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1970 West Texas

7–⁠3, coached by Joe Kerbel.

Schedule and results

West Texas in 1970, game by game: lost at Lamar 28–33; won vs. Wichita State 43–0; won vs. East Carolina 42–30; won at Northern Illinois 24–22; lost vs. North Texas 10–11; won vs. New Mexico State 37–7; won at Texas–Arlington 33–8; lost vs. Western Michigan 0–20; won at Bowling Green 23–7; won vs. Southern Miss 14–11+43−20Lost 28–33 at Lamar-5LamarWon 43–0 vs. Wichita State+43Wichita StateWon 42–30 vs. East Carolina+12East CarolinaWon 24–22 at Northern Illinois+2Northern Illino…Lost 10–11 vs. North Texas-1North TexasWon 37–7 vs. New Mexico State+30New Mexico StateWon 33–8 at Texas–Arlington+25Texas–ArlingtonLost 0–20 vs. Western Michigan-20Western MichiganWon 23–7 at Bowling Green+16Bowling GreenWon 14–11 vs. Southern Miss+3Southern Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atLamarL 28–⁠3387%
Sep 26vsWichita StateW 43–⁠078%
Oct 3vsEast CarolinaW 42–⁠3085%
Oct 10atNorthern IllinoisW 24–⁠2279%
Oct 17vsNorth TexasL 10–⁠1163%
Oct 24vsNew Mexico StateW 37–⁠773%
Oct 31atTexas–ArlingtonW 33–⁠886%
Nov 7vsWestern MichiganL 0–⁠2058%
Nov 14atBowling GreenW 23–⁠749%
Nov 21vsSouthern MissW 14–⁠1174%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Southern Miss 14–⁠11; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
254–⁠149
Coach
Joe Kerbel
Elo
1523 +5 this season
SP+ rating
-2.8 No. 78 of 117; offense No. 83, defense No. 54
SRS
−5.4 No. 79 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 1Rocky Thompson RBNew York Giants
Rd 5Ralph Anderson DBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Ray Brown DBAtlanta Falcons