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1990 Wyoming

9–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Paul Roach.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1990, game by game: won vs. Temple 38–23; won at Washington State 34–13; won vs. Arkansas State 34–27; won vs. Air Force 24–12; won at Utah 28–10; won vs. San Diego State 52–51; won vs. New Mexico 25–22; won vs. Weber State 21–12; won at UTEP 17–10; lost at Colorado State 8–17; lost vs. No. 8 BYU 14–45; lost at Hawai’i 17–38; lost vs. California 15–17+21−31Won 38–23 vs. Temple+15TempleWon 34–13 at Washington State+21Washington StateWon 34–27 vs. Arkansas State+7Arkansas StateWon 24–12 vs. Air Force+12Air ForceWon 28–10 at Utah+18UtahWon 52–51 vs. San Diego State+1San Diego StateWon 25–22 vs. New Mexico+3New MexicoWon 21–12 vs. Weber State+9Weber StateWon 17–10 at UTEP+7UTEPLost 8–17 at Colorado State-9Colorado StateLost 14–45 vs. No. 8 BYU-31No. 8 BYULost 17–38 at Hawai’i-21Hawai’iLost 15–17 vs. California-2California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsTempleW 38–⁠2375%
Sep 8atWashington StateW 34–⁠1337%
Sep 15vsArkansas StateW 34–⁠2783%
Sep 22vsAir ForceW 24–⁠1262%
Sep 29atUtahW 28–⁠1065%
Oct 6vsSan Diego StateW 52–⁠5172%
Oct 13vsNew MexicoW 25–⁠2285%
Oct 20vsWeber StateW 21–⁠1291%
Oct 27atUTEPW 17–⁠1079%
Nov 3atColorado StateL 8–⁠1759%
Nov 10vs8BYUL 14–⁠4547%
Nov 17atHawai’iL 17–⁠3848%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsCaliforniaCopper BowlL 15–⁠1749%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 17–⁠15 in the Copper Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 23
  2. Wk 8: 21
  3. Wk 9: 18
  4. Wk 10: 19
  5. Wk 11: 25

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 1990.

Record
9–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
327–⁠297
Coach
Paul Roach
Elo
1534 +17 this season
SP+ rating
-0.4 No. 58 of 104; offense No. 50, defense No. 62
SRS
−1.4 No. 57 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 4Mitch Donahue LBSan Francisco 49ers

1990 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU7–⁠110–⁠322
Colorado State6–⁠19–⁠4
San Diego State5–⁠26–⁠5
Wyoming5–⁠39–⁠4
Hawai’i4–⁠47–⁠5
Air Force3–⁠47–⁠5
Utah2–⁠64–⁠7
New Mexico1–⁠62–⁠10
UTEP1–⁠73–⁠8

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