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1976 UTEP

1–⁠11 (0–⁠7 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Gil Bartosh.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1976, game by game: won vs. Texas–Arlington 38–15; lost at New Mexico State 10–13; lost vs. New Mexico 7–25; lost at Utah 14–38; lost at Arizona 12–63; lost vs. Arizona State 6–23; lost at Colorado State 7–28; lost vs. San Diego State 16–27; lost at BYU 27–40; lost vs. Wyoming 10–14; lost at Hawai’i 12–28; lost vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State 13–42+23−51Won 38–15 vs. Texas–Arlington+23Texas–ArlingtonLost 10–13 at New Mexico State-3New Mexico StateLost 7–25 vs. New Mexico-18New MexicoLost 14–38 at Utah-24UtahLost 12–63 at Arizona-51ArizonaLost 6–23 vs. Arizona State-17Arizona StateLost 7–28 at Colorado State-21Colorado StateLost 16–27 vs. San Diego State-11San Diego StateLost 27–40 at BYU-13BYULost 10–14 vs. Wyoming-4WyomingLost 12–28 at Hawai’i-16Hawai’iLost 13–42 vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State-29No. 14 Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsTexas–ArlingtonW 38–⁠1549%
Sep 11atNew Mexico StateL 10–⁠1336%
Sep 18vsNew MexicoL 7–⁠2537%
Oct 2atUtahL 14–⁠3846%
Oct 9atArizonaL 12–⁠6313%
Oct 16vsArizona StateL 6–⁠2327%
Oct 23atColorado StateL 7–⁠2820%
Oct 30vsSan Diego StateL 16–⁠2716%
Nov 6atBYUL 27–⁠409%
Nov 13vsWyomingL 10–⁠1427%
Nov 20atHawai’iL 12–⁠2843%
Nov 27vs14Oklahoma StateL 13–⁠4211%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 42–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 85th-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 1976.

Record
1–⁠11
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
172–⁠356
Coach
Gil Bartosh
Elo
1216 −111 this season
SP+ rating
-23.5 No. 130 of 132; offense No. 117, defense No. 125
SRS
−19.3 No. 128 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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1976 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU6–⁠19–⁠3
Wyoming6–⁠18–⁠4
Arizona State4–⁠34–⁠7
Utah3–⁠33–⁠8
Arizona3–⁠45–⁠6
New Mexico3–⁠44–⁠7
Colorado State2–⁠46–⁠5
UTEP0–⁠71–⁠11

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