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1972 San José State

4–⁠7 (1–⁠3 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by DeWayne King.

Schedule and results

San José State in 1972, game by game: won vs. Santa Clara 33–28; lost at Stanford 0–44; won at California 17–10; lost vs. Fresno State 21–23; lost at San Diego State 12–23; lost at Pacific 28–38; won vs. Long Beach State 35–8; won at New Mexico 14–7; lost at Oregon 2–27; lost at No. 18 Arizona State 21–51; lost at Hawai’i 14–28+27−44Won 33–28 vs. Santa Clara+5Santa ClaraLost 0–44 at Stanford-44StanfordWon 17–10 at California+7CaliforniaLost 21–23 vs. Fresno State-2Fresno StateLost 12–23 at San Diego State-11San Diego StateLost 28–38 at Pacific-10PacificWon 35–8 vs. Long Beach State+27Long Beach StateWon 14–7 at New Mexico+7New MexicoLost 2–27 at Oregon-25OregonLost 21–51 at No. 18 Arizona State-30No. 18 Arizona StateLost 14–28 at Hawai’i-14Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsSanta ClaraW 33–⁠2886%
Sep 16atStanfordL 0–⁠4420%
Sep 23atCaliforniaW 17–⁠1032%
Sep 30vsFresno StateL 21–⁠2354%
Oct 7atSan Diego StateL 12–⁠2329%
Oct 21atPacificL 28–⁠3839%
Oct 28vsLong Beach StateW 35–⁠853%
Nov 4atNew MexicoW 14–⁠742%
Nov 11atOregonL 2–⁠2753%
Nov 18at18Arizona StateL 21–⁠5114%
Nov 25atHawai’iL 14–⁠2852%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hawai’i 28–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 91 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
197–⁠287
Coach
DeWayne King
Elo
1410 −39 this season
SP+ rating
-3.4 No. 77 of 121; offense No. 68, defense No. 79
SRS
−5.9 No. 83 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1973

The 1973 draft
Rd 5Cody Jones DELos Angeles Rams

All-Pac-8

1 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
San Diego State4–⁠010–⁠1
Pacific3–⁠18–⁠3
Fresno State1–⁠36–⁠4–⁠1
Long Beach State1–⁠35–⁠6
San José State1–⁠34–⁠7

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