year record conf conf finish rank bowl
2000 6-6 Mountain West 3rd (tie) Lavell Edwards
1999 8-4 Mountain West 1st (tie) Motor City Bowl 3 - 21 L Lavell Edwards
1998 9-5 Western Athletic 2nd Liberty Bowl 27 - 41 L Lavell Edwards
1997 6-5 Western Athletic 4th Lavell Edwards
1996 14-1 Western Athletic 1st 5 Cotton Bowl 19 - 15 W Lavell Edwards
1995 7-4 Western Athletic 1st (tie) Lavell Edwards
1994 10-3 Western Athletic 2nd (tie) 18 Copper Bowl 31 - 6 W Lavell Edwards
1993 6-6 Western Athletic 1st (tie) Holiday Bowl 21 - 28 L Lavell Edwards
1992 8-5 Western Athletic 1st (tie) Aloha Bowl 20 - 23 L Lavell Edwards
1991 8-3-2 Western Athletic 1st 23 Holiday Bowl 13 - 13 T Lavell Edwards
1990 10-3 Western Athletic 1st 22 Holiday Bowl 14 - 65 L Lavell Edwards
I'm not sure where you got the 2nd top ten finish, but since, he struggled to put a consistent national relevant team on display. only 96 and 94 were good years.
He would be run out of town today with that performance.