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1986 UTEP

4–⁠8 (2–⁠6 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Bob Stull.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1986, game by game: won vs. Northern Michigan 64–29; lost vs. Air Force 21–23; won at New Mexico State 47–33; lost at Hawai’i 21–31; lost at No. 15 Iowa 7–69; lost at Tennessee 16–26; lost at New Mexico 22–24; lost vs. San Diego State 10–15; lost at BYU 13–37; lost at Wyoming 12–41; won vs. Colorado State 21–19; won vs. Utah 55–44+35−62Won 64–29 vs. Northern Michigan+35Northern Michig…Lost 21–23 vs. Air Force-2Air ForceWon 47–33 at New Mexico State+14New Mexico StateLost 21–31 at Hawai’i-10Hawai’iLost 7–69 at No. 15 Iowa-62No. 15 IowaLost 16–26 at Tennessee-10TennesseeLost 22–24 at New Mexico-2New MexicoLost 10–15 vs. San Diego State-5San Diego StateLost 13–37 at BYU-24BYULost 12–41 at Wyoming-29WyomingWon 21–19 vs. Colorado State+2Colorado StateWon 55–44 vs. Utah+11Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsNorthern MichiganW 64–⁠2973%
Sep 6vsAir ForceL 21–⁠2318%
Sep 13atNew Mexico StateW 47–⁠3351%
Sep 20atHawai’iL 21–⁠3127%
Sep 27at15IowaL 7–⁠6912%
Oct 4atTennesseeL 16–⁠2614%
Oct 11atNew MexicoL 22–⁠2442%
Oct 18vsSan Diego StateL 10–⁠1536%
Oct 25atBYUL 13–⁠3711%
Nov 8atWyomingL 12–⁠4123%
Nov 22vsColorado StateW 21–⁠1930%
Nov 29vsUtahW 55–⁠4443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah 55–⁠44; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 on file).

Led the nationSammy Garza: passing yards (3,140 yds)

Record
4–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠6 8th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
309–⁠391
Coach
Bob Stull
Elo
1353 +18 this season
SP+ rating
-11.7 No. 79 of 101; offense No. 49, defense No. 94
SRS
−10.3 No. 83 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
Dirk Koetter and Jim Marshall

1986 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
San Diego State7–⁠18–⁠4
BYU6–⁠28–⁠5
Air Force5–⁠26–⁠5
Hawai’i4–⁠47–⁠5
Colorado State4–⁠46–⁠5
Wyoming4–⁠46–⁠6
New Mexico2–⁠54–⁠8
UTEP2–⁠64–⁠8
Utah1–⁠72–⁠9

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