1995 Houston
2–9 (2–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Kim Helton. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat SMU 38–15Oct 21
By 23 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at 5Florida | L 21–45 | 9% |
| Sep 9 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 7–19 | 47% |
| Sep 16 | at 6USC | L 10–45 | 10% |
| Sep 23 | at Kansas | L 13–20 | 14% |
| Oct 7 | at TCU | L 21–31 | 16% |
| Oct 14 | vs Baylor | L 7–47 | 24% |
| Oct 21 | vs SMU | W 38–15 | 52% |
| Oct 28 | at 19Texas A&M | L 7–31 | 7% |
| Nov 11 | vs 11Texas | L 20–52 | 15% |
| Nov 25 | vs Texas Tech | L 26–38 | 17% |
| Dec 2 | at Rice | W 18–17 | 26% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 18–17; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 75th-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 1995.
- Record
- 2–9
- Conference
- 2–5 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 188–360
- Coach
- Kim Helton
- Elo
- 1289 −42 this season
- SP+ rating
- -8.6 No. 80 of 107; offense No. 73, defense No. 77
- SRS
- −10.6 No. 88 of 108 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Neil Callaway
- Defensive coordinator
- Gene Smith
- Captains
- Larkay James, Thomas McGaughey, Chad O’Shea and Gerome Williams
- Offense
- Pro-style
- Defense
- 4–3
Drafted in 1996
The 1996 draft| Rd 2 | Dedric Mathis DB | Indianapolis Colts |
| Rd 5 | Jimmy Herndon OG | Jacksonville Jaguars |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Jimmy HerndonOLAP-1
Second team
- Chuck ClementsQBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1995 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7–0 | 10–2–1 | 14 |
| Texas Tech | 5–2 | 9–3 | 23 |
| Texas A&M | 5–2 | 9–3 | 15 |
| Baylor | 5–2 | 7–4 | |
| TCU | 3–4 | 6–5 | |
| Houston | 2–5 | 2–9 | |
| Rice | 1–6 | 2–8–1 | |
| SMU | 0–7 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.