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1987 TCU

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Wacker.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1987, game by game: lost at Boston College 20–38; lost at Air Force 10–21; won vs. BYU 33–12; lost vs. Arkansas 10–20; won at Rice 30–16; won vs. North Texas 19–10; won at Baylor 24–0; won vs. Houston 35–7; lost at Texas Tech 35–36; lost at Texas 21–24; lost vs. No. 16 Texas A&M 24–42+28−18Lost 20–38 at Boston College-18Boston CollegeLost 10–21 at Air Force-11Air ForceWon 33–12 vs. BYU+21BYULost 10–20 vs. Arkansas-10ArkansasWon 30–16 at Rice+14RiceWon 19–10 vs. North Texas+9North TexasWon 24–0 at Baylor+24BaylorWon 35–7 vs. Houston+28HoustonLost 35–36 at Texas Tech-1Texas TechLost 21–24 at Texas-3TexasLost 24–42 vs. No. 16 Texas A&M-18No. 16 Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atBoston CollegeL 20–⁠3819%
Sep 12atAir ForceL 10–⁠2126%
Sep 19vsBYUW 33–⁠1230%
Oct 3vsArkansasL 10–⁠2031%
Oct 10atRiceW 30–⁠1646%
Oct 17vsNorth TexasW 19–⁠1072%
Oct 24atBaylorW 24–⁠023%
Oct 31vsHoustonW 35–⁠776%
Nov 7atTexas TechL 35–⁠3641%
Nov 14atTexasL 21–⁠2443%
Nov 21vs16Texas A&ML 24–⁠4231%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 42–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 72nd-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 1987.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
261–⁠226
Coach
Jim Wacker
Elo
1480 +86 this season
SP+ rating
8.3 No. 33 of 101; offense No. 41, defense No. 37
SRS
5.6 No. 32 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Tom Mueller

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 2Tony Jeffery RBPhoenix Cardinals

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 6 second team

First team

  • Brian BrazilOTAP-1
  • David SpradlinDLAP-1
  • Falanda NewtonSecondaryAP-1
  • Chris BeckerPAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠110–⁠210
Arkansas5–⁠29–⁠4
Texas5–⁠27–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠46–⁠5
TCU3–⁠45–⁠6
Houston2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Rice0–⁠72–⁠9

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