1993 Houston

1–⁠9–⁠1 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Kim Helton.

Schedule and results

Houston in 1993, game by game: lost at USC 7–49; lost vs. Tulsa 24–38; lost at No. 8 Michigan 21–42; won vs. Baylor 24–3; lost at No. 14 Texas A&M 10–34; tied vs. SMU 28–28; lost at TCU 10–28; lost vs. Texas 16–34; lost vs. Cincinnati 17–41; lost vs. Texas Tech 7–58; lost at Rice 7–37+21−51Lost 7–49 at USC-42USCLost 24–38 vs. Tulsa-14TulsaLost 21–42 at No. 8 Michigan-21No. 8 MichiganWon 24–3 vs. Baylor+21BaylorLost 10–34 at No. 14 Texas A&M-24No. 14 Texas A&MTied 28–28 vs. SMU0SMULost 10–28 at TCU-18TCULost 16–34 vs. Texas-18TexasLost 17–41 vs. Cincinnati-24CincinnatiLost 7–58 vs. Texas Tech-51Texas TechLost 7–37 at Rice-30Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atUSCL 7–⁠4938%
Sep 11vsTulsaL 24–⁠3859%
Sep 25at8MichiganL 21–⁠4215%
Oct 2vsBaylorW 24–⁠336%
Oct 9at14Texas A&ML 10–⁠3418%
Oct 16vsSMUT 28–⁠2865%
Oct 30atTCUL 10–⁠2845%
Nov 4vsTexasL 16–⁠3448%
Nov 13vsCincinnatiL 17–⁠4141%
Nov 20vsTexas TechL 7–⁠5825%
Nov 26atRiceL 7–⁠3730%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 37–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 73rd-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 1993.

Record
1–⁠9–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 tied for 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
171–⁠392
Coach
Kim Helton
Elo
1331 −158 this season
SP+ rating
-18.5 No. 95 of 105; offense No. 80, defense No. 92
SRS
−13.4 No. 88 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Neil Callaway
Defensive coordinator
Gene Smith
Captains
Ryan McCoy and Jimmy Klingler
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 2Allen Aldridge LBDenver Broncos
Rd 3Lamar Smith RBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 6Ryan McCoy LBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠010–⁠29
Texas5–⁠25–⁠5–⁠1
Texas Tech5–⁠26–⁠6
Rice3–⁠46–⁠5
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠54–⁠7
SMU1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠2
Houston1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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