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1974 Arizona

9–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Jim Young.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1974, game by game: won vs. San Diego State 17–10; won at Indiana 35–20; won at New Mexico 15–10; won vs. UTEP 42–13; won at Utah 41–8; lost at No. 17 Texas Tech 8–17; lost vs. BYU 13–37; won vs. Colorado State 34–21; won at Air Force 27–24; won vs. Wyoming 21–14; won vs. Arizona State 10–0+33−24Won 17–10 vs. San Diego State+7San Diego StateWon 35–20 at Indiana+15IndianaWon 15–10 at New Mexico+5New MexicoWon 42–13 vs. UTEP+29UTEPWon 41–8 at Utah+33UtahLost 8–17 at No. 17 Texas Tech-9No. 17 Texas TechLost 13–37 vs. BYU-24BYUWon 34–21 vs. Colorado State+13Colorado StateWon 27–24 at Air Force+3Air ForceWon 21–14 vs. Wyoming+7WyomingWon 10–0 vs. Arizona State+10Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vsSan Diego StateW 17–⁠1046%
Sep 21atIndianaW 35–⁠2066%
Sep 28atNew MexicoW 15–⁠1058%
Oct 5vsUTEPW 42–⁠1387%
Oct 12atUtahW 41–⁠869%
Oct 19at17Texas TechL 8–⁠1739%
Oct 26vsBYUL 13–⁠3773%
Nov 9vsColorado StateW 34–⁠2175%
Nov 16atAir ForceW 27–⁠2461%
Nov 23vsWyomingW 21–⁠1486%
Nov 30vsArizona StateW 10–⁠053%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona State 10–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 2: 17
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 4: 15
  5. Wk 5: 12
  6. Wk 6: 12
  7. Wk 7: 9
  8. Wk 8: 16
  9. Wk 14: 19
Record
9–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
263–⁠174
Coach
Jim Young
Elo
1599 +66 this season
SP+ rating
5.1 No. 55 of 124; offense No. 55, defense No. 58
SRS
5.1 No. 49 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Mackovic
Defensive coordinator
Larry Smith

1974 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU6–⁠0–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona6–⁠19–⁠2
Arizona State4–⁠37–⁠5
New Mexico3–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
UTEP3–⁠44–⁠7
Colorado State2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Utah1–⁠51–⁠10
Wyoming1–⁠62–⁠9

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