1995 SMU

1–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Southwest Conference), coached by Tom Rossley.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1995, game by game: won vs. Arkansas 17–14; lost vs. Navy 2–33; lost at No. 14 Oklahoma 10–24; lost at Wisconsin 0–42; lost vs. No. 21 Texas 10–35; lost at No. 22 Texas A&M 17–20; lost at Houston 15–38; lost vs. Rice 24–34; lost at TCU 16–19; lost vs. Baylor 7–48; lost vs. Texas Tech 14–45+7−42Won 17–14 vs. Arkansas+3ArkansasLost 2–33 vs. Navy-31NavyLost 10–24 at No. 14 Oklahoma-14No. 14 OklahomaLost 0–42 at Wisconsin-42WisconsinLost 10–35 vs. No. 21 Texas-25No. 21 TexasLost 17–20 at No. 22 Texas A&M-3No. 22 Texas A&MLost 15–38 at Houston-23HoustonLost 24–34 vs. Rice-10RiceLost 16–19 at TCU-3TCULost 7–48 vs. Baylor-41BaylorLost 14–45 vs. Texas Tech-31Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas Tech 45–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠352
Coach
Tom Rossley
Elo
1236 −139 this season
SP+ rating
-18.7 No. 99 of 107; offense No. 104, defense No. 80
SRS
−16.6 No. 97 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Clovis Hale
Defensive coordinator
David Knaus
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Southwest Conference

4 second team

Second team

  • Brandon KiddOLAP-2
  • Keith ChilesOLAP-2
  • Craig SwannLBAP-2
  • Cornell ParkerDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠2–⁠114
Texas Tech5–⁠29–⁠323
Texas A&M5–⁠29–⁠315
Baylor5–⁠27–⁠4
TCU3–⁠46–⁠5
Houston2–⁠52–⁠9
Rice1–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
SMU0–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.