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1984 Wyoming

6–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Al Kincaid.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1984, game by game: won vs. South Dakota 31–13; lost at No. 2 Nebraska 7–42; won vs. Air Force 26–20; lost at Oregon State 14–41; won vs. Utah 21–14; lost vs. San Diego State 0–21; lost at No. 5 BYU 38–41; won vs. New Mexico 59–21; won at Colorado State 43–34; lost at Hawai’i 28–31; won vs. South Dakota State 45–29; lost at UTEP 22–35+38−35Won 31–13 vs. South Dakota+18South DakotaLost 7–42 at No. 2 Nebraska-35No. 2 NebraskaWon 26–20 vs. Air Force+6Air ForceLost 14–41 at Oregon State-27Oregon StateWon 21–14 vs. Utah+7UtahLost 0–21 vs. San Diego State-21San Diego StateLost 38–41 at No. 5 BYU-3No. 5 BYUWon 59–21 vs. New Mexico+38New MexicoWon 43–34 at Colorado State+9Colorado StateLost 28–31 at Hawai’i-3Hawai’iWon 45–29 vs. South Dakota State+16South Dakota St…Lost 22–35 at UTEP-13UTEP
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsSouth DakotaW 31–⁠1393%
Sep 8at2NebraskaL 7–⁠4219%
Sep 15vsAir ForceW 26–⁠2045%
Sep 22atOregon StateL 14–⁠4169%
Sep 29vsUtahW 21–⁠1453%
Oct 6vsSan Diego StateL 0–⁠2169%
Oct 13at5BYUL 38–⁠4113%
Oct 20vsNew MexicoW 59–⁠2151%
Oct 27atColorado StateW 43–⁠3457%
Nov 3atHawai’iL 28–⁠3142%
Nov 10vsSouth Dakota StateW 45–⁠2990%
Nov 17atUTEPL 22–⁠3577%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UTEP 35–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 46th-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 1984.

Led the nationKevin Lowe: yards per carry (8.0)

Consensus All-AmericanJay Novacek, TE

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 6th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
334–⁠342
Coach
Al Kincaid
Elo
1464 −62 this season
SP+ rating
-1.1 No. 67 of 106; offense No. 22, defense No. 94
SRS
−3.7 No. 73 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jay Novacek, Joe Ramunno, Bruce Mowry and Troy Schroede

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 6Jay Novacek TESt. Louis Cardinals

1984 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU8–⁠013–⁠01
Hawai’i5–⁠27–⁠4
Air Force4–⁠38–⁠4
Utah4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
San Diego State4–⁠3–⁠14–⁠7–⁠1
Wyoming4–⁠46–⁠6
Colorado State3–⁠53–⁠8
New Mexico1–⁠74–⁠8
UTEP1–⁠72–⁠9

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