1983 North Texas

3–⁠2. The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–⁠4, over 12 games to the five on file here.

Schedule and results

North Texas in 1983, game by game: won vs. West Texas 32–3; lost at Oklahoma State 13–20; won vs. New Mexico State 49–3; lost at No. 2 Texas 6–26; won at New Mexico 18–8+46−20Won 32–3 vs. West Texas+29West TexasLost 13–20 at Oklahoma State-7Oklahoma StateWon 49–3 vs. New Mexico State+46New Mexico StateLost 6–26 at No. 2 Texas-20No. 2 TexasWon 18–8 at New Mexico+10New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat New Mexico 18–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll; Southland Conference champions.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 105 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list three games of North Texas’s 1983 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 29vsLouisiana TechL 18–⁠25Louisiana Tech’s article
Nov 5vsLamarW 10–⁠0Lamar’s article
Dec 3atNevadaL 17–⁠20Nevada’s article

Southland Conference championsshared with UL Monroe

Record
3–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 shared first in the Southland Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
118–⁠60
Coach
—
Elo
1429 +96 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—