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1981 Texas–Arlington

6–⁠5 (4–⁠1 Southland Conference).

Schedule and results

Texas–Arlington in 1981, game by game: lost at SMU 0–48; won vs. New Mexico State 26–13; lost at TCU 16–38; lost at West Texas 31–35; lost at Southern Miss 9–52; won at Louisiana Tech 31–14; won vs. North Texas 7–6; lost vs. Arkansas State 7–10; won at Louisiana 23–7; won vs. McNeese 21–20; won vs. Lamar 31–7+24−48Lost 0–48 at SMU-48SMUWon 26–13 vs. New Mexico State+13New Mexico StateLost 16–38 at TCU-22TCULost 31–35 at West Texas-4West TexasLost 9–52 at Southern Miss-43Southern MissWon 31–14 at Louisiana Tech+17Louisiana TechWon 7–6 vs. North Texas+1North TexasLost 7–10 vs. Arkansas State-3Arkansas StateWon 23–7 at Louisiana+16LouisianaWon 21–20 vs. McNeese+1McNeeseWon 31–7 vs. Lamar+24Lamar
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atSMUL 0–⁠4822%
Sep 12vsNew Mexico StateW 26–⁠1358%
Sep 19atTCUL 16–⁠3850%
Sep 26atWest TexasL 31–⁠3532%
Oct 3atSouthern MissL 9–⁠5216%
Oct 10atLouisiana TechW 31–⁠1445%
Oct 24vsNorth TexasW 7–⁠649%
Oct 31vsArkansas StateL 7–⁠1058%
Nov 7atLouisianaW 23–⁠744%
Nov 14vsMcNeeseW 21–⁠2035%
Nov 21vsLamarW 31–⁠773%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Lamar 31–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; first in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 27 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠1 first in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
202–⁠250
Coach
—
Elo
1462 +35 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.6 No. 78 of 137 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

1981 Southland Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas–Arlington4–⁠16–⁠5
McNeese3–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Arkansas State3–⁠26–⁠5
Louisiana Tech2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Lamar1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Louisiana0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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