1989 SMU
2–9 (0–8 Southwest Conference), coached by Forrest Gregg. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat North Texas 35–9Oct 28
By 26 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs Rice | L 6–35 | 82% |
| Sep 16 | vs UConn | W 31–30 | 78% |
| Sep 23 | vs Texas | L 13–45 | 59% |
| Sep 30 | at TCU | L 10–28 | 43% |
| Oct 14 | vs Baylor | L 3–49 | 44% |
| Oct 21 | at 16Houston | L 21–95 | 13% |
| Oct 28 | vs North Texas | W 35–9 | 63% |
| Nov 4 | at 20Texas A&M | L 14–63 | 14% |
| Nov 11 | at 1Notre Dame | L 6–59 | 6% |
| Nov 18 | vs 20Texas Tech | L 24–48 | 29% |
| Dec 2 | at 9Arkansas | L 24–38 | 8% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 38–24; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 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 1989.
- Record
- 2–9
- Conference
- 0–8 9th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 187–499
- Coach
- Forrest Gregg
- Elo
- 1353 −182 this season
- SP+ rating
- -20.2 No. 96 of 103; offense No. 46, defense No. 101
- SRS
- −18.1 No. 96 of 106 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Tom Rossley
- Defensive coordinator
- Dale Lindsey
- Offense
- Run and shoot
- Defense
- 3–4
All-Southwest Conference
1 second teamSecond team
Jason WolfWRAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1989 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 7–1 | 10–2 | 13 |
| Houston | 6–2 | 9–2 | 14 |
| Texas A&M | 6–2 | 8–4 | 20 |
| Texas Tech | 5–3 | 9–3 | 19 |
| Texas | 4–4 | 5–6 | |
| Baylor | 4–4 | 5–6 | |
| TCU | 2–6 | 4–7 | |
| Rice | 2–6 | 2–8–1 | |
| SMU | 0–8 | 2–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.