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1977 UTEP

1–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Bill Michael.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1977, game by game: lost vs. North Texas 10–41; lost at Wyoming 17–27; lost at Oklahoma State 0–54; won vs. New Mexico State 23–21; lost vs. Colorado State 14–31; lost at San Diego State 7–49; lost at Arizona State 3–66; lost at New Mexico 17–33; lost at Utah 17–29; lost vs. Arizona 24–41; lost vs. No. 18 BYU 19–68+7−63Lost 10–41 vs. North Texas-31North TexasLost 17–27 at Wyoming-10WyomingLost 0–54 at Oklahoma State-54Oklahoma StateWon 23–21 vs. New Mexico State+2New Mexico StateLost 14–31 vs. Colorado State-17Colorado StateLost 7–49 at San Diego State-42San Diego StateLost 3–66 at Arizona State-63Arizona StateLost 17–33 at New Mexico-16New MexicoLost 17–29 at Utah-12UtahLost 24–41 vs. Arizona-17ArizonaLost 19–68 vs. No. 18 BYU-49No. 18 BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsNorth TexasL 10–⁠4131%
Sep 17atWyomingL 17–⁠2722%
Sep 24atOklahoma StateL 0–⁠5410%
Oct 1vsNew Mexico StateW 23–⁠2134%
Oct 8vsColorado StateL 14–⁠3125%
Oct 15atSan Diego StateL 7–⁠4911%
Oct 22atArizona StateL 3–⁠6612%
Nov 5atNew MexicoL 17–⁠3319%
Nov 12atUtahL 17–⁠2929%
Nov 19vsArizonaL 24–⁠4127%
Nov 26vs18BYUL 19–⁠6811%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to BYU 68–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 86th-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 1977.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
151–⁠460
Coach
Bill Michael
Elo
1214 −96 this season
SP+ rating
-22.2 No. 133 of 140; offense No. 82, defense No. 136
SRS
−18.2 No. 131 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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1977 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU6–⁠19–⁠220
Arizona State6–⁠19–⁠318
Colorado State5–⁠29–⁠2–⁠1
Wyoming4–⁠34–⁠6–⁠1
Arizona3–⁠45–⁠7
New Mexico2–⁠55–⁠7
Utah2–⁠53–⁠8
UTEP0–⁠71–⁠10

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