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1978 UTEP

1–⁠11 (1–⁠5 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Bill Michael.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1978, game by game: lost at North Texas 0–49; lost vs. Air Force 25–34; lost at New Mexico State 32–35; won vs. San Diego State 31–24; lost at Arizona State 0–27; lost at Colorado State 29–39; lost at BYU 0–44; lost vs. New Mexico 0–21; lost at Hawai’i 13–35; lost vs. Utah 0–38; lost at UNLV 0–27; lost vs. Wyoming 21–51+7−49Lost 0–49 at North Texas-49North TexasLost 25–34 vs. Air Force-9Air ForceLost 32–35 at New Mexico State-3New Mexico StateWon 31–24 vs. San Diego State+7San Diego StateLost 0–27 at Arizona State-27Arizona StateLost 29–39 at Colorado State-10Colorado StateLost 0–44 at BYU-44BYULost 0–21 vs. New Mexico-21New MexicoLost 13–35 at Hawai’i-22Hawai’iLost 0–38 vs. Utah-38UtahLost 0–27 at UNLV-27UNLVLost 21–51 vs. Wyoming-30Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atNorth TexasL 0–⁠4912%
Sep 9vsAir ForceL 25–⁠3448%
Sep 16atNew Mexico StateL 32–⁠3526%
Sep 23vsSan Diego StateW 31–⁠2417%
Sep 30atArizona StateL 0–⁠2714%
Oct 7atColorado StateL 29–⁠3922%
Oct 21atBYUL 0–⁠4412%
Oct 28vsNew MexicoL 0–⁠2133%
Nov 4atHawai’iL 13–⁠3526%
Nov 11vsUtahL 0–⁠3836%
Nov 18atUNLVL 0–⁠2728%
Nov 25vsWyomingL 21–⁠5127%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wyoming 51–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 91st-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 1978.

Record
1–⁠11
Conference
1–⁠5 7th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
151–⁠424
Coach
Bill Michael
Elo
1191 −118 this season
SP+ rating
-21.3 No. 131 of 133; offense No. 101, defense No. 129
SRS
−18.8 No. 128 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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1978 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU5–⁠19–⁠4
Utah4–⁠28–⁠3
Wyoming4–⁠25–⁠7
New Mexico3–⁠37–⁠5
Colorado State2–⁠45–⁠6
San Diego State2–⁠44–⁠7
UTEP1–⁠51–⁠11

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