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1992 Houston

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by John Jenkins.

Schedule and results

Houston in 1992, game by game: lost at Tulsa 25–28; won vs. Illinois 31–13; lost at No. 4 Michigan 7–61; won vs. Louisiana 63–7; lost at Baylor 23–29; lost at Texas 38–45; won vs. TCU 49–46; lost at SMU 16–41; lost vs. No. 4 Texas A&M 30–38; lost at Texas Tech 35–44; won vs. Rice 61–34+56−54Lost 25–28 at Tulsa-3TulsaWon 31–13 vs. Illinois+18IllinoisLost 7–61 at No. 4 Michigan-54No. 4 MichiganWon 63–7 vs. Louisiana+56LouisianaLost 23–29 at Baylor-6BaylorLost 38–45 at Texas-7TexasWon 49–46 vs. TCU+3TCULost 16–41 at SMU-25SMULost 30–38 vs. No. 4 Texas A&M-8No. 4 Texas A&MLost 35–44 at Texas Tech-9Texas TechWon 61–34 vs. Rice+27Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atTulsaL 25–⁠2841%
Sep 19vsIllinoisW 31–⁠1352%
Sep 26at4MichiganL 7–⁠6125%
Oct 3vsLouisianaW 63–⁠775%
Oct 17atBaylorL 23–⁠2941%
Oct 24atTexasL 38–⁠4539%
Oct 31vsTCUW 49–⁠4675%
Nov 7atSMUL 16–⁠4167%
Nov 12vs4Texas A&ML 30–⁠3823%
Nov 21atTexas TechL 35–⁠4440%
Nov 28vsRiceW 61–⁠3449%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rice 61–⁠34; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 48th-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 1992.

Led the nationJimmy Klingler: passing yards (3,818 yds), passing touchdowns (32 TD), total offense (3,768 yds), total offense per game (342.5); Sherman Smith: receptions (103 catches); Ron Peters: yards per catch (26.2)

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
378–⁠386
Coach
John Jenkins
Elo
1484 −46 this season
SP+ rating
-2.4 No. 64 of 105; offense No. 6, defense No. 105
SRS
−2.2 No. 61 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Ben Hurt
Captains
Eric Blount, Freddie Gilbert, Chris Pezman and Jason Youngblood
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Southwest Conference

9 first team

First team

  • Jimmy KlinglerQB
  • Sherman SmithWR
  • Freddie GilbertWR
  • Derrick ClappOTAP-1
  • Jason YoungbloodOG
  • Allen AldridgeDL
  • Ryan McCoyLBAP-1
  • Eric BlountLB
  • Greg W. BrownSecondary

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠012–⁠17
Baylor4–⁠37–⁠5
Texas4–⁠36–⁠5
Rice4–⁠36–⁠5
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠6
SMU2–⁠55–⁠6
Houston2–⁠54–⁠7
TCU1–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1

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