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1986 Houston

1–⁠10 (0–⁠8 Southwest Conference), coached by Bill Yeoman.

Schedule and results

Houston in 1986, game by game: lost at Arizona 3–37; won at Oklahoma State 28–12; lost vs. Tulsa 14–24; lost at No. 13 Baylor 13–27; lost vs. No. 14 Texas A&M 7–19; lost at No. 20 SMU 3–10; lost vs. No. 14 Arkansas 13–30; lost vs. TCU 14–30; lost at Texas 10–30; lost at Texas Tech 7–34; lost vs. Rice 13–14+16−34Lost 3–37 at Arizona-34ArizonaWon 28–12 at Oklahoma State+16Oklahoma StateLost 14–24 vs. Tulsa-10TulsaLost 13–27 at No. 13 Baylor-14No. 13 BaylorLost 7–19 vs. No. 14 Texas A&M-12No. 14 Texas A&MLost 3–10 at No. 20 SMU-7No. 20 SMULost 13–30 vs. No. 14 Arkansas-17No. 14 ArkansasLost 14–30 vs. TCU-16TCULost 10–30 at Texas-20TexasLost 7–34 at Texas Tech-27Texas TechLost 13–14 vs. Rice-1Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atArizonaL 3–⁠3728%
Sep 20atOklahoma StateW 28–⁠1228%
Sep 27vsTulsaL 14–⁠2458%
Oct 4at13BaylorL 13–⁠2723%
Oct 11vs14Texas A&ML 7–⁠1933%
Oct 18at20SMUL 3–⁠1021%
Oct 25vs14ArkansasL 13–⁠3030%
Nov 1vsTCUL 14–⁠3066%
Nov 8atTexasL 10–⁠3026%
Nov 22atTexas TechL 7–⁠3423%
Nov 29vsRiceL 13–⁠1461%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 14–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 81 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 1986.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠8 9th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
125–⁠267
Coach
Bill Yeoman
Elo
1343 −131 this season
SP+ rating
-12.8 No. 85 of 101; offense No. 97, defense No. 55
SRS
−10.2 No. 81 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Don Todd
Captain
Robby Brezina

All-Southwest Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Gary McGuireLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠19–⁠313
Baylor6–⁠29–⁠312
Arkansas6–⁠29–⁠315
Texas Tech5–⁠37–⁠5
SMU5–⁠36–⁠5
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Rice2–⁠64–⁠7
TCU1–⁠73–⁠8
Houston0–⁠81–⁠10

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