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1978 New Mexico State

6–⁠5 (5–⁠1 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by Gil Krueger.

Schedule and results

New Mexico State in 1978, game by game: won at Indiana State 14–9; won vs. UTEP 35–32; lost vs. North Texas 21–22; lost at Southern Illinois 39–43; lost vs. Texas–Arlington 17–28; won vs. Tulsa 23–20; lost at New Mexico 20–35; won at Wichita State 31–21; won vs. Drake 21–20; lost at Hawai’i 20–35; won at West Texas 33–31+10−15Won 14–9 at Indiana State+5Indiana StateWon 35–32 vs. UTEP+3UTEPLost 21–22 vs. North Texas-1North TexasLost 39–43 at Southern Illinois-4Southern Illino…Lost 17–28 vs. Texas–Arlington-11Texas–ArlingtonWon 23–20 vs. Tulsa+3TulsaLost 20–35 at New Mexico-15New MexicoWon 31–21 at Wichita State+10Wichita StateWon 21–20 vs. Drake+1DrakeLost 20–35 at Hawai’i-15Hawai’iWon 33–31 at West Texas+2West Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atIndiana StateW 14–⁠951%
Sep 16vsUTEPW 35–⁠3274%
Sep 23vsNorth TexasL 21–⁠2234%
Sep 30atSouthern IllinoisL 39–⁠4347%
Oct 7vsTexas–ArlingtonL 17–⁠2858%
Oct 14vsTulsaW 23–⁠2041%
Oct 21atNew MexicoL 20–⁠3534%
Oct 28atWichita StateW 31–⁠2133%
Nov 4vsDrakeW 21–⁠2067%
Nov 11atHawai’iL 20–⁠3542%
Nov 25atWest TexasW 33–⁠3140%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat West Texas 33–⁠31; unranked in the final AP poll; Missouri Valley Conference champions.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1978.

Missouri Valley Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Missouri Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
274–⁠296
Coach
Gil Krueger
Elo
1396 +3 this season
SP+ rating
-10.0 No. 103 of 133; offense No. 53, defense No. 128
SRS
−9.5 No. 106 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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1978 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
New Mexico State5–⁠16–⁠5
Tulsa3–⁠19–⁠2
Southern Illinois3–⁠27–⁠4
Drake3–⁠34–⁠7
Indiana State2–⁠33–⁠8
Wichita State2–⁠44–⁠7
West Texas1–⁠53–⁠8

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