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1975 Texas–Arlington

4–⁠7 (1–⁠4 Southland Conference).

Schedule and results

Texas–Arlington in 1975, game by game: lost at North Texas 14–27; won at TCU 24–7; lost at Louisiana Tech 8–37; won at West Texas 39–7; lost vs. McNeese 24–28; lost vs. Southern Miss 7–34; lost at New Mexico State 0–16; lost at Louisiana 32–35; won vs. Lamar 37–24; lost at Arkansas State 7–54; won vs. Bowling Green 21–17+32−47Lost 14–27 at North Texas-13North TexasWon 24–7 at TCU+17TCULost 8–37 at Louisiana Tech-29Louisiana TechWon 39–7 at West Texas+32West TexasLost 24–28 vs. McNeese-4McNeeseLost 7–34 vs. Southern Miss-27Southern MissLost 0–16 at New Mexico State-16New Mexico StateLost 32–35 at Louisiana-3LouisianaWon 37–24 vs. Lamar+13LamarLost 7–54 at Arkansas State-47Arkansas StateWon 21–17 vs. Bowling Green+4Bowling Green
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atNorth TexasL 14–⁠2731%
Sep 13atTCUW 24–⁠730%
Sep 20atLouisiana TechL 8–⁠3716%
Oct 4atWest TexasW 39–⁠727%
Oct 11vsMcNeeseL 24–⁠2874%
Oct 18vsSouthern MissL 7–⁠3437%
Oct 25atNew Mexico StateL 0–⁠1631%
Nov 1atLouisianaL 32–⁠3535%
Nov 15vsLamarW 37–⁠2454%
Nov 22atArkansas StateL 7–⁠5412%
Nov 29vsBowling GreenW 21–⁠1722%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Bowling Green 21–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 27 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1975.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠4 5th in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
213–⁠286
Coach
—
Elo
1333 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.8 No. 92 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1975 Southland Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas State5–⁠011–⁠0
Louisiana Tech4–⁠18–⁠2
McNeese3–⁠27–⁠4
Louisiana2–⁠36–⁠5
Texas–Arlington1–⁠44–⁠7
Lamar0–⁠51–⁠10

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