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1981 North Texas

2–⁠9, coached by Bob Tyler.

Schedule and results

North Texas in 1981, game by game: lost at Kentucky 6–28; lost at SMU 7–34; lost at No. 6 Texas 10–23; lost at Louisiana 11–34; lost vs. Oklahoma State 0–9; won vs. New Mexico State 38–16; lost vs. Texas–Arlington 6–7; lost vs. Southern Miss 0–22; lost at Auburn 0–20; won at UL Monroe 17–14; lost at San José State 16–28+22−27Lost 6–28 at Kentucky-22KentuckyLost 7–34 at SMU-27SMULost 10–23 at No. 6 Texas-13No. 6 TexasLost 11–34 at Louisiana-23LouisianaLost 0–9 vs. Oklahoma State-9Oklahoma StateWon 38–16 vs. New Mexico State+22New Mexico StateLost 6–7 vs. Texas–Arlington-1Texas–ArlingtonLost 0–22 vs. Southern Miss-22Southern MissLost 0–20 at Auburn-20AuburnWon 17–14 at UL Monroe+3UL MonroeLost 16–28 at San José State-12San José State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atKentuckyL 6–⁠2851%
Sep 12atSMUL 7–⁠3427%
Sep 19at6TexasL 10–⁠2328%
Sep 26atLouisianaL 11–⁠3446%
Oct 3vsOklahoma StateL 0–⁠944%
Oct 10vsNew Mexico StateW 38–⁠1667%
Oct 24vsTexas–ArlingtonL 6–⁠751%
Oct 31vsSouthern MissL 0–⁠2227%
Nov 7atAuburnL 0–⁠2025%
Nov 14atUL MonroeW 17–⁠1430%
Nov 28atSan José StateL 16–⁠2820%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to San José State 28–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 105 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
111–⁠235
Coach
Bob Tyler
Elo
1398 −117 this season
SP+ rating
-8.0 No. 102 of 132; offense No. 120, defense No. 61
SRS
−5.1 No. 93 of 137 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Keith Daniels

Drafted in 1982

The 1982 draft
Rd 4Louis Haynes LBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 5Tony Elliott DENew Orleans Saints