1975 Utah

1–⁠10 (1–⁠4 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Tom Lovat.

Schedule and results

Utah in 1975, game by game: lost vs. Utah State 7–13; lost vs. Washington State 14–30; lost at Indiana 7–31; lost vs. Iowa State 3–31; won vs. Wyoming 16–13; lost at New Mexico 23–27; lost at Oregon 7–18; lost vs. No. 10 Arizona State 14–40; lost at Tennessee 7–40; lost at BYU 20–51; lost at No. 11 Arizona 14–38+7−33Lost 7–13 vs. Utah State-6Utah StateLost 14–30 vs. Washington State-16Washington StateLost 7–31 at Indiana-24IndianaLost 3–31 vs. Iowa State-28Iowa StateWon 16–13 vs. Wyoming+3WyomingLost 23–27 at New Mexico-4New MexicoLost 7–18 at Oregon-11OregonLost 14–40 vs. No. 10 Arizona State-26No. 10 Arizona StateLost 7–40 at Tennessee-33TennesseeLost 20–51 at BYU-31BYULost 14–38 at No. 11 Arizona-24No. 11 Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona 38–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Western Athletic Conference.

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

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠4 6th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠332
Coach
Tom Lovat
Elo
1260 −127 this season
SP+ rating
-23.6 No. 128 of 132; offense No. 121, defense No. 126
SRS
−14.4 No. 116 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jesse Cone
Defensive coordinator
Don McCaulley

1975 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State7–⁠012–⁠02
Arizona5–⁠29–⁠218
Colorado State4–⁠26–⁠5
BYU4–⁠36–⁠5
New Mexico4–⁠36–⁠5
Utah1–⁠41–⁠10
Wyoming1–⁠62–⁠9
UTEP0–⁠61–⁠10

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