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1992 SMU

5–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Tom Rossley.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1992, game by game: lost vs. Tulane 12–13; won vs. North Texas 28–14; won at New Mexico 20–13; won vs. TCU 21–9; lost at Baylor 7–49; lost at Rice 13–28; lost at Texas Tech 25–39; lost vs. No. 5 Texas A&M 7–41; won vs. Houston 41–16; lost at Texas 14–35; won at Arkansas 24–19+25−42Lost 12–13 vs. Tulane-1TulaneWon 28–14 vs. North Texas+14North TexasWon 20–13 at New Mexico+7New MexicoWon 21–9 vs. TCU+12TCULost 7–49 at Baylor-42BaylorLost 13–28 at Rice-15RiceLost 25–39 at Texas Tech-14Texas TechLost 7–41 vs. No. 5 Texas A&M-34No. 5 Texas A&MWon 41–16 vs. Houston+25HoustonLost 14–35 at Texas-21TexasWon 24–19 at Arkansas+5Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsTulaneL 12–⁠1354%
Sep 12vsNorth TexasW 28–⁠1460%
Sep 19atNew MexicoW 20–⁠1336%
Sep 26vsTCUW 21–⁠944%
Oct 3atBaylorL 7–⁠4929%
Oct 10atRiceL 13–⁠2838%
Oct 24atTexas TechL 25–⁠3924%
Oct 31vs5Texas A&ML 7–⁠4110%
Nov 7vsHoustonW 41–⁠1633%
Nov 14atTexasL 14–⁠3522%
Nov 21atArkansasW 24–⁠1938%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas 24–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 85th-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 1992.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
212–⁠276
Coach
Tom Rossley
Elo
1404 +69 this season
SP+ rating
-10.2 No. 88 of 105; offense No. 80, defense No. 72
SRS
−8.7 No. 85 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Wade
Defensive coordinator
Jon Tenuta
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 4Marcello Simmons DBCincinnati Bengals

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Chad PattonDL

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.