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1973 Long Beach State

1–⁠9–⁠1 (0–⁠4 Pacific Coast Athletic Association).

Schedule and results

Long Beach State in 1973, game by game: lost vs. Grambling 16–29; lost at Western Michigan 8–13; lost vs. San José State 6–24; tied at North Texas 0–0; lost at Cal State Fullerton 14–17; lost at Pacific 6–10; lost vs. Fresno State 14–15; lost vs. California–Riverside 16–33; lost at San Diego State 2–17; won at Wichita State 35–10; lost at Cal Poly 7–31+25−24Lost 16–29 vs. Grambling-13GramblingLost 8–13 at Western Michigan-5Western MichiganLost 6–24 vs. San José State-18San José StateTied 0–0 at North Texas0North TexasLost 14–17 at Cal State Fullerton-3Cal State Fulle…Lost 6–10 at Pacific-4PacificLost 14–15 vs. Fresno State-1Fresno StateLost 16–33 vs. California–Riverside-17California–Rive…Lost 2–17 at San Diego State-15San Diego StateWon 35–10 at Wichita State+25Wichita StateLost 7–31 at Cal Poly-24Cal Poly
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsGramblingL 16–⁠2990%
Sep 15atWestern MichiganL 8–⁠1325%
Sep 22vsSan José StateL 6–⁠2444%
Sep 29atNorth TexasT 0–⁠046%
Oct 6atCal State FullertonL 14–⁠1763%
Oct 13atPacificL 6–⁠1024%
Oct 20vsFresno StateL 14–⁠1564%
Oct 27vsCalifornia–RiversideL 16–⁠3373%
Nov 10atSan Diego StateL 2–⁠178%
Nov 17atWichita StateW 35–⁠1035%
Nov 24atCal PolyL 7–⁠3163%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Cal Poly 31–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 on file).

Record
1–⁠9–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠4 5th in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
124–⁠199
Coach
—
Elo
1271 −173 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−12.0 No. 97 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pac-8

1 second team

Second team

  • Greg BaileyDBAP-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.