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1978 Wyoming

5–⁠7 (4–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Bill Lewis.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1978, game by game: won vs. South Dakota 30–11; lost at No. 6 Texas 3–17; lost vs. Utah State 13–20; lost vs. New Mexico 15–19; won vs. San Diego State 31–22; won vs. Utah 34–21; won at Colorado State 13–3; lost at BYU 14–48; lost at UNLV 10–12; lost at Hawai’i 22–27; won at UTEP 51–21; lost at LSU 17–24+30−34Won 30–11 vs. South Dakota+19South DakotaLost 3–17 at No. 6 Texas-14No. 6 TexasLost 13–20 vs. Utah State-7Utah StateLost 15–19 vs. New Mexico-4New MexicoWon 31–22 vs. San Diego State+9San Diego StateWon 34–21 vs. Utah+13UtahWon 13–3 at Colorado State+10Colorado StateLost 14–48 at BYU-34BYULost 10–12 at UNLV-2UNLVLost 22–27 at Hawai’i-5Hawai’iWon 51–21 at UTEP+30UTEPLost 17–24 at LSU-7LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsSouth DakotaW 30–⁠1189%
Sep 23at6TexasL 3–⁠1717%
Sep 30vsUtah StateL 13–⁠2054%
Oct 7vsNew MexicoL 15–⁠1952%
Oct 14vsSan Diego StateW 31–⁠2233%
Oct 21vsUtahW 34–⁠2156%
Oct 28atColorado StateW 13–⁠346%
Nov 4atBYUL 14–⁠4829%
Nov 11atUNLVL 10–⁠1263%
Nov 18atHawai’iL 22–⁠2745%
Nov 25atUTEPW 51–⁠2173%
Dec 2atLSUL 17–⁠2421%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 24–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 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 1978.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
253–⁠245
Coach
Bill Lewis
Elo
1444 −1 this season
SP+ rating
7.4 No. 53 of 133; offense No. 46, defense No. 56
SRS
3.5 No. 53 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ken Fantetti and Marc Cousins

Drafted in 1979

The 1979 draft
Rd 2Ken Fantetti LBDetroit Lions

1978 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU5–⁠19–⁠4
Utah4–⁠28–⁠3
Wyoming4–⁠25–⁠7
New Mexico3–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado State2–⁠45–⁠6
San Diego State2–⁠44–⁠7
UTEP1–⁠51–⁠11

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