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1995 Utah

7–⁠4 (6–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Ron McBride.

Schedule and results

Utah in 1995, game by game: lost vs. Oregon 20–27; lost vs. Stanford 20–27; won at New Mexico 36–9; won vs. Fresno State 25–21; won at UTEP 34–21; lost vs. San Diego State 21–24; lost vs. Colorado State 14–19; won vs. Air Force 22–21; won vs. Utah State 40–20; won at Wyoming 30–24; won at BYU 34–17+27−7Lost 20–27 vs. Oregon-7OregonLost 20–27 vs. Stanford-7StanfordWon 36–9 at New Mexico+27New MexicoWon 25–21 vs. Fresno State+4Fresno StateWon 34–21 at UTEP+13UTEPLost 21–24 vs. San Diego State-3San Diego StateLost 14–19 vs. Colorado State-5Colorado StateWon 22–21 vs. Air Force+1Air ForceWon 40–20 vs. Utah State+20Utah StateWon 30–24 at Wyoming+6WyomingWon 34–17 at BYU+17BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsOregonL 20–⁠2760%
Sep 9vsStanfordL 20–⁠2766%
Sep 16atNew MexicoW 36–⁠947%
Sep 23vsFresno StateW 25–⁠2165%
Sep 30atUTEPW 34–⁠2177%
Oct 7vsSan Diego StateL 21–⁠2475%
Oct 14vsColorado StateL 14–⁠1959%
Oct 21vsAir ForceW 22–⁠2158%
Oct 28vsUtah StateW 40–⁠2079%
Nov 4atWyomingW 30–⁠2458%
Nov 18atBYUW 34–⁠1741%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 34–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; Western Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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 1995.

Western Athletic Conference champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Air Force, BYU and Colorado State

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
296–⁠230
Coach
Ron McBride
Elo
1625 +26 this season
SP+ rating
8.5 No. 39 of 107; offense No. 44, defense No. 42
SRS
1.9 No. 50 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Fred Graves
Defensive coordinator
Kyle Whittingham
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 7Henry Lusk TENew Orleans Saints

All-WAC

1 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Harold LuskDBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Rocky HenryWRCoaches-2
  • Henry LuskTECoaches-2
  • Chris RaeOLCoaches-2
  • Henry KaufusiDLCoaches-2
  • Dan PulsipherKCoaches-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.