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1995 UTEP

2–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Charlie Bailey.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1995, game by game: lost at New Mexico State 17–45; lost at Arizona State 20–45; won vs. Valdosta State 34–24; lost at Hawai’i 21–42; lost vs. Utah 21–34; lost at Air Force 46–56; lost vs. Tulsa 28–38; lost vs. San Diego State 16–45; lost at Colorado State 10–56; lost at Fresno State 14–47; won vs. New Mexico 17–12; lost vs. Wyoming 19–42+10−46Lost 17–45 at New Mexico State-28New Mexico StateLost 20–45 at Arizona State-25Arizona StateWon 34–24 vs. Valdosta State+10Valdosta StateLost 21–42 at Hawai’i-21Hawai’iLost 21–34 vs. Utah-13UtahLost 46–56 at Air Force-10Air ForceLost 28–38 vs. Tulsa-10TulsaLost 16–45 vs. San Diego State-29San Diego StateLost 10–56 at Colorado State-46Colorado StateLost 14–47 at Fresno State-33Fresno StateWon 17–12 vs. New Mexico+5New MexicoLost 19–42 vs. Wyoming-23Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atNew Mexico StateL 17–⁠4545%
Sep 9atArizona StateL 20–⁠4528%
Sep 16vsValdosta StateW 34–⁠2475%
Sep 23atHawai’iL 21–⁠4238%
Sep 30vsUtahL 21–⁠3423%
Oct 7atAir ForceL 46–⁠5617%
Oct 14vsTulsaL 28–⁠3841%
Oct 28vsSan Diego StateL 16–⁠4525%
Nov 4atColorado StateL 10–⁠5611%
Nov 11atFresno StateL 14–⁠4720%
Nov 18vsNew MexicoW 17–⁠1232%
Nov 25vsWyomingL 19–⁠4228%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wyoming 42–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 76th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 on file).

Record
2–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠7 10th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
263–⁠486
Coach
Charlie Bailey
Elo
1259 −121 this season
SP+ rating
-26.1 No. 105 of 107; offense No. 73, defense No. 106
SRS
−25.1 No. 106 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Darrell Dickey
Defensive coordinator
Pete Kuharchek

All-WAC

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Michael ComerLBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Toraino SingletonRBCoaches-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.