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1974 Long Beach State

6–⁠5 (1–⁠3 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Wayne Howard.

Schedule and results

Long Beach State in 1974, game by game: lost at Northern Illinois 14–16; lost at Pacific 6–38; won vs. Drake 20–13; lost at San José State 17–27; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 28–6; lost at Hawai’i 21–28; lost vs. San Diego State 17–27; won vs. Southern Illinois 32–7; won at Fresno State 28–24; won vs. Western Michigan 34–33; won at North Texas 35–19+25−32Lost 14–16 at Northern Illinois-2Northern Illino…Lost 6–38 at Pacific-32PacificWon 20–13 vs. Drake+7DrakeLost 17–27 at San José State-10San José StateWon 28–6 vs. Cal State Fullerton+22Cal State Fulle…Lost 21–28 at Hawai’i-7Hawai’iLost 17–27 vs. San Diego State-10San Diego StateWon 32–7 vs. Southern Illinois+25Southern Illino…Won 28–24 at Fresno State+4Fresno StateWon 34–33 vs. Western Michigan+1Western MichiganWon 35–19 at North Texas+16North Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14atNorthern IllinoisL 14–⁠1630%
Sep 21atPacificL 6–⁠3820%
Sep 28vsDrakeW 20–⁠1370%
Oct 5atSan José StateL 17–⁠2723%
Oct 12vsCal State FullertonW 28–⁠673%
Oct 19atHawai’iL 21–⁠2843%
Oct 26vsSan Diego StateL 17–⁠2719%
Nov 2vsSouthern IllinoisW 32–⁠770%
Nov 9atFresno StateW 28–⁠2439%
Nov 16vsWestern MichiganW 34–⁠3362%
Nov 23atNorth TexasW 35–⁠1946%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Texas 35–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠3 tied for 4th in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
252–⁠238
Coach
Wayne Howard
Elo
1395 +48 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.4 No. 97 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1974 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
San Diego State4–⁠08–⁠2–⁠1
San José State2–⁠28–⁠3–⁠1
Pacific2–⁠26–⁠5
Long Beach State1–⁠36–⁠5
Fresno State1–⁠35–⁠7

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