Ntl. Rank Total Pass Score Team Rush Pass Score
  Finish (S. High) Off. Off. Off. Def. Def. Def. Def.
                   
1972 7-4   361.5 151.4 22.8 348.9 195.1 153.8 20.6
WAC 2nd T Unranked 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 1st
NCAA     --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
                   
1973 5-6   437.4 266.4 30.4 340.8 165.2 175.6 22.5
WAC 4th T Unranked 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 5th 3rd
NCAA     8th 2nd 13th ---- ---- ---- ----
                   
1974 7-4-1 20th AP 338.5 210.4 26.9 261.6 111.5 150.2 16.6
WAC 1st 19th UPI 4th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th 3rd
NCAA   (19th) ---- 7th ---- ---- 3rd ---- ----
                   
1975 6-5   356.4 177.6 22.2 331.7 182.7 149.0 20.7
WAC 4th T Unranked 4th 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 5th 4th
NCAA     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
                   
1976 9-3 Unranked 424.4 307.8 31.9 322.2 154.7 167.0 16.5
WAC 1st T (17th) 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 5th 1st
NCAA     6th 1st 8th ---- 24th ---- 45th
                   
1977 9-2 16th UPI 470.2 341.6 39.4 333.6 160.9 172.8 15.0
WAC 1st T (12th) 1st 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd
NCAA     3rd 1st 2nd ---- ---- ---- ----
                   
1978 9-4 Unranked 364.9 238.2 25.3 320.2 157.6 162.6 14.7
WAC 1st   5th 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 6th 1st
NCAA     ---- 8th ---- ---- 37th ---- 27th
                   
1979 11-1 13th AP 521.4 368.3 40.6 277.7 155.0 122.6 11.4
WAC 1st 12th UPI 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
NCAA   (9th) 1st 1st 1st 29th 37th 40th 12th
                   
1980 12-1 12th AP 535.0 409.8 46.7 343.0 160.1 182.9 16.5
WAC 1st 11th UPI 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 5th 1st
NCAA   (11th) 1st 1st 1st ---- ---- ----- ----
                   
1981 11-2 13th AP 480.3 356.9 38.7 322.4 138.2 184.2 18.3
WAC 1st 11th UPI 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd
NCAA   (8th) 3rd 1st 1st ----- ---- ----- ----
                   
1982 8-4 Unranked 466.2 289.8 32.5 326.7 168.9 157.8 15.2
WAC 1st (19th) 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 6th 1st 1st
NCAA     2nd 5th 7th ----- ---- 20th 16th
                   
1983 11-1 7th AP 584.2 381.2 44.0 376.5 129.9 246.6 20.9
WAC 1st 7th UPI 1st 1st 1st 4th 2nd 9th 3rd
NCAA   (7th) 1st 1st 2nd ----- 26th ----- 50th
                   
1984 13-0 No. 1 AP 486.5 346.2 36.0 321.3 161.8 159.5 13.8
WAC 1st No. 1 UPI 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 1st 1st
NCAA   (1st) 1st 1st 2nd 32nd ---- 27th 10th
                   
1985 11-3 17 UPI 500.2 354.5 33.5 297.9 124.6 173.3 13.5
WAC 1st 16th AP 1st 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st
NCAA   (7th) 1st 1st 7th 18th 19th 35th 12th
                   
1986 8-5 Unranked 406.6 235.6 25.0 277.8 88.8 189.0 17.1
WAC 2nd (9th) 4th 7th 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st
NCAA     19th 20th 39th 10th 6th 55th 24th
                   
1987 9-4 Unranked 382.7 291.8 27.8 353.0 136.6 216.4 22.6
WAC 2nd   6th 5th 6th 4th 2nd 3rd 4th
NCAA     33rd 9th 22nd 51st 23rd 88th 55th
                   
1988 9-4 Unranked 456.9 322.8 33.4 320.3 131.4 188.8 22.0
WAC 3rd-t (18th) 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd
NCAA     13th 4th 13th 34th 23rd 55th 52nd
                   
