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1995 New Mexico

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Dennis Franchione.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1995, game by game: won vs. Northern Arizona 45–21; lost vs. Utah 9–36; won vs. New Mexico State 36–24; lost vs. Air Force 24–27; lost at Fresno State 34–51; won vs. Hawai’i 24–10; won at Colorado State 22–14; lost vs. No. 22 Texas Tech 7–34; lost at San Diego State 29–38; lost vs. BYU 14–31; lost at UTEP 12–17+24−27Won 45–21 vs. Northern Arizona+24Northern ArizonaLost 9–36 vs. Utah-27UtahWon 36–24 vs. New Mexico State+12New Mexico StateLost 24–27 vs. Air Force-3Air ForceLost 34–51 at Fresno State-17Fresno StateWon 24–10 vs. Hawai’i+14Hawai’iWon 22–14 at Colorado State+8Colorado StateLost 7–34 vs. No. 22 Texas Tech-27No. 22 Texas TechLost 29–38 at San Diego State-9San Diego StateLost 14–31 vs. BYU-17BYULost 12–17 at UTEP-5UTEP
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsNorthern ArizonaW 45–⁠2183%
Sep 16vsUtahL 9–⁠3653%
Sep 23vsNew Mexico StateW 36–⁠2473%
Sep 30vsAir ForceL 24–⁠2753%
Oct 7atFresno StateL 34–⁠5139%
Oct 14vsHawai’iW 24–⁠1060%
Oct 21atColorado StateW 22–⁠1427%
Oct 28vs22Texas TechL 7–⁠3447%
Nov 4atSan Diego StateL 29–⁠3832%
Nov 11vsBYUL 14–⁠3142%
Nov 18atUTEPL 12–⁠1768%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UTEP 17–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 7th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
256–⁠303
Coach
Dennis Franchione
Elo
1411 −88 this season
SP+ rating
-10.0 No. 85 of 107; offense No. 80, defense No. 78
SRS
−12.5 No. 92 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dennis Darnell
Defensive coordinator
Fred Bleil
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 3Winslow Oliver RBCarolina Panthers
Rd 6Chris Griffin TENew England Patriots

All-WAC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Brandon TurnerOLCoaches-2
  • Matt TynerOLCoaches-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.