I thought I would check out the record in the "big games" over his tenure. Big games being defined as ranked teams, bowl games, and games against "BCS competition." Here's what I found.
Wins and Losses in "big games" in the Bronco Mendenhall era
Wins |
Losses |
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2005 |
Boston College 3-20 |
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TCU 50-51 (OT) |
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@ Notre Dame 23-49 |
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Utah 34-41 (OT) |
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2005 Bowl |
California 28-35 |
2006 |
Tulsa 49-24 |
2006 |
@ Arizona 13-16 |
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@ #15 TCU 31-17 |
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@ #23 Boston College 23-30 (OT) |
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@ Utah 33-31 |
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2006 Bowl |
Oregon 38-8 |
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2007 |
Arizona 20-7 |
2007 |
@ #13 UCLA 17-27 |
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TCU 27-22 |
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@ Tulsa 47-55 |
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Utah 17-10 |
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2007 Bowl |
UCLA 17-16 |
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2008 |
@ Washington 28-27 |
2008 |
@ #24 TCU 7-32 |
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UCLA 59-0 |
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@ #7 Utah 24-48 |
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2008 Bowl |
Arizona 21-31 |
2009 |
# 3 Oklahoma 14-13 |
2009 |
Florida State 28-54 |
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#21 Utah 26-23 |
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# 8 TCU 7-38 |
2009 Bowl |
#18 Oregon State 44-20 |
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2010 |
Washington 23-17 |
2010 |
@ Florida State 10-34 |
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@ #4 TCU 3-31 |
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@ #22 Utah 16-17 |
2010 Bowl |
UTEP 52-24 |
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2011 |
@ Ole Miss 14-13 |
2011 |
@ #24/21 Texas 16-17 |
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Utah 10-54 |
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TCU 28-38 |
2011 Bowl |
Tulsa 24-21 |
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And then to break it down into easy-to-understand, meaningful stats.
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Wins |
Losses |
Ranked Teams |
4 |
8 |
Bowl Games |
5 |
2 |
Highest Rank |
# 3 OU (2009) |
# 4 TCU (2009) |
Utah |
3 |
4 |
TCU |
2 |
5 |
PAC 12 |
7 |
5 |
BIG 12 |
1 |
1 |
SEC |
1 |
0 |
BC/ND/FSU |
0 |
5 |
Overall Record |
17 |
20 |