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1991 SMU

1–⁠10 (0–⁠8 Southwest Conference), coached by Tom Rossley.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1991, game by game: lost at Arkansas 6–17; lost at Vanderbilt 11–14; lost vs. No. 12 Baylor 7–45; won at Tulane 31–17; lost vs. Texas Tech 14–38; lost at Houston 20–49; lost vs. Texas 0–34; lost at TCU 10–18; lost vs. Rice 10–31; lost at No. 12 Texas A&M 6–65; lost vs. No. 22 Tulsa 26–31+14−59Lost 6–17 at Arkansas-11ArkansasLost 11–14 at Vanderbilt-3VanderbiltLost 7–45 vs. No. 12 Baylor-38No. 12 BaylorWon 31–17 at Tulane+14TulaneLost 14–38 vs. Texas Tech-24Texas TechLost 20–49 at Houston-29HoustonLost 0–34 vs. Texas-34TexasLost 10–18 at TCU-8TCULost 10–31 vs. Rice-21RiceLost 6–65 at No. 12 Texas A&M-59No. 12 Texas A&MLost 26–31 vs. No. 22 Tulsa-5No. 22 Tulsa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atArkansasL 6–⁠1727%
Sep 14atVanderbiltL 11–⁠1442%
Sep 28vs12BaylorL 7–⁠4523%
Oct 5atTulaneW 31–⁠1735%
Oct 12vsTexas TechL 14–⁠3846%
Oct 19atHoustonL 20–⁠4916%
Oct 26vsTexasL 0–⁠3416%
Nov 2atTCUL 10–⁠1815%
Nov 9vsRiceL 10–⁠3137%
Nov 23at12Texas A&ML 6–⁠654%
Nov 30vs22TulsaL 26–⁠3123%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tulsa 31–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 106th-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 1991.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠8 9th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
141–⁠359
Coach
Tom Rossley
Elo
1254 −89 this season
SP+ rating
-17.5 No. 93 of 104; offense No. 88, defense No. 90
SRS
−14.9 No. 93 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Wade
Defensive coordinator
Jon Tenuta
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Southwest Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Rongea HillRBCoaches-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.