1989 10-3 22 AP 540.4 394.3 40.3 404.6 137.7 266.9 26.6
WAC 1st 18 UPI 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 9th 3rd
NCAA   (15th) 2nd 2nd 4th 80th 36th 104th 74th
                   
1990 10-3 22 AP 565.8 448.3 42.5 390.8 116.3 253.3 23.8
WAC 1st 17 UPI 1st 1st 1st 5th 2nd 1st 4th
NCAA   (4th) 2nd 2nd 2nd 74th 20th 42nd 56th
                   
1991 8-3-2 23rd CNN 479.5 343.8 35.0 431.3 156.8 274.5 25.7
WAC 1st 23rd AP 1st 1st 1st 6th 3rd 8th 4th
NCAA   (23rd) 5th 2nd 11th 96th 53rd 92nd 74th
                   
1992 8-5 23rd CNN 459.8 297.9 29.6 360.0 128.9 231.1 22.9
WAC 1st-t 25th AP 2nd 1st 4th 1st 1st 3rd 2nd
NCAA   (22nd) 7th 5th 16th 60th 23rd 49th 58th
                   
1993 6-6 Unranked 474.7 369.1 35.5 475.7 227.7 248.0 37.0
WAC 1st-t (17th) 3rd 1st 2nd 10th 10th 7th 9th
NCAA     9th 2nd 12th 104th 102nd 94th 103rd
                   
1994 10-3 10th CNN 457.4 312.9 29.5 383.6 121.4 262.2 24.5
WAC 2nd-t 18th AP 2nd 1st 6th 6th 3rd 8th 5th
NCAA   (10th) 9th 3rd 26th 71st 22nd 90th 61st
                   
1995 7-4 Unranked 411.8 315.4 27.9 377 167.7 209.3 24.4
WAC 1st-t (25th) 7th 1st 6th 4th 4th 4th 5th
NCAA     28th 5th 36th 62nd 62nd 61st 58th
                   
1996 14-1 5th AP 478 295.9 40.8 316.6 124.6 192.0 18.7
WAC 1st 5th CNN 2nd 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st
NCAA   (5th) 6th 13th 5th 25th 27th 36th 25th
                   
1997 6-5 Unranked 335.6 227.3 22.7 358.0 164.4 193.6 23.1
WAC 5th PD (16th) 9th 2nd 9th 10th 10th 10th 7th
NCAA     73rd 39th 68th 52nd 66th 72nd 50th
                   
1998 9-5   381.7 236.9 28.8 273.9 91.2 182.7 19.2
WAC 2nd Unranked 5th 1st 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd
NCAA     44th 34th 37th 5th 5th 21st 25th
                   
1999 8-4 Unranked 425.6 324.3 30.2 307.8 102.5 205.3 20.9
MWC T-1st (12th) 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 5th 4th
NCAA     13th 8th 28th 21st 14th 39th 32nd
                   
2000 6-6 Unranked 374.0 274.6 23.3 345.0 121.7 223.3 25.8
MWC T-3rd   4th 1st 4th 4th 2nd 8th 7th
NCAA     55th 16th 73rd 40th 30th 72th 66th
                   
2001 12-2 24th ESPN 542.8 325.0 46.8 448.5 202.8 245.7 30.5
MWC 1st 25th AP 1st 1st 1st 6th 5th 7th 6th
NCAA   (7th) 1st 7th 1st 102nd 95th 88th 85th
                   
2002 5-7 Unranked 381.8 260.8 22.7 384.7 177.8 206.9 27.8
MWC 7th (24th) 5th 3rd 7th 5th 7th 3rd 5th
NCAA     50th 27th 87th 69th 91st 48th 72nd
                   
2003 4-8 Unranked 314.6 215.0 16.3 307.0 130.8 176.2 25.8
MWC T-4th   7th 4th 8th 2nd 3rd 2nd 7th
NCAA     102nd 64th 109th 14th 33rd 8th 62nd
                   
