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1973 Louisiana

0–⁠10 (0–⁠4 Southland Conference), coached by Russ Faulkinberry.

Schedule and results

Louisiana in 1973, game by game: lost at Arkansas State 13–27; lost at Louisiana Tech 0–23; lost vs. Chattanooga 10–21; lost at Xavier 14–17; lost at Cincinnati 0–27; lost at Lamar 0–31; lost vs. Texas–Arlington 22–31; lost vs. Northwestern State 10–20; lost at Memphis 6–41; lost vs. McNeese 0–37+7−37Lost 13–27 at Arkansas State-14Arkansas StateLost 0–23 at Louisiana Tech-23Louisiana TechLost 10–21 vs. Chattanooga-11ChattanoogaLost 14–17 at Xavier-3XavierLost 0–27 at Cincinnati-27CincinnatiLost 0–31 at Lamar-31LamarLost 22–31 vs. Texas–Arlington-9Texas–ArlingtonLost 10–20 vs. Northwestern State-10Northwestern St…Lost 6–41 at Memphis-35MemphisLost 0–37 vs. McNeese-37McNeese
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15atArkansas StateL 13–⁠2730%
Sep 22atLouisiana TechL 0–⁠2326%
Sep 29vsChattanoogaL 10–⁠2184%
Oct 6atXavierL 14–⁠1741%
Oct 13atCincinnatiL 0–⁠2725%
Oct 20atLamarL 0–⁠3153%
Oct 27vsTexas–ArlingtonL 22–⁠3141%
Nov 10vsNorthwestern StateL 10–⁠2068%
Nov 17atMemphisL 6–⁠417%
Nov 24vsMcNeeseL 0–⁠3760%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to McNeese 37–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 92 on file).

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠4 5th in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
75–⁠275
Coach
Russ Faulkinberry
Elo
1093 −245 this season
SP+ rating
-30.8 No. 121 of 123; offense No. 122, defense No. 112
SRS
−31.6 No. 128 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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1973 Southland Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Louisiana Tech2–⁠03–⁠0
McNeese2–⁠02–⁠1
Lamar2–⁠25–⁠5
Arkansas State1–⁠13–⁠2
Louisiana0–⁠40–⁠10

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