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1975 Southern Illinois

1–⁠9–⁠1, coached by Doug Weaver.

Schedule and results

Southern Illinois in 1975, game by game: lost at Louisiana 10–27; lost vs. Indiana State 21–23; lost vs. East Carolina 7–41; lost vs. Long Beach State 24–31; tied at Illinois State 17–17; lost at Northern Illinois 12–52; won vs. Wichita State 33–22; lost vs. Drake 27–38; lost at Arkansas State 12–35; lost vs. Bowling Green 6–48; lost at Lamar 10–30+11−42Lost 10–27 at Louisiana-17LouisianaLost 21–23 vs. Indiana State-2Indiana StateLost 7–41 vs. East Carolina-34East CarolinaLost 24–31 vs. Long Beach State-7Long Beach StateTied 17–17 at Illinois State0Illinois StateLost 12–52 at Northern Illinois-40Northern Illino…Won 33–22 vs. Wichita State+11Wichita StateLost 27–38 vs. Drake-11DrakeLost 12–35 at Arkansas State-23Arkansas StateLost 6–48 vs. Bowling Green-42Bowling GreenLost 10–30 at Lamar-20Lamar
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atLouisianaL 10–⁠2740%
Sep 20vsIndiana StateL 21–⁠2370%
Sep 27vsEast CarolinaL 7–⁠4124%
Oct 4vsLong Beach StateL 24–⁠3125%
Oct 11atIllinois StateT 17–⁠1755%
Oct 18atNorthern IllinoisL 12–⁠5223%
Oct 25vsWichita StateW 33–⁠2243%
Nov 1vsDrakeL 27–⁠3854%
Nov 8atArkansas StateL 12–⁠357%
Nov 15vsBowling GreenL 6–⁠4814%
Nov 22atLamarL 10–⁠3028%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Lamar 30–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 62 on file).

Record
1–⁠9–⁠1
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
179–⁠364
Coach
Doug Weaver
Elo
1171 −107 this season
SP+ rating
-23.6 No. 128 of 132; offense No. 99, defense No. 131
SRS
−23.3 No. 134 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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