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1978 Texas–Arlington

5–⁠6 (3–⁠2 Southland Conference).

Schedule and results

Texas–Arlington in 1978, game by game: lost at Drake 23–25; lost vs. West Texas 10–18; lost vs. North Texas 23–28; lost vs. Louisiana Tech 21–28; lost vs. East Carolina 17–23; won at New Mexico State 28–17; won vs. Louisiana 24–3; won at Lamar 37–17; lost vs. Arkansas State 7–27; won vs. Northwestern State 30–7; won at McNeese 20–17+23−20Lost 23–25 at Drake-2DrakeLost 10–18 vs. West Texas-8West TexasLost 23–28 vs. North Texas-5North TexasLost 21–28 vs. Louisiana Tech-7Louisiana TechLost 17–23 vs. East Carolina-6East CarolinaWon 28–17 at New Mexico State+11New Mexico StateWon 24–3 vs. Louisiana+21LouisianaWon 37–17 at Lamar+20LamarLost 7–27 vs. Arkansas State-20Arkansas StateWon 30–7 vs. Northwestern State+23Northwestern St…Won 20–17 at McNeese+3McNeese
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atDrakeL 23–⁠2562%
Sep 9vsWest TexasL 10–⁠1857%
Sep 16vsNorth TexasL 23–⁠2831%
Sep 23vsLouisiana TechL 21–⁠2841%
Sep 30vsEast CarolinaL 17–⁠2334%
Oct 7atNew Mexico StateW 28–⁠1742%
Oct 14vsLouisianaW 24–⁠353%
Oct 21atLamarW 37–⁠1766%
Oct 28vsArkansas StateL 7–⁠2761%
Nov 4vsNorthwestern StateW 30–⁠779%
Nov 18atMcNeeseW 20–⁠1737%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat McNeese 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 27 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
240–⁠210
Coach
—
Elo
1465 −9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.1 No. 92 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

1978 Southland Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas State4–⁠17–⁠4
Louisiana Tech4–⁠16–⁠5
Texas–Arlington3–⁠25–⁠6
McNeese2–⁠37–⁠4
Louisiana2–⁠33–⁠8
Lamar0–⁠52–⁠8–⁠1

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