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1975 Long Beach State

9–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Wayne Howard.

Schedule and results

Long Beach State in 1975, game by game: lost at Louisiana 17–22; won at Northern Illinois 24–7; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 32–6; won vs. Pacific 28–12; won at Southern Illinois 31–24; lost vs. San José State 7–30; won vs. Fresno State 47–17; won at Drake 31–10; won vs. Hawai’i 10–0; won at Cal Poly 26–24; won at San Diego State 21–17+30−23Lost 17–22 at Louisiana-5LouisianaWon 24–7 at Northern Illinois+17Northern Illino…Won 32–6 vs. Cal State Fullerton+26Cal State Fulle…Won 28–12 vs. Pacific+16PacificWon 31–24 at Southern Illinois+7Southern Illino…Lost 7–30 vs. San José State-23San José StateWon 47–17 vs. Fresno State+30Fresno StateWon 31–10 at Drake+21DrakeWon 10–0 vs. Hawai’i+10Hawai’iWon 26–24 at Cal Poly+2Cal PolyWon 21–17 at San Diego State+4San Diego State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atLouisianaL 17–⁠2265%
Sep 13atNorthern IllinoisW 24–⁠746%
Sep 20vsCal State FullertonW 32–⁠687%
Sep 26vsPacificW 28–⁠1257%
Oct 4atSouthern IllinoisW 31–⁠2475%
Oct 11vsSan José StateL 7–⁠3049%
Oct 18vsFresno StateW 47–⁠1774%
Oct 25atDrakeW 31–⁠1069%
Nov 8vsHawai’iW 10–⁠081%
Nov 15atCal PolyW 26–⁠2478%
Nov 22atSan Diego StateW 21–⁠1725%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat San Diego State 21–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 on file).

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
274–⁠169
Coach
Wayne Howard
Elo
1521 +91 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.8 No. 60 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 3Russ Bolinger OTDetroit Lions

1975 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
San José State5–⁠09–⁠2
Long Beach State4–⁠19–⁠2
San Diego State3–⁠28–⁠3
Pacific2–⁠35–⁠6–⁠1
Fresno State1–⁠43–⁠8
Cal State Fullerton0–⁠52–⁠9

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