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1974 Utah

1–⁠10 (1–⁠5 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Tom Lovat.

Schedule and results

Utah in 1974, game by game: lost at UTEP 7–34; lost vs. Oregon 16–23; lost vs. UCLA 14–27; lost vs. No. 12 Arizona 8–41; lost at No. 15 Arizona State 0–32; lost at Wyoming 13–31; lost vs. San José State 6–24; won vs. New Mexico 21–10; lost at Utah State 0–34; lost at BYU 20–48; lost at LSU 10–35+11−34Lost 7–34 at UTEP-27UTEPLost 16–23 vs. Oregon-7OregonLost 14–27 vs. UCLA-13UCLALost 8–41 vs. No. 12 Arizona-33No. 12 ArizonaLost 0–32 at No. 15 Arizona State-32No. 15 Arizona StateLost 13–31 at Wyoming-18WyomingLost 6–24 vs. San José State-18San José StateWon 21–10 vs. New Mexico+11New MexicoLost 0–34 at Utah State-34Utah StateLost 20–48 at BYU-28BYULost 10–35 at LSU-25LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atUTEPL 7–⁠3473%
Sep 28vsOregonL 16–⁠2357%
Oct 5vsUCLAL 14–⁠2731%
Oct 12vs12ArizonaL 8–⁠4131%
Oct 19at15Arizona StateL 0–⁠3212%
Oct 26atWyomingL 13–⁠3144%
Nov 2vsSan José StateL 6–⁠2439%
Nov 9vsNew MexicoW 21–⁠1042%
Nov 16atUtah StateL 0–⁠3419%
Nov 23atBYUL 20–⁠4816%
Nov 30atLSUL 10–⁠3515%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 35–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠5 7th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
115–⁠339
Coach
Tom Lovat
Elo
1330 −169 this season
SP+ rating
-27.4 No. 123 of 124; offense No. 121, defense No. 120
SRS
−20.6 No. 120 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jesse Cone
Defensive coordinator
Don McCaulley

1974 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU6–⁠0–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Arizona6–⁠19–⁠2
Arizona State4–⁠37–⁠5
New Mexico3–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
UTEP3–⁠44–⁠7
Colorado State2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Utah1–⁠51–⁠10
Wyoming1–⁠62–⁠9

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