2004 5-6 Unranked 384.0 279.5 24.3 378.5 149.3 229.3 26.8
MWC 3rd   3rd 1st 4th 5th 4th 8th 5th
NCAA     48th 12th 69th 59th 59th 78th 70th
                   
2005 6-6 Unranked 462.4 310.1 33.0 417.1 147.8 269.3 29.2
MWC T-2nd   2nd 1st 2nd 7th 3rd 9th 5th
NCAA     13th 6th 24th 91st 57th 104th 83rd
                   
2006 11-2 15th Coaches 465.5 323.5 36.8 319.2 114.1 205.1 14.7
MWC 1st 16th AP 1st 1st 1st 3rd 4th 5th 2nd
NCAA   (15th) 4th 4th 5th 38th 31st 65th 10th
                   
2007 11-2 14th Coaches 442.8 298.38 30.1 307.9 97.5 210.4 18.5
MWC 1st 14th AP 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 6th 2nd
NCAA   (14th) 25th 14th 47th 10th 9th 32nd 9th
                   
2008 10-3 21st Coaches 444.8 310.4 34.2 355.9 140.3 215.6 21.9
MWC 3rd 25th AP 1st 1st

2nd

 6th 5th 8th 3rd
NCAA   (7th) 16th 6th 20th 59th 60th 74th 39th
                   
2009 11-2 12th Coaches 427.2 281.5 35.5 329.1 110.2 218.9 21.5
MWC 2nd 12th AP 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 5th 4th
NCAA   (7th) 21st 17th 11th 28th 21st 63rd 29th
                   
2010 7-6 Unranked 366.5 198.4 26.2 330.8 138.6 192.2 21.6
MWC T-3rd (25th) 5th 5th 5th 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th
NCAA     73rd 76th 70th 24th 45th 23rd 32nd
                   
2011 10-3 25th Coaches 405.7 245.4 30.1 312.9 112.0 200.9 20.4
1A Ind.   RV (26th) AP 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st
NCAA     41st 47th 42nd 14th 19th 32nd 22nd
                   
2012 8-5 Unranked 400.4 247.2 28.7 266.1 86.9 179.2 14.0
1A Ind.     3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd
NCAA     60th 50th T-65th 3rd 2nd 10th 3rd
                   
2013 8-5 Unranked 493.7 226.3 30.2 378.8 159.9 218.9 22.1
1A Ind.     1st 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 1st
NCAA     14th 73rd 55th 48th 57th 46th 22nd
                   
2014 8-5 Unranked 460.5 278.7 37.1 391.5 121.8 269.7 27.5
1A Ind.     1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th 2nd
NCAA     26th 26th 14th 56th 20th 112th 71st
                   
2015 9-4 Unranked 424.8 296.5 33.7 345.7 143.8 201.8 22.8
1A Ind.   (22nd - Coaches) 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st
NCAA   (19th - AP) 49th 21st 40th 23rd 34th 31st 34th
                   
2016 9-4 RV - AP 399.1 197.9 29.5 365.0 112.8 252.2 19.5
1A Ind.   RV - Coaches 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st
NCAA     71st 96th 62nd 34th 9th 96th 14th
                   
2017 4-9 Unranked 325.2 194.6 17.1 372.8 147.6 225.2 24.1
1A Ind.     4th 2nd 4th 3rd 1st 5th 3rd
NCAA     118th 90th 123rd 51st 44th 67th 46th
                   
2018 7-6 Unranked 364.9 211.8 27.1 324.1 130.1 194.0 21.4
1A Ind.   (20th AP) 5th 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd
NCAA     100th 85th 78th 18th 27th 29th 24th
                   
2019 7-6 Unranked 443.8 284.7 28.5 393.5 167.5 226.0 25.5
1A Ind.   (RV) 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 3rd
NCAA     28th 26th 67th 68th 78th 65th 48th