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1969 UTEP

4–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Robert Dobbs.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1969, game by game: won vs. Pacific 14–10; won at New Mexico 21–6; lost vs. Utah 6–24; lost at No. 18 Wyoming 9–37; lost at Arizona 10–26; lost vs. BYU 7–30; won at Colorado State 17–16; lost vs. New Mexico State 38–41; lost vs. Arizona State 19–42; won vs. Xavier 17–10+15−28Won 14–10 vs. Pacific+4PacificWon 21–6 at New Mexico+15New MexicoLost 6–24 vs. Utah-18UtahLost 9–37 at No. 18 Wyoming-28No. 18 WyomingLost 10–26 at Arizona-16ArizonaLost 7–30 vs. BYU-23BYUWon 17–16 at Colorado State+1Colorado StateLost 38–41 vs. New Mexico State-3New Mexico StateLost 19–42 vs. Arizona State-23Arizona StateWon 17–10 vs. Xavier+7Xavier
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsPacificW 14–⁠1070%
Sep 27atNew MexicoW 21–⁠675%
Oct 4vsUtahL 6–⁠2472%
Oct 11at18WyomingL 9–⁠3724%
Oct 18atArizonaL 10–⁠2651%
Oct 25vsBYUL 7–⁠3064%
Nov 1atColorado StateW 17–⁠1638%
Nov 8vsNew Mexico StateL 38–⁠4155%
Nov 15vsArizona StateL 19–⁠4226%
Nov 29vsXavierW 17–⁠1068%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Xavier 17–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The tied 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
158–⁠242
Coach
Robert Dobbs
Elo
1407 −120 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.8 No. 83 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 7Jim Fabish DBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 7Clyde Glosson WRKansas City Chiefs

1969 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State6–⁠18–⁠2
Utah5–⁠18–⁠2
BYU4–⁠36–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠36–⁠4
Arizona3–⁠33–⁠7
UTEP2–⁠54–⁠6
New Mexico1–⁠54–⁠6
Colorado State0–⁠44–⁠6

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