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1988 TCU

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Wacker.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1988, game by game: lost at No. 8 Georgia 10–38; won vs. Bowling Green 49–12; won vs. Boston College 31–17; lost at Arkansas 10–53; won vs. Rice 21–10; lost at BYU 18–31; won vs. Baylor 24–14; lost at Houston 12–40; lost vs. Texas Tech 10–23; lost vs. Texas 21–30; lost at Texas A&M 0–18+37−43Lost 10–38 at No. 8 Georgia-28No. 8 GeorgiaWon 49–12 vs. Bowling Green+37Bowling GreenWon 31–17 vs. Boston College+14Boston CollegeLost 10–53 at Arkansas-43ArkansasWon 21–10 vs. Rice+11RiceLost 18–31 at BYU-13BYUWon 24–14 vs. Baylor+10BaylorLost 12–40 at Houston-28HoustonLost 10–23 vs. Texas Tech-13Texas TechLost 21–30 vs. Texas-9TexasLost 0–18 at Texas A&M-18Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10at8GeorgiaL 10–⁠3824%
Sep 17vsBowling GreenW 49–⁠1265%
Sep 24vsBoston CollegeW 31–⁠1758%
Oct 1atArkansasL 10–⁠5328%
Oct 8vsRiceW 21–⁠1080%
Oct 15atBYUL 18–⁠3129%
Oct 22vsBaylorW 24–⁠1455%
Oct 29atHoustonL 12–⁠4040%
Nov 5vsTexas TechL 10–⁠2358%
Nov 12vsTexasL 21–⁠3056%
Nov 19atTexas A&ML 0–⁠1817%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 18–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 89th-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 1988.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
206–⁠286
Coach
Jim Wacker
Elo
1421 −65 this season
SP+ rating
-7.4 No. 75 of 102; offense No. 74, defense No. 66
SRS
−5.0 No. 69 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 3Mitchell Benson DTIndianapolis Colts
Rd 4Stanley Petry DBKansas City Chiefs

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Tracy SimienDLAP-1; UPI-2
  • Mitchell BensonDLAP-1
  • Falanda NewtonSecondaryAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Jarrod DelaneyWRUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠010–⁠212
Texas A&M6–⁠17–⁠5
Houston5–⁠29–⁠318
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠6
Baylor2–⁠56–⁠5
Texas2–⁠54–⁠7
TCU2–⁠54–⁠7
Rice0–⁠70–⁠11

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