1994 SMU
1–9–1 (0–6–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Tom Rossley. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat New Mexico 34–31Sep 17
By 3 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Arkansas | L 14–34 | 32% |
| Sep 10 | at 13UCLA | L 10–17 | 17% |
| Sep 17 | vs New Mexico | W 34–31 | 50% |
| Sep 24 | at Texas Tech | L 7–35 | 29% |
| Oct 1 | vs 18North Carolina | L 24–28 | 28% |
| Oct 8 | at Baylor | L 10–44 | 21% |
| Oct 15 | vs Houston | L 33–39 | 60% |
| Oct 22 | at 13Texas | L 20–42 | 15% |
| Oct 29 | vs 7Texas A&M | T 21–21 | 9% |
| Nov 5 | at Rice | L 10–17 | 25% |
| Nov 12 | vs TCU | L 14–35 | 38% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to TCU 35–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).
- Record
- 1–9–1
- Conference
- 0–6–1 8th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 197–343
- Coach
- Tom Rossley
- Elo
- 1312 −108 this season
- SP+ rating
- -14.6 No. 91 of 106; offense No. 83, defense No. 87
- SRS
- −11.1 No. 83 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 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Mike RossleyWRAP-1
Second team
- Brannon KiddOLAP-2
- Chris BordanoLBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1994 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 6–0–1 | 10–0–1 | 8 |
| Texas | 4–3 | 8–4 | 25 |
| Baylor | 4–3 | 7–5 | |
| TCU | 4–3 | 7–5 | |
| Texas Tech | 4–3 | 6–6 | |
| Rice | 4–3 | 5–6 | |
| Houston | 1–6 | 1–10 | |
| SMU | 0–6–1 | 1–9–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.