1965 UTEP

8–⁠3, coached by Robert Dobbs.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1965, game by game: won vs. North Texas 61–15; won at New Mexico 35–14; won vs. New Mexico State 21–6; won vs. Colorado State 35–10; lost at Wyoming 14–38; lost vs. Arizona State 20–28; lost at Arizona 3–10; won at Utah 20–19; won vs. Xavier 57–33; won vs. West Texas 38–21; won vs. TCU 13–12+46−24Won 61–15 vs. North Texas+46North TexasWon 35–14 at New Mexico+21New MexicoWon 21–6 vs. New Mexico State+15New Mexico StateWon 35–10 vs. Colorado State+25Colorado StateLost 14–38 at Wyoming-24WyomingLost 20–28 vs. Arizona State-8Arizona StateLost 3–10 at Arizona-7ArizonaWon 20–19 at Utah+1UtahWon 57–33 vs. Xavier+24XavierWon 38–21 vs. West Texas+17West TexasWon 13–12 vs. TCU+1TCU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsNorth TexasW 61–⁠1555%
Sep 25atNew MexicoW 35–⁠1421%
Oct 2vsNew Mexico StateW 21–⁠655%
Oct 9vsColorado StateW 35–⁠1062%
Oct 16atWyomingL 14–⁠3831%
Oct 30vsArizona StateL 20–⁠2855%
Nov 6atArizonaL 3–⁠1040%
Nov 13atUtahW 20–⁠1928%
Nov 20vsXavierW 57–⁠3343%
Nov 27vsWest TexasW 38–⁠2161%
Dec 31vsTCUSun BowlW 13–⁠1242%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat TCU 13–⁠12 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1965.

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
317–⁠206
Coach
Robert Dobbs
Elo
1510 +155 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
3.5 No. 49 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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