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1973 Fresno State

2–⁠9 (1–⁠3 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by J.R. Boone.

Schedule and results

Fresno State in 1973, game by game: lost at Cal Poly-Pomona 9–17; lost vs. San José State 6–24; lost vs. Hawai’i 10–13; lost at Montana State 6–38; lost vs. Northern Illinois 15–24; lost at Wichita State 13–18; won at Long Beach State 15–14; lost at Cal Poly 14–28; lost at Pacific 0–42; lost vs. San Diego State 6–41; won vs. Cal State Northridge 54–27+27−42Lost 9–17 at Cal Poly-Pomona-8Cal Poly-PomonaLost 6–24 vs. San José State-18San José StateLost 10–13 vs. Hawai’i-3Hawai’iLost 6–38 at Montana State-32Montana StateLost 15–24 vs. Northern Illinois-9Northern Illino…Lost 13–18 at Wichita State-5Wichita StateWon 15–14 at Long Beach State+1Long Beach StateLost 14–28 at Cal Poly-14Cal PolyLost 0–42 at Pacific-42PacificLost 6–41 vs. San Diego State-35San Diego StateWon 54–27 vs. Cal State Northridge+27Cal State North…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atCal Poly-PomonaL 9–⁠1776%
Sep 15vsSan José StateL 6–⁠2453%
Sep 22vsHawai’iL 10–⁠1364%
Sep 29atMontana StateL 6–⁠3868%
Oct 6vsNorthern IllinoisL 15–⁠2430%
Oct 13atWichita StateL 13–⁠1835%
Oct 20atLong Beach StateW 15–⁠1436%
Oct 27atCal PolyL 14–⁠2865%
Nov 10atPacificL 0–⁠4216%
Nov 17vsSan Diego StateL 6–⁠4112%
Nov 24vsCal State NorthridgeW 54–⁠2762%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Cal State Northridge 54–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 63rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 97 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠3 4th in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
148–⁠286
Coach
J.R. Boone
Elo
1261 −184 this season
SP+ rating
-19.3 No. 110 of 123; offense No. 116, defense No. 94
SRS
−23.9 No. 122 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pac-8

1 second team

Second team

  • Dwayne WestphalDTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
San Diego State3–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
San José State2–⁠0–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Pacific2–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Fresno State1–⁠32–⁠9
Long Beach State0–⁠41–⁠9–⁠1

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