1986 TCU
3–8 (1–7 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Wacker. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Tulane 48–31Sep 13
By 17 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | at Tulane | W 48–31 | 44% |
| Sep 20 | vs Kansas State | W 35–22 | 73% |
| Sep 27 | vs SMU | L 21–31 | 32% |
| Oct 4 | at 8Arkansas | L 17–34 | 16% |
| Oct 11 | vs Rice | L 31–37 | 73% |
| Oct 18 | vs North Texas | L 20–24 | 68% |
| Oct 25 | vs Baylor | L 17–28 | 26% |
| Nov 1 | at Houston | W 30–14 | 34% |
| Nov 8 | vs Texas Tech | L 14–36 | 41% |
| Nov 15 | vs Texas | L 16–45 | 37% |
| Nov 22 | at 13Texas A&M | L 10–74 | 11% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 74–10; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 110th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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 1986.
- Record
- 3–8
- Conference
- 1–7 8th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 259–376
- Coach
- Jim Wacker
- Elo
- 1341 −59 this season
- SP+ rating
- -15.3 No. 91 of 101; offense No. 44, defense No. 99
- SRS
- −10.8 No. 84 of 105 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Defensive coordinator
- Tom Mueller
All-Southwest Conference
1 second teamSecond team
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From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1986 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 7–1 | 9–3 | 13 |
| Baylor | 6–2 | 9–3 | 12 |
| Arkansas | 6–2 | 9–3 | 15 |
| Texas Tech | 5–3 | 7–5 | |
| SMU | 5–3 | 6–5 | |
| Texas | 4–4 | 5–6 | |
| Rice | 2–6 | 4–7 | |
| TCU | 1–7 | 3–8 | |
| Houston | 0–8 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.