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1957 Arizona State

10–⁠0 (4–⁠0 Border Conference), coached by Dan Devine, finished No. 12 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1957, game by game: won at Wichita State 28–0; won vs. Idaho 19–7; won at San José State 44–6; won vs. Hardin Simmons 35–26; won at San Diego State 66–0; won vs. New Mexico State 21–0; won at UTEP 43–7; won vs. Montana State 53–13; won vs. Pacific 41–0; won vs. Arizona 47–7+66Won 28–0 at Wichita State+28Wichita StateWon 19–7 vs. Idaho+12IdahoWon 44–6 at San José State+38San José StateWon 35–26 vs. Hardin Simmons+9Hardin SimmonsWon 66–0 at San Diego State+66San Diego StateWon 21–0 vs. New Mexico State+21New Mexico StateWon 43–7 at UTEP+36UTEPWon 53–13 vs. Montana State+40Montana StateWon 41–0 vs. Pacific+41PacificWon 47–7 vs. Arizona+40Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atWichita StateW 28–⁠062%
Sep 28vsIdahoW 19–⁠778%
Oct 5atSan José StateW 44–⁠674%
Oct 12vsHardin SimmonsW 35–⁠2677%
Oct 26atSan Diego StateW 66–⁠094%
Nov 2vsNew Mexico StateW 21–⁠093%
Nov 9atUTEPW 43–⁠752%
Nov 16vsMontana StateW 53–⁠1397%
Nov 23vsPacificW 41–⁠078%
Nov 30vsArizonaW 47–⁠793%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona 47–⁠7; No. 12 in the final AP poll; Border Conference champions.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 17
  2. Wk 11: 11
  3. Final: 12

Border Conference champions4–⁠0 in the conference

Led the nationBobby Mulgado: punt return yards (267 yds), punt return average (19.1); Leon Burton: rushing yards (1,126 yds), yards per carry (9.6)

Record
10–⁠0
Conference
4–⁠0 first in Border Conference
AP final
No. 12 peak No. 11
Points
397–⁠66
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1708 +126 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.4 No. 20 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Most valuable player
John Hangartner

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 5Bobby Mulgado BPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

2 second team

Second team

  • Bob MulgradoBUP-2
  • Al CarrOGUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State4–⁠010–⁠012
West Texas3–⁠17–⁠3
UTEP3–⁠26–⁠3
Hardin Simmons3–⁠25–⁠5
New Mexico State0–⁠43–⁠7
Arizona0–⁠41–⁠8–⁠1

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