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1972 Texas–Arlington

5–⁠6.

Schedule and results

Texas–Arlington in 1972, game by game: lost at Southern Miss 17–38; lost at Oklahoma State 3–21; lost at Toledo 24–38; lost at TCU 14–38; lost vs. Louisiana Tech 14–35; lost vs. New Mexico State 12–17; won at Louisiana 7–0; won vs. Abilene Christian 36–22; won vs. West Texas 20–7; won vs. Lamar 10–3; won vs. Arkansas State 7–6+14−24Lost 17–38 at Southern Miss-21Southern MissLost 3–21 at Oklahoma State-18Oklahoma StateLost 24–38 at Toledo-14ToledoLost 14–38 at TCU-24TCULost 14–35 vs. Louisiana Tech-21Louisiana TechLost 12–17 vs. New Mexico State-5New Mexico StateWon 7–0 at Louisiana+7LouisianaWon 36–22 vs. Abilene Christian+14Abilene Christi…Won 20–7 vs. West Texas+13West TexasWon 10–3 vs. Lamar+7LamarWon 7–6 vs. Arkansas State+1Arkansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atSouthern MissL 17–⁠3815%
Sep 16atOklahoma StateL 3–⁠2115%
Sep 23atToledoL 24–⁠386%
Sep 30atTCUL 14–⁠3812%
Oct 7vsLouisiana TechL 14–⁠3531%
Oct 21vsNew Mexico StateL 12–⁠1742%
Oct 28atLouisianaW 7–⁠028%
Nov 4vsAbilene ChristianW 36–⁠2271%
Nov 11vsWest TexasW 20–⁠736%
Nov 18vsLamarW 10–⁠363%
Nov 25vsArkansas StateW 7–⁠640%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas State 7–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 27 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in the Southland Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
164–⁠225
Coach
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Elo
1285 +48 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−16.4 No. 112 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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