
1992 New Mexico
3–8 (2–6 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Dennis Franchione. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat UTEP 35–14Nov 14
By 21 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs | W 24–7 | 38% |
| Sep 12 | at | L 39–42 | 51% |
| Sep 19 | vs | L 13–20 | 64% |
| Sep 26 | at | L 32–33 | 17% |
| Oct 3 | vs | L 21–49 | 32% |
| Oct 10 | at | L 21–35 | 28% |
| Oct 17 | vs | W 24–7 | 27% |
| Oct 24 | at | L 28–31 | 20% |
| Nov 7 | at | L 0–35 | 15% |
| Nov 14 | vs | W 35–14 | 60% |
| Nov 21 | vs | L 10–14 | 54% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Colorado State 14–10; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Western Athletic Conference.
In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).
- Record
- 3–8
- Conference
- 2–6 9th in Western Athletic Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 247–287
- Coach
- Dennis Franchione
- Elo
- 1367 −4 this season
- SP+ rating
- -7.7 No. 83 of 105; offense No. 62, defense No. 81
- SRS
- −7.4 No. 80 of 107 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Matt Simon
- Defensive coordinator
- Fred Bleil
- Offense
- Multiple
- Defense
- 4–3
All-WAC
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Jesse BectonLBCoaches-1
Winslow OliverFreshman of the yearCoaches
Second team
Carl WinstonWRCoaches-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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–2 | 11–2 | 20 | |
| 6–2 | 9–4 | 24 | |
| 6–2 | 8–5 | ||
| 5–3 | 5–5–1 | ||
| 4–4 | 7–5 | ||
| 4–4 | 6–6 | ||
| 3–5 | 5–7 | ||
| 3–5 | 5–7 | ||
| 2–6 | 3–8 | ||
| 1–7 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.