁠2066%
Oct 28atUTEPW 21–⁠067%
Nov 4atUtahW 24–⁠1250%
Nov 11vsColorado StateL 15–⁠2672%
Nov 18vsPacificW 44–⁠663%
Nov 25atSan Diego StateL 24–⁠2739%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to San Diego State 27–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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 1978.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠3 4th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
284–⁠205
Coach
Bill Mondt
Elo
1487 +17 this season
SP+ rating
5.3 No. 58 of 133; offense No. 58, defense No. 59
SRS
4.9 No. 50 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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1978 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU5–⁠19–⁠4
Utah4–⁠28–⁠3
Wyoming4–⁠25–⁠7
New Mexico3–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado State2–⁠45–⁠6
San Diego State2–⁠44–⁠7
UTEP1–⁠51–⁠11

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