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1983 Wyoming

7–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Al Kincaid.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1983, game by game: won vs. South Dakota 34–13; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 20–56; won vs. Air Force 14–7; lost at Kansas State 25–27; won vs. UTEP 49–17; lost vs. No. 20 BYU 10–41; lost at Utah 14–69; won vs. Colgate 49–29; lost at New Mexico 10–17; won at San Diego State 33–21; won vs. Colorado State 42–17; won at Hawai’i 31–13+32−55Won 34–13 vs. South Dakota+21South DakotaLost 20–56 at No. 1 Nebraska-36No. 1 NebraskaWon 14–7 vs. Air Force+7Air ForceLost 25–27 at Kansas State-2Kansas StateWon 49–17 vs. UTEP+32UTEPLost 10–41 vs. No. 20 BYU-31No. 20 BYULost 14–69 at Utah-55UtahWon 49–29 vs. Colgate+20ColgateLost 10–17 at New Mexico-7New MexicoWon 33–21 at San Diego State+12San Diego StateWon 42–17 vs. Colorado State+25Colorado StateWon 31–13 at Hawai’i+18Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsSouth DakotaW 34–⁠1391%
Sep 10at1NebraskaL 20–⁠5614%
Sep 17vsAir ForceW 14–⁠746%
Sep 24atKansas StateL 25–⁠2749%
Oct 1vsUTEPW 49–⁠1778%
Oct 8vs20BYUL 10–⁠4135%
Oct 15atUtahL 14–⁠6938%
Oct 22vsColgateW 49–⁠2961%
Nov 5atNew MexicoL 10–⁠1738%
Nov 12atSan Diego StateW 33–⁠2143%
Nov 19vsColorado StateW 42–⁠1770%
Nov 26atHawai’iW 31–⁠1338%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 31–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 24th-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 1983.

Consensus All-AmericanJack Weil, P

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 3rd in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
331–⁠327
Coach
Al Kincaid
Elo
1539 +63 this season
SP+ rating
4.8 No. 47 of 108; offense No. 18, defense No. 79
SRS
−1.1 No. 60 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Walt Goffigan, Brad Baumberger and Steve Nighswonger

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 2Chris Kolodziejski TEPittsburgh Steelers

1983 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU7–⁠011–⁠17
Air Force5–⁠210–⁠213
Wyoming5–⁠37–⁠5
New Mexico4–⁠36–⁠6
Utah4–⁠45–⁠6
Colorado State4–⁠45–⁠7
Hawai’i3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
San Diego State1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠9–⁠1
UTEP0–⁠82–⁠10

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