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1989 TCU

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Wacker.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1989, game by game: lost at Missouri 10–14; lost vs. No. 22 Texas A&M 7–44; won vs. Southern Miss 19–17; won vs. SMU 28–10; lost vs. No. 7 Arkansas 19–41; won at Rice 30–16; won vs. No. 19 Air Force 27–9; lost at Baylor 9–27; lost vs. No. 17 Houston 10–55; lost at No. 23 Texas Tech 