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1993 SMU

2–⁠7–⁠2 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Tom Rossley.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1993, game by game: lost vs. Arkansas 6–10; lost vs. Wisconsin 16–24; won at TCU 21–15; tied at Missouri 10–10; lost vs. Baylor 12–31; tied at Houston 28–28; lost vs. Texas 10–37; lost at No. 11 Texas A&M 13–37; lost vs. Rice 24–31; lost vs. Texas Tech 24–41; won at Navy 42–13+29−27Lost 6–10 vs. Arkansas-4ArkansasLost 16–24 vs. Wisconsin-8WisconsinWon 21–15 at TCU+6TCUTied 10–10 at Missouri0MissouriLost 12–31 vs. Baylor-19BaylorTied 28–28 at Houston0HoustonLost 10–37 vs. Texas-27TexasLost 13–37 at No. 11 Texas A&M-24No. 11 Texas A&MLost 24–31 vs. Rice-7RiceLost 24–41 vs. Texas Tech-17Texas TechWon 42–13 at Navy+29Navy
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsArkansasL 6–⁠1049%
Sep 11vsWisconsinL 16–⁠2449%
Sep 25atTCUW 21–⁠1541%
Oct 2atMissouriT 10–⁠1040%
Oct 9vsBaylorL 12–⁠3142%
Oct 16atHoustonT 28–⁠2835%
Oct 23vsTexasL 10–⁠3736%
Oct 30at11Texas A&ML 13–⁠379%
Nov 6vsRiceL 24–⁠3147%
Nov 13vsTexas TechL 24–⁠4132%
Nov 20atNavyW 42–⁠1339%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Navy 42–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 88th-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 1993.

Record
2–⁠7–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 tied for 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
206–⁠277
Coach
Tom Rossley
Elo
1380 −56 this season
SP+ rating
-12.1 No. 83 of 105; offense No. 91, defense No. 66
SRS
−6.0 No. 73 of 106 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 first team

First team

  • John StewartKAP-1

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.