Texas–Arlington Mavericks

Texas–Arlington has played football since at least 1943 and is 60–⁠104–⁠1 in the 165 games on record. Since 1967, the NFL Draft has taken 16 players from here in its first seven rounds, 0 of them in the first round. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player from Texas–Arlington. This season, they’re 1–⁠1.

Résumé

Record on file
60–⁠104–⁠1 .367; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1295
Best season by Elo
1979 rated 1614
Seasons
27 since 1943, 165 games

1985 season 1–⁠1

RosterFull 1985 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 5vsWichita StateW 31–⁠353%
Oct 12atDrakeL 10–⁠2148%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Texas–Arlington’s Elo through 1985: 1287 going into the opener, 1295 after the last game.127513001325Elo 1287 going in; beat Wichita State 31–3Elo 1318 going in; lost to Drake 21–10Final: Elo 1295 after the last game1295
Elo going into each game, then after the last. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Texas–Arlington.

Program strength since 1943

Best seasons ever
Texas–Arlington end-of-season Elo from 1943 to 1985, best in 1979 at 1614.130015001700190019501960197019801979 peak: Elo 1614
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesTexas–Arlington record
West Texas199–⁠10
New Mexico State186–⁠12
Louisiana127–⁠5
Arkansas State114–⁠7
Lamar118–⁠3
Louisiana Tech104–⁠6
North Texas92–⁠7
McNeese95–⁠4
Every opponent (33)

Every program Texas–Arlington has played, A to Z, with Texas–Arlington’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
1
Coaches
0
2026Bruce Collie OT

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
16 since 1967
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19851–⁠11295
19842–⁠11330
19833–⁠21383
19821–⁠41368
19816–⁠54–⁠11462
19803–⁠83–⁠21391
19799–⁠24–⁠11614
19785–⁠63–⁠21465
19775–⁠63–⁠21461
19765–⁠63–⁠21418
19754–⁠71–⁠41333
19741–⁠101186
19734–⁠61305
19725–⁠61285
19712–⁠91106
19700–⁠41143
19690–⁠31156
19680–⁠21187
19671–⁠11192
19660–⁠31175
19650–⁠11191
19641–⁠21206
19630–⁠11190
19621–⁠21189
19600–⁠11189
Every season back to 1943 (2 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19440–⁠51200
19431–⁠0–⁠11272

No season on file for 1945–⁠59, 1961: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 27 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.