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2002 Wyoming

2–⁠10 (1–⁠6 Mountain West Conference), coached by Vic Koenning.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 2002, game by game: lost vs. No. 4 Tennessee 7–47; lost at Central Michigan 20–32; lost vs. Boise State 13–35; lost at No. 13 Washington 7–38; won vs. The Citadel 34–30; lost at Colorado State 36–44; lost vs. San Diego State 20–24; won vs. No. 22 Air Force 34–26; lost at UNLV 48–49; lost at BYU 31–35; lost vs. Utah 18–23; lost at New Mexico 20–49+8−40Lost 7–47 vs. No. 4 Tennessee-40No. 4 TennesseeLost 20–32 at Central Michigan-12Central MichiganLost 13–35 vs. Boise State-22Boise StateLost 7–38 at No. 13 Washington-31No. 13 WashingtonWon 34–30 vs. The Citadel+4The CitadelLost 36–44 at Colorado State-8Colorado StateLost 20–24 vs. San Diego State-4San Diego StateWon 34–26 vs. No. 22 Air Force+8No. 22 Air ForceLost 48–49 at UNLV-1UNLVLost 31–35 at BYU-4BYULost 18–23 vs. Utah-5UtahLost 20–49 at New Mexico-29New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vs4TennesseeL 7–⁠4714%
Sep 7atCentral MichiganL 20–⁠3235%
Sep 14vsBoise StateL 13–⁠3527%
Sep 21at13WashingtonL 7–⁠3812%
Oct 5vsThe CitadelW 34–⁠3060%
Oct 12atColorado StateL 36–⁠4413%
Oct 19vsSan Diego StateL 20–⁠2447%
Oct 26vs22Air ForceW 34–⁠2621%
Nov 2atUNLVL 48–⁠4926%
Nov 9atBYUL 31–⁠3521%
Nov 16vsUtahL 18–⁠2334%
Nov 30atNew MexicoL 20–⁠4920%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico 49–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Mountain West Conference.

In program history: The 106th-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 2002.

Record
2–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 8th in Mountain West Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
288–⁠432
Coach
Vic Koenning
Elo
1295 −52 this season
SP+ rating
-12.8 No. 93 of 117; offense No. 72, defense No. 101
SRS
−13.1 No. 96 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 80
Offensive coordinators
Lawrence Livington and Rob Phenicie
Defensive coordinator
Matt Wallerstedt
Offense
Spread
Defense
3–⁠4

Top recruits in the 2002 class

Charles Oliver CB★★No. 898
Chase Johnson DT★★No. 898
Dorsey Golston CB★★No. 898
Josh Barge WR★★No. 898
Jeff Rush PRO★★No. 898

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2002 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.767
Running backs22.00.767
Receivers22.00.767
Offensive line12.00.767
Defensive line22.00.767
Defensive backs22.00.767
Athletes and specialists12.00.767
Whole class112.00.767

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

2002 Mountain West Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State6–⁠110–⁠4
New Mexico5–⁠27–⁠7
Air Force4–⁠38–⁠5
San Diego State4–⁠34–⁠9
Utah3–⁠45–⁠6
UNLV3–⁠45–⁠7
BYU2–⁠55–⁠7
Wyoming1–⁠62–⁠10

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