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1990 Houston

10–⁠1 (7–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by John Jenkins, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Houston in 1990, game by game: won vs. UNLV 37–9; won at Texas Tech 51–35; won vs. Rice 24–22; won at Baylor 31–15; won vs. No. 20 Texas A&M 36–31; won at SMU 44–17; won vs. Arkansas 62–28; won vs. TCU 56–35; lost at No. 14 Texas 24–45; won vs. Eastern Washington 84–21; won vs. Arizona State 62–45+63−21Won 37–9 vs. UNLV+28UNLVWon 51–35 at Texas Tech+16Texas TechWon 24–22 vs. Rice+2RiceWon 31–15 at Baylor+16BaylorWon 36–31 vs. No. 20 Texas A&M+5No. 20 Texas A&MWon 44–17 at SMU+27SMUWon 62–28 vs. Arkansas+34ArkansasWon 56–35 vs. TCU+21TCULost 24–45 at No. 14 Texas-21No. 14 TexasWon 84–21 vs. Eastern Washington+63Eastern Washing…Won 62–45 vs. Arizona State+17Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsUNLVW 37–⁠988%
Sep 13atTexas TechW 51–⁠3555%
Sep 29vsRiceW 24–⁠2287%
Oct 6atBaylorW 31–⁠1564%
Oct 13vs20Texas A&MW 36–⁠3166%
Oct 20atSMUW 44–⁠1787%
Oct 27vsArkansasW 62–⁠2881%
Nov 3vsTCUW 56–⁠3582%
Nov 10at14TexasL 24–⁠4563%
Nov 17vsEastern WashingtonW 84–⁠2194%
Dec 2vsArizona StateW 62–⁠4578%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona State 62–⁠45; No. 10 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 81 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 2: 24
  3. Wk 3: 18
  4. Wk 4: 14
  5. Wk 5: 13
  6. Wk 6: 13
  7. Wk 7: 12
  8. Wk 8: 9
  9. Wk 9: 6
  10. Wk 10: 6
  11. Wk 11: 3
  12. Wk 12: 12
  13. Wk 13: 12
  14. Wk 14: 11
  15. Wk 15: 9
  16. Final: 10

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 1990.

Heisman voteDavid Klingler, fifth

Led the nationDavid Klingler: passing touchdowns (54 TD), total offense (5,221 yds), total offense per game (474.6)

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 3
Points
511–⁠303
Coach
John Jenkins
Elo
1715 +71 this season
SP+ rating
17.3 No. 19 of 104; offense No. 2, defense No. 83
SRS
14.3 No. 18 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Larry Coyer
Captains
Reggie Burnette, Manny Hazard, Jason Jessup and Chuck Weatherspoon
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 7Reggie Burnette LBGreen Bay Packers

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 6 second team

First team

  • David KlinglerQBAP-1
  • Chuck WeatherspoonRBAP-1
  • Manny HazardWRAP-1
  • Jerry ParksDBUPI-1

Second team

  • Jason JessupOLAP-2
  • Leroy TruittOLUPI-2
  • Tray HooperDLAP-2
  • Reggie BurnetteLBAP-2
  • Eric BlountLBUPI-2
  • Roman AndersonKAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas8–⁠010–⁠212
Houston7–⁠110–⁠110
Texas A&M5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠3–⁠115
Baylor5–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
TCU3–⁠55–⁠6
Rice3–⁠55–⁠6
Texas Tech3–⁠54–⁠7
Arkansas1–⁠73–⁠8
SMU0–⁠81–⁠10

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