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1996 UTEP

2–⁠9 (0–⁠8 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Charlie Bailey.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1996, game by game: lost at Arizona 3–23; won vs. New Mexico State 14–7; lost at San José State 25–26; won at Northern Illinois 37–6; lost vs. No. 24 Utah 27–34; lost at TCU 0–18; lost vs. Rice 21–48; lost at No. 13 BYU 18–40; lost vs. SMU 0–30; lost vs. Tulsa 21–38; lost at New Mexico 17–44+31−30Lost 3–23 at Arizona-20ArizonaWon 14–7 vs. New Mexico State+7New Mexico StateLost 25–26 at San José State-1San José StateWon 37–6 at Northern Illinois+31Northern Illino…Lost 27–34 vs. No. 24 Utah-7No. 24 UtahLost 0–18 at TCU-18TCULost 21–48 vs. Rice-27RiceLost 18–40 at No. 13 BYU-22No. 13 BYULost 0–30 vs. SMU-30SMULost 21–38 vs. Tulsa-17TulsaLost 17–44 at New Mexico-27New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atArizonaL 3–⁠2318%
Sep 14vsNew Mexico StateW 14–⁠753%
Sep 21atSan José StateL 25–⁠2645%
Sep 28atNorthern IllinoisW 37–⁠648%
Oct 5vs24UtahL 27–⁠3425%
Oct 12atTCUL 0–⁠1835%
Oct 26vsRiceL 21–⁠4842%
Nov 2at13BYUL 18–⁠4010%
Nov 9vsSMUL 0–⁠3051%
Nov 16vsTulsaL 21–⁠3846%
Nov 23atNew MexicoL 17–⁠4421%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico 44–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 16th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 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 1996.

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠8 16th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
183–⁠314
Coach
Charlie Bailey
Elo
1244 −95 this season
SP+ rating
-23.9 No. 104 of 111; offense No. 107, defense No. 87
SRS
−18.4 No. 100 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Darrell Dickey
Defensive coordinator
Ronnie Jones

1996 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU9–⁠014–⁠15
Wyoming7–⁠110–⁠222
San Diego State6–⁠28–⁠3
Utah6–⁠28–⁠4
Rice6–⁠27–⁠4
Colorado State6–⁠27–⁠5
Air Force5–⁠36–⁠5
SMU4–⁠45–⁠6
New Mexico3–⁠56–⁠5
Fresno State3–⁠54–⁠7
TCU3–⁠54–⁠7
San José State3–⁠53–⁠9
Tulsa2–⁠64–⁠7
Hawai’i1–⁠72–⁠10
UNLV1–⁠81–⁠11
UTEP0–⁠82–⁠9

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