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1991 Houston

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by John Jenkins.

Schedule and results

Houston in 1991, game by game: won vs. Louisiana Tech 73–3; lost at No. 2 Miami 10–40; lost at Illinois 10–51; lost vs. No. 11 Baylor 21–38; lost at Arkansas 17–29; won vs. SMU 49–20; lost at No. 13 Texas A&M 18–27; won vs. Texas 23–14; won at Rice 41–21; lost at TCU 45–49; lost vs. Texas Tech 46–52+70−41Won 73–3 vs. Louisiana Tech+70Louisiana TechLost 10–40 at No. 2 Miami-30No. 2 MiamiLost 10–51 at Illinois-41IllinoisLost 21–38 vs. No. 11 Baylor-17No. 11 BaylorLost 17–29 at Arkansas-12ArkansasWon 49–20 vs. SMU+29SMULost 18–27 at No. 13 Texas A&M-9No. 13 Texas A&MWon 23–14 vs. Texas+9TexasWon 41–21 at Rice+20RiceLost 45–49 at TCU-4TCULost 46–52 vs. Texas Tech-6Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsLouisiana TechW 73–⁠372%
Sep 12at2MiamiL 10–⁠4034%
Sep 21atIllinoisL 10–⁠5155%
Oct 5vs11BaylorL 21–⁠3858%
Oct 12atArkansasL 17–⁠2955%
Oct 19vsSMUW 49–⁠2084%
Oct 26at13Texas A&ML 18–⁠2724%
Nov 9vsTexasW 23–⁠1447%
Nov 16atRiceW 41–⁠2158%
Nov 23atTCUL 45–⁠4955%
Nov 30vsTexas TechL 46–⁠5263%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas Tech 52–⁠46; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 81 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 10
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 4: 21

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 1991.

Led the nationFred Gilbert: receptions (106 catches)

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
353–⁠344
Coach
John Jenkins
Elo
1545 −98 this season
SP+ rating
7.5 No. 39 of 104; offense No. 10, defense No. 91
SRS
3.1 No. 43 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Ben Hurt
Captains
Roman Anderson, David Klingler and Glenn Cadrez
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 1David Klingler QBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 6Glenn Cadrez LBNew York Jets
Rd 7John Brown WRChicago Bears

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Marcus GrantWRCoaches-1
  • Roman AndersonKCoaches-1

Second team

  • David KlinglerQBCoaches-2
  • Fred GilbertWRCoaches-2
  • Mike GislerOLCoaches-2
  • Charles LangstonPCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M8–⁠010–⁠212
Baylor5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Arkansas5–⁠36–⁠6
TCU4–⁠47–⁠4
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Houston3–⁠54–⁠7
Rice2–⁠64–⁠7
SMU0–⁠81–⁠10

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