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1958 West Texas

1–⁠9 (1–⁠4 Border Conference).

Schedule and results

West Texas in 1958, game by game: lost at Virginia Tech 12–28; lost at Texas Tech 7–32; lost at Arizona State 13–16; lost vs. UTEP 12–29; lost vs. Trinity (Texas) 7–35; lost at Southern Miss 0–15; lost at Arizona 8–15; lost vs. Abilene Christian 21–28; lost at Hardin Simmons 6–26; won vs. New Mexico State 39–32+7−28Lost 12–28 at Virginia Tech-16Virginia TechLost 7–32 at Texas Tech-25Texas TechLost 13–16 at Arizona State-3Arizona StateLost 12–29 vs. UTEP-17UTEPLost 7–35 vs. Trinity (Texas)-28Trinity (Texas)Lost 0–15 at Southern Miss-15Southern MissLost 8–15 at Arizona-7ArizonaLost 21–28 vs. Abilene Christian-7Abilene Christi…Lost 6–26 at Hardin Simmons-20Hardin SimmonsWon 39–32 vs. New Mexico State+7New Mexico State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atVirginia TechL 12–⁠2850%
Sep 27atTexas TechL 7–⁠3249%
Oct 4atArizona StateL 13–⁠1624%
Oct 11vsUTEPL 12–⁠2959%
Oct 18vsTrinity (Texas)L 7–⁠3574%
Oct 25atSouthern MissL 0–⁠1532%
Nov 1atArizonaL 8–⁠1551%
Nov 8vsAbilene ChristianL 21–⁠2876%
Nov 15atHardin SimmonsL 6–⁠2619%
Nov 22vsNew Mexico StateW 39–⁠3256%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat New Mexico State 39–⁠32; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Border Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 5th in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
125–⁠256
Coach
—
Elo
1297 −220 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−18.8 No. 103 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1958 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Hardin Simmons4–⁠06–⁠5
Arizona State4–⁠17–⁠3
Arizona2–⁠13–⁠7
New Mexico State1–⁠34–⁠6
UTEP1–⁠42–⁠7
West Texas1–⁠41–⁠9

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