1982 UTEP

2–⁠10 (1–⁠6 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Bill Yung.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1982, game by game: won at New Mexico State 20–17; lost at No. 2 Washington 0–55; lost vs. No. 6 SMU 10–31; lost at Hawai’i 10–17; lost vs. BYU 3–51; lost at UNLV 21–28; lost at No. 10 Arizona State 6–37; lost vs. Air Force 7–35; lost at Colorado State 13–38; lost vs. New Mexico 18–31; lost vs. Utah 30–45; won vs. Wyoming 39–32+7−55Won 20–17 at New Mexico State+3New Mexico StateLost 0–55 at No. 2 Washington-55No. 2 WashingtonLost 10–31 vs. No. 6 SMU-21No. 6 SMULost 10–17 at Hawai’i-7Hawai’iLost 3–51 vs. BYU-48BYULost 21–28 at UNLV-7UNLVLost 6–37 at No. 10 Arizona State-31No. 10 Arizona StateLost 7–35 vs. Air Force-28Air ForceLost 13–38 at Colorado State-25Colorado StateLost 18–31 vs. New Mexico-13New MexicoLost 30–45 vs. Utah-15UtahWon 39–32 vs. Wyoming+7Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wyoming 39–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 on file).

Record
2–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 9th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠417
Coach
Bill Yung
Elo
1256 −49 this season
SP+ rating
-14.1 No. 96 of 109; offense No. 67, defense No. 99
SRS
−14.6 No. 97 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Hal Mumme
Offense
Spread

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 6Kevin Belcher OGNew York Giants
Rd 7Carlos Scott CSt. Louis Cardinals

1982 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU7–⁠18–⁠4
New Mexico6–⁠110–⁠1
Air Force4–⁠38–⁠5
San Diego State4–⁠37–⁠5
Hawai’i4–⁠46–⁠5
Colorado State3–⁠54–⁠7
Utah2–⁠45–⁠6
Wyoming2–⁠65–⁠7
UTEP1–⁠62–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.