1992 New Mexico

3–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Dennis Franchione.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1992, game by game: won vs. TCU 24–7; lost at New Mexico State 39–42; lost vs. SMU 13–20; lost at Air Force 32–33; lost vs. San Diego State 21–49; lost at Wyoming 21–35; won vs. Utah 24–7; lost at Fresno State 28–31; lost at BYU 0–35; won vs. UTEP 35–14; lost vs. Colorado State 10–14+21−35Won 24–7 vs. TCU+17TCULost 39–42 at New Mexico State-3New Mexico StateLost 13–20 vs. SMU-7SMULost 32–33 at Air Force-1Air ForceLost 21–49 vs. San Diego State-28San Diego StateLost 21–35 at Wyoming-14WyomingWon 24–7 vs. Utah+17UtahLost 28–31 at Fresno State-3Fresno StateLost 0–35 at BYU-35BYUWon 35–14 vs. UTEP+21UTEPLost 10–14 vs. Colorado State-4Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

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 team

First team

Second team

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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.