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1992 San Diego State

5–⁠5–⁠1 (5–⁠3 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Al Luginbill.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1992, game by game: tied vs. USC 31–31; won at No. 25 BYU 45–38; lost at No. 11 UCLA 7–35; won at New Mexico 49–21; won vs. UTEP 49–27; lost vs. Air Force 17–20; won at Colorado State 20–13; lost at Wyoming 6–17; won vs. No. 24 Hawai’i 52–28; lost vs. Fresno State 41–45; lost vs. No. 1 Miami 17–63+28−46Tied 31–31 vs. USC0USCWon 45–38 at No. 25 BYU+7No. 25 BYULost 7–35 at No. 11 UCLA-28No. 11 UCLAWon 49–21 at New Mexico+28New MexicoWon 49–27 vs. UTEP+22UTEPLost 17–20 vs. Air Force-3Air ForceWon 20–13 at Colorado State+7Colorado StateLost 6–17 at Wyoming-11WyomingWon 52–28 vs. No. 24 Hawai’i+24No. 24 Hawai’iLost 41–45 vs. Fresno State-4Fresno StateLost 17–63 vs. No. 1 Miami-46No. 1 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsUSCT 31–⁠3163%
Sep 10at25BYUW 45–⁠3831%
Sep 26at11UCLAL 7–⁠3536%
Oct 3atNew MexicoW 49–⁠2168%
Oct 17vsUTEPW 49–⁠2783%
Oct 24vsAir ForceL 17–⁠2058%
Oct 31atColorado StateW 20–⁠1361%
Nov 7atWyomingL 6–⁠1757%
Nov 14vs24Hawai’iW 52–⁠2857%
Nov 21vsFresno StateL 41–⁠4554%
Nov 28vs1MiamiL 17–⁠6323%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 63–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 23
  2. Wk 5: 21

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.

Heisman voteMarshall Faulk, second

Led the nationMarshall Faulk: rushing yards (1,630 yds)

Consensus All-AmericanMarshall Faulk, RB

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 21
Points
334–⁠338
Coach
Al Luginbill
Elo
1542 −0 this season
SP+ rating
7.3 No. 36 of 105; offense No. 7, defense No. 88
SRS
3.0 No. 40 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bret Ingalls
Defensive coordinator
Barry Lamb

All-WAC

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Marshall FaulkRBCoaches-1
  • Darney ScottWRCoaches-1
  • Tony NicholsOLCoaches-1
  • Damon PieriDBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Carlson LeomitiOLCoaches-2
  • Jamal DuffDLCoaches-2
  • Robert GriffithLBCoaches-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

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.