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1987 Houston

4–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Pardee.

Schedule and results

Houston in 1987, game by game: lost vs. Oklahoma State 0–35; won vs. Sam Houston 38–34; lost vs. Baylor 18–30; lost at Texas A&M 17–22; lost at Wyoming 35–37; lost at Arkansas 17–21; lost at TCU 7–35; won vs. Texas 60–40; won at Temple 37–7; tied vs. Texas Tech 10–10; won at Rice 45–21+30−35Lost 0–35 vs. Oklahoma State-35Oklahoma StateWon 38–34 vs. Sam Houston+4Sam HoustonLost 18–30 vs. Baylor-12BaylorLost 17–22 at Texas A&M-5Texas A&MLost 35–37 at Wyoming-2WyomingLost 17–21 at Arkansas-4ArkansasLost 7–35 at TCU-28TCUWon 60–40 vs. Texas+20TexasWon 37–7 at Temple+30TempleTied 10–10 vs. Texas Tech0Texas TechWon 45–21 at Rice+24Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsOklahoma StateL 0–⁠3537%
Sep 26vsSam HoustonW 38–⁠3480%
Oct 3vsBaylorL 18–⁠3024%
Oct 10atTexas A&ML 17–⁠2215%
Oct 17atWyomingL 35–⁠3722%
Oct 24atArkansasL 17–⁠2113%
Oct 31atTCUL 7–⁠3524%
Nov 7vsTexasW 60–⁠4029%
Nov 14atTempleW 37–⁠734%
Nov 21vsTexas TechT 10–⁠1044%
Nov 28atRiceW 45–⁠2160%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rice 45–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 57th-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 1987.

Led the nationJason Phillips: receptions (99 catches)

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
284–⁠292
Coach
Jack Pardee
Elo
1457 +62 this season
SP+ rating
4.6 No. 45 of 101; offense No. 30, defense No. 60
SRS
3.0 No. 45 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Jenkins
Defensive coordinator
Jim Eddy
Captains
Gary McGuire, Robert Jones and Tim Britton
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠110–⁠210
Arkansas5–⁠29–⁠4
Texas5–⁠27–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠46–⁠5
TCU3–⁠45–⁠6
Houston2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Rice0–⁠72–⁠9

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