1970 Wyoming

1–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Lloyd Eaton.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1970, game by game: lost vs. Air Force 17–41; lost vs. Utah State 29–42; lost vs. No. 18 Arizona State 3–52; won at Colorado State 16–6; lost vs. Utah 16–20; lost vs. New Mexico 7–17; lost at BYU 3–23; lost at UTEP 7–42; lost at Houston 0–28; lost at Arizona 12–38+10−49Lost 17–41 vs. Air Force-24Air ForceLost 29–42 vs. Utah State-13Utah StateLost 3–52 vs. No. 18 Arizona State-49No. 18 Arizona StateWon 16–6 at Colorado State+10Colorado StateLost 16–20 vs. Utah-4UtahLost 7–17 vs. New Mexico-10New MexicoLost 3–23 at BYU-20BYULost 7–42 at UTEP-35UTEPLost 0–28 at Houston-28HoustonLost 12–38 at Arizona-26Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona 38–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
110–⁠309
Coach
Lloyd Eaton
Elo
1335 −194 this season
SP+ rating
-16.3 No. 106 of 117; offense No. 102, defense No. 104
SRS
−13.8 No. 99 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Tom Gorman and Dale Pernula

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 7Bob Jacobs KCleveland Browns

1970 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State7–⁠011–⁠06
New Mexico5–⁠17–⁠3
Utah4–⁠26–⁠4
UTEP4–⁠36–⁠4
Arizona2–⁠44–⁠6
Colorado State1–⁠34–⁠7
BYU1–⁠63–⁠8
Wyoming1–⁠61–⁠9

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