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1988 UTEP

10–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Bob Stull.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1988, game by game: won vs. Mankato State 37–3; won vs. Weber State 48–21; lost at BYU 27–31; won at Tulsa 27–24; won vs. Utah 38–28; won at Hawai’i 42–25; won vs. Colorado State 34–14; won at New Mexico 37–0; won at New Mexico State 42–9; lost at No. 10 Wyoming 6–51; won vs. San Diego State 58–7; won vs. Air Force 31–24; lost vs. Southern Miss 18–38+51−45Won 37–3 vs. Mankato State+34Mankato StateWon 48–21 vs. Weber State+27Weber StateLost 27–31 at BYU-4BYUWon 27–24 at Tulsa+3TulsaWon 38–28 vs. Utah+10UtahWon 42–25 at Hawai’i+17Hawai’iWon 34–14 vs. Colorado State+20Colorado StateWon 37–0 at New Mexico+37New MexicoWon 42–9 at New Mexico State+33New Mexico StateLost 6–51 at No. 10 Wyoming-45No. 10 WyomingWon 58–7 vs. San Diego State+51San Diego StateWon 31–24 vs. Air Force+7Air ForceLost 18–38 vs. Southern Miss-20Southern Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsMankato StateW 37–⁠387%
Sep 10vsWeber StateW 48–⁠2182%
Sep 17atBYUL 27–⁠3131%
Sep 24atTulsaW 27–⁠2448%
Oct 1vsUtahW 38–⁠2873%
Oct 8atHawai’iW 42–⁠2537%
Oct 15vsColorado StateW 34–⁠1482%
Oct 22atNew MexicoW 37–⁠080%
Oct 29atNew Mexico StateW 42–⁠982%
Nov 5at10WyomingL 6–⁠5129%
Nov 12vsSan Diego StateW 58–⁠776%
Nov 19vsAir ForceW 31–⁠2467%
Dec 23Bowls & playoffvsSouthern MissIndependence BowlL 18–⁠3850%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Southern Miss 38–⁠18 in the Independence Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 on file).

Record
10–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 2nd in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
445–⁠275
Coach
Bob Stull
Elo
1562 +89 this season
SP+ rating
8.8 No. 35 of 102; offense No. 18, defense No. 66
SRS
4.8 No. 37 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dirk Koetter

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 4Tony Tolbert DEDallas Cowboys
Rd 6Chris Jacke KGreen Bay Packers

1988 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming8–⁠011–⁠2
UTEP6–⁠210–⁠3
Hawai’i5–⁠39–⁠3
BYU5–⁠39–⁠4
Utah4–⁠46–⁠5
Air Force3–⁠55–⁠7
San Diego State3–⁠53–⁠8
New Mexico1–⁠72–⁠10
Colorado State1–⁠71–⁠10

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