1975 App State

8–⁠3 (3–⁠2 Southern Conference), coached by Jim Brakefield.

Schedule and results

App State in 1975, game by game: won vs. East Carolina 41–25; won at Wake Forest 19–17; lost at Furman 23–30; won vs. Tennessee Tech 17–10; won at East Tennessee State 44–21; won vs. Lenoir Rhyne 52–28; lost vs. Richmond 17–24; won at The Citadel 22–17; won at South Carolina 39–34; lost at Western Carolina 11–20; won vs. Davidson 52–7+45−9Won 41–25 vs. East Carolina+16East CarolinaWon 19–17 at Wake Forest+2Wake ForestLost 23–30 at Furman-7FurmanWon 17–10 vs. Tennessee Tech+7Tennessee TechWon 44–21 at East Tennessee State+23East Tennessee …Won 52–28 vs. Lenoir Rhyne+24Lenoir RhyneLost 17–24 vs. Richmond-7RichmondWon 22–17 at The Citadel+5The CitadelWon 39–34 at South Carolina+5South CarolinaLost 11–20 at Western Carolina-9Western CarolinaWon 52–7 vs. Davidson+45Davidson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Davidson 52–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 58 on file).

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
337–⁠233
Coach
Jim Brakefield
Elo
1418 +56 this season
SP+ rating
3.2 No. 68 of 132; offense No. 23, defense No. 112
SRS
−2.2 No. 77 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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1975 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Richmond5–⁠15–⁠6
East Carolina4–⁠28–⁠3
App State3–⁠28–⁠3
The Citadel4–⁠36–⁠5
William & Mary2–⁠32–⁠9
Furman2–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
VMI2–⁠43–⁠8
Davidson0–⁠30–⁠3

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