1938 Arizona

3–⁠6 (0–⁠3 Border Conference), coached by Orian Landreth.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1938, game by game: lost at SMU 7–29; lost vs. New Mexico State 6–7; lost vs. Santa Clara 0–27; won at Loyola Marymount 14–12; lost vs. New Mexico 7–20; won at Centenary (LA) 7–6; lost vs. UTEP 14–26; won vs. Marquette 20–12; lost vs. Montana 0–7+8−27Lost 7–29 at SMU-22SMULost 6–7 vs. New Mexico State-1New Mexico StateLost 0–27 vs. Santa Clara-27Santa ClaraWon 14–12 at Loyola Marymount+2Loyola MarymountLost 7–20 vs. New Mexico-13New MexicoWon 7–6 at Centenary (LA)+1Centenary (LA)Lost 14–26 vs. UTEP-12UTEPWon 20–12 vs. Marquette+8MarquetteLost 0–7 vs. Montana-7Montana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Montana 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Border Conference.

In program history: The 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1938.

Record
3–⁠6
Conference
0–⁠3 tied for 6th in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
75–⁠146
Coach
Orian Landreth
Elo
1440 −127 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−12.4 No. 106 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
George Ahee

Drafted in 1939

The 1939 draft
Rd 1Walt Nielsen BNew York Giants

1938 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas Tech2–⁠010–⁠111
New Mexico State4–⁠17–⁠2
New Mexico4–⁠28–⁠3
UTEP3–⁠26–⁠3
Northern Arizona1–⁠22–⁠6–⁠1
Arizona0–⁠33–⁠6
Arizona State0–⁠43–⁠6

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