Coach record book

Rod Rust's Top 25 Games

The defining games from Rod Rust's unambiguous full-season assignments, with the coached team identified for every result.

Games: 25
Top score: 38/100
Overtime: 0

Teams coached in this list

North Texas history

National ranking

The top 25 of 62 attributable games

1 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.

1968Week 7
North Texas at Arkansas
North Texas 15, Arkansas 17
L · Coached North Texas vs. Arkansas
Unranked North Texas vs. No. 16 Arkansas · 2-point margin
Ranking 10/50 · Closeness 28/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
38
Game score
1970Week 8
North Texas at West Texas A&M
North Texas 11, West Texas A&M 10
W · Coached North Texas vs. West Texas A&M
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked West Texas A&M · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
34
Game score
1969Week 8
North Texas at Cincinnati
North Texas 31, Cincinnati 30
W · Coached North Texas vs. Cincinnati
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked Cincinnati · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
34
Game score
1972Week 9
Cincinnati at North Texas
Cincinnati 25, North Texas 27
W · Coached North Texas vs. Cincinnati
Unranked Cincinnati vs. Unranked North Texas · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
33
Game score
1967Week 4
Louisville at North Texas
Louisville 28, North Texas 30
W · Coached North Texas vs. Louisville
Unranked Louisville vs. Unranked North Texas · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
33
Game score
1971Week 6
Louisville at North Texas
Louisville 17, North Texas 20
W · Coached North Texas vs. Louisville
Unranked Louisville vs. Unranked North Texas · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
32
Game score
1968Week 9
North Texas at UTEP
North Texas 34, UTEP 31
W · Coached North Texas vs. UTEP
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked UTEP · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
32
Game score
1968Week 6
North Texas at Tulsa
North Texas 20, Tulsa 17
W · Coached North Texas vs. Tulsa
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked Tulsa · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
32
Game score
1967Week 5
New Mexico State at North Texas
New Mexico State 31, North Texas 31
T · Coached North Texas vs. New Mexico State
Unranked New Mexico State vs. Unranked North Texas · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
30
Game score
1968Week 3
North Texas at Colorado State
North Texas 17, Colorado State 12
W · Coached North Texas vs. Colorado State
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked Colorado State · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 25/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
30
Game score
1972Week 7
Memphis at North Texas
Memphis 7, North Texas 6
L · Coached North Texas vs. Memphis
Unranked Memphis vs. Unranked North Texas · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
29
Game score
1970Week 10
New Mexico State at North Texas
New Mexico State 32, North Texas 31
L · Coached North Texas vs. New Mexico State
Unranked New Mexico State vs. Unranked North Texas · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
29
Game score
1967Week 10
Wichita State at North Texas
Wichita State 14, North Texas 20
W · Coached North Texas vs. Wichita State
Unranked Wichita State vs. Unranked North Texas · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 24/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
29
Game score
1969Week 3
North Texas at Memphis
North Texas 13, Memphis 15
L · Coached North Texas vs. Memphis
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked Memphis · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
28
Game score
1972Week 11
West Texas A&M at North Texas
West Texas A&M 17, North Texas 14
L · Coached North Texas vs. West Texas A&M
Unranked West Texas A&M vs. Unranked North Texas · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
27
Game score
1972Week 2
North Texas at Long Beach State
North Texas 21, Long Beach State 24
L · Coached North Texas vs. Long Beach State
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked Long Beach State · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
27
Game score
1970Week 3
North Texas at BYU
North Texas 7, BYU 10
L · Coached North Texas vs. BYU
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked BYU · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 27/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
27
Game score
1969Week 4
North Texas at Drake
North Texas 23, Drake 27
L · Coached North Texas vs. Drake
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked Drake · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 26/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
26
Game score
1971Week 8
Drake at North Texas
Drake 12, North Texas 21
W · Coached North Texas vs. Drake
Unranked Drake vs. Unranked North Texas · 9-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 21/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
26
Game score
1970Week 15
North Texas at Tulsa
North Texas 20, Tulsa 26
L · Coached North Texas vs. Tulsa
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked Tulsa · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 24/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
24
Game score
1967Week 6
Colorado State at North Texas
Colorado State 10, North Texas 21
W · Coached North Texas vs. Colorado State
Unranked Colorado State vs. Unranked North Texas · 11-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 19/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
24
Game score
1967Week 12
North Texas at Memphis
North Texas 20, Memphis 29
L · Coached North Texas vs. Memphis
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked Memphis · 9-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 21/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
21
Game score
1968Week 5
Northern Michigan at North Texas
Northern Michigan 3, North Texas 17
W · Coached North Texas vs. Northern Michigan
Unranked Northern Michigan vs. Unranked North Texas · 14-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 16/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 5/5
21
Game score
1971Week 3
North Texas at New Mexico State
North Texas 0, New Mexico State 10
L · Coached North Texas vs. New Mexico State
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked New Mexico State · 10-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 20/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
20
Game score
1970Week 7
North Texas at Tampa
North Texas 7, Tampa 18
L · Coached North Texas vs. Tampa
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked Tampa · 11-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 19/30 · Overtime 0/15 · Win 0/5
19
Game score

Methodology

How coach games are attributed and scored

Attribution: a team-season counts only when one coach owns the full schedule, or exactly one listed coach covers every completed game. Ambiguous split and interim seasons are excluded.

AP ranking, 50: both teams earn points from their AP rank at game time.

Closeness and overtime, 45: close finals earn up to 30 points and overtime earns up to 15.

Result, 5: a win by the coached team earns five points.

Regular-season rankings use the AP poll for the game's week. Postseason games use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Historical poll, line-score, and video coverage varies.