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1982 Wyoming

5–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Al Kincaid.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1982, game by game: lost vs. New Mexico 20–41; lost at Colorado State 3–9; won vs. Long Beach State 36–27; won at Colorado 24–10; won at Hawai’i 28–10; lost vs. San Diego State 21–24; lost vs. Cal State Fullerton 16–20; won vs. Utah 16–13; lost at Air Force 34–44; lost at BYU 13–23; won vs. Wichita State 24–20; lost at UTEP 32–39+18−21Lost 20–41 vs. New Mexico-21New MexicoLost 3–9 at Colorado State-6Colorado StateWon 36–27 vs. Long Beach State+9Long Beach StateWon 24–10 at Colorado+14ColoradoWon 28–10 at Hawai’i+18Hawai’iLost 21–24 vs. San Diego State-3San Diego StateLost 16–20 vs. Cal State Fullerton-4Cal State Fulle…Won 16–13 vs. Utah+3UtahLost 34–44 at Air Force-10Air ForceLost 13–23 at BYU-10BYUWon 24–20 vs. Wichita State+4Wichita StateLost 32–39 at UTEP-7UTEP
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsNew MexicoL 20–⁠4171%
Sep 11atColorado StateL 3–⁠966%
Sep 18vsLong Beach StateW 36–⁠2766%
Sep 25atColoradoW 24–⁠1054%
Oct 2atHawai’iW 28–⁠1033%
Oct 9vsSan Diego StateL 21–⁠2475%
Oct 16vsCal State FullertonL 16–⁠2083%
Oct 23vsUtahW 16–⁠1352%
Oct 30atAir ForceL 34–⁠4456%
Nov 6atBYUL 13–⁠2319%
Nov 13vsWichita StateW 24–⁠2055%
Nov 20atUTEPL 32–⁠3979%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UTEP 39–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 47th-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 1982.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 8th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
267–⁠280
Coach
Al Kincaid
Elo
1464 −91 this season
SP+ rating
-3.5 No. 68 of 109; offense No. 57, defense No. 82
SRS
−4.7 No. 70 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Joe Digiorgio and Guy Frazier

1982 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU7–⁠18–⁠4
New Mexico6–⁠110–⁠1
Air Force4–⁠38–⁠5
San Diego State4–⁠37–⁠5
Hawai’i4–⁠46–⁠5
Colorado State3–⁠54–⁠7
Utah2–⁠45–⁠6
Wyoming2–⁠65–⁠7
UTEP1–⁠62–⁠10

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