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1988 Houston

9–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Pardee, finished No. 18 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Houston in 1988, game by game: won vs. Louisiana Tech 60–0; won at Missouri 31–7; won at Baylor 27–24; lost vs. Texas A&M 16–30; won vs. Tulsa 82–28; lost vs. No. 13 Arkansas 21–26; won vs. TCU 40–12; won at Texas 66–15; won vs. No. 10 Wyoming 34–10; won at Texas Tech 30–29; won vs. Rice 45–14; lost vs. No. 18 Washington State 22–24+60−14Won 60–0 vs. Louisiana Tech+60Louisiana TechWon 31–7 at Missouri+24MissouriWon 27–24 at Baylor+3BaylorLost 16–30 vs. Texas A&M-14Texas A&MWon 82–28 vs. Tulsa+54TulsaLost 21–26 vs. No. 13 Arkansas-5No. 13 ArkansasWon 40–12 vs. TCU+28TCUWon 66–15 at Texas+51TexasWon 34–10 vs. No. 10 Wyoming+24No. 10 WyomingWon 30–29 at Texas Tech+1Texas TechWon 45–14 vs. Rice+31RiceLost 22–24 vs. No. 18 Washington State-2No. 18 Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsLouisiana TechW 60–⁠069%
Sep 17atMissouriW 31–⁠744%
Oct 1atBaylorW 27–⁠2441%
Oct 8vsTexas A&ML 16–⁠3050%
Oct 15vsTulsaW 82–⁠2874%
Oct 22vs13ArkansasL 21–⁠2640%
Oct 29vsTCUW 40–⁠1260%
Nov 5atTexasW 66–⁠1549%
Nov 12vs10WyomingW 34–⁠1042%
Nov 19atTexas TechW 30–⁠2957%
Nov 26vsRiceW 45–⁠1493%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs18Washington StateAloha BowlL 22–⁠2458%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 24–⁠22 in the Aloha Bowl; No. 18 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 81 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 13: 17
  2. Wk 14: 14
  3. Wk 15: 14
  4. Wk 16: 14
  5. Final: 18

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 1988.

Led the nationJason Phillips: receptions (108 catches), receiving yards (1,444 yds), receiving touchdowns (15 TD); Chuck Weatherspoon: yards per carry (8.5)

Consensus All-AmericanJason Phillips, WR

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 18 peak No. 14
Points
474–⁠219
Coach
Jack Pardee
Elo
1630 +158 this season
SP+ rating
20.2 No. 12 of 102; offense No. 6, defense No. 44
SRS
17.8 No. 10 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Jenkins
Defensive coordinator
Jim Eddy
Captains
Jet Brown, William Gant, Johnnie Jackson and Keith Jenkins
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 5Johnny Jackson DBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Glenn Montgomery DTHouston Oilers

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠010–⁠212
Texas A&M6–⁠17–⁠5
Houston5–⁠29–⁠318
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠6
Baylor2–⁠56–⁠5
Texas2–⁠54–⁠7
TCU2–⁠54–⁠7
Rice0–⁠70–⁠11

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