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1974 Wichita State

1–⁠9–⁠1 (1–⁠4–⁠1 Missouri Valley Conference).

Schedule and results

Wichita State in 1974, game by game: lost vs. New Mexico State 12–13; lost at Oklahoma State 0–59; lost at Kansas State 0–17; lost at West Texas 7–41; lost vs. Louisville 7–14; lost at Tulsa 13–35; lost vs. Cincinnati 0–43; won vs. Drake 23–14; tied vs. North Texas 10–10; lost at Fresno State 12–24; lost at Memphis 10–34+9−59Lost 12–13 vs. New Mexico State-1New Mexico StateLost 0–59 at Oklahoma State-59Oklahoma StateLost 0–17 at Kansas State-17Kansas StateLost 7–41 at West Texas-34West TexasLost 7–14 vs. Louisville-7LouisvilleLost 13–35 at Tulsa-22TulsaLost 0–43 vs. Cincinnati-43CincinnatiWon 23–14 vs. Drake+9DrakeTied 10–10 vs. North Texas0North TexasLost 12–24 at Fresno State-12Fresno StateLost 10–34 at Memphis-24Memphis
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsNew Mexico StateL 12–⁠1355%
Sep 14atOklahoma StateL 0–⁠5921%
Sep 21atKansas StateL 0–⁠1723%
Sep 28atWest TexasL 7–⁠4145%
Oct 5vsLouisvilleL 7–⁠1436%
Oct 12atTulsaL 13–⁠3525%
Oct 19vsCincinnatiL 0–⁠4334%
Nov 2vsDrakeW 23–⁠1460%
Nov 9vsNorth TexasT 10–⁠1047%
Nov 16atFresno StateL 12–⁠2433%
Nov 23atMemphisL 10–⁠3412%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Memphis 34–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In program history: The 41st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 65 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 1974.

Record
1–⁠9–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠4–⁠1 7th in Missouri Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
94–⁠304
Coach
—
Elo
1249 −124 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−17.0 No. 115 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1974 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tulsa6–⁠08–⁠3
Louisville3–⁠24–⁠7
West Texas3–⁠36–⁠5
Drake2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
New Mexico State2–⁠35–⁠6
North Texas1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠7–⁠2
Wichita State1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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