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1973 Utah State

7–⁠4, coached by Phil Krueger.

Schedule and results

Utah State in 1973, game by game: won at Weber State 10–3; lost vs. San Diego State 7–35; won at UNLV 7–3; won vs. BYU 13–7; won at Colorado State 34–18; won at West Texas 36–14; lost vs. Kent State 16–27; won vs. Wyoming 31–20; won at New Mexico State 40–12; lost at Utah 28–31; lost at Southern Miss 8–32+28−28Won 10–3 at Weber State+7Weber StateLost 7–35 vs. San Diego State-28San Diego StateWon 7–3 at UNLV+4UNLVWon 13–7 vs. BYU+6BYUWon 34–18 at Colorado State+16Colorado StateWon 36–14 at West Texas+22West TexasLost 16–27 vs. Kent State-11Kent StateWon 31–20 vs. Wyoming+11WyomingWon 40–12 at New Mexico State+28New Mexico StateLost 28–31 at Utah-3UtahLost 8–32 at Southern Miss-24Southern Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15atWeber StateW 10–⁠388%
Sep 22vsSan Diego StateL 7–⁠3554%
Sep 29atUNLVW 7–⁠384%
Oct 6vsBYUW 13–⁠763%
Oct 13atColorado StateW 34–⁠1865%
Oct 20atWest TexasW 36–⁠1471%
Oct 27vsKent StateL 16–⁠2757%
Nov 3vsWyomingW 31–⁠2071%
Nov 10atNew Mexico StateW 40–⁠1271%
Nov 17atUtahL 28–⁠3148%
Nov 22atSouthern MissL 8–⁠3257%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Southern Miss 32–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
230–⁠202
Coach
Phil Krueger
Elo
1536 −26 this season
SP+ rating
8.1 No. 47 of 123; offense No. 38, defense No. 60
SRS
−0.4 No. 66 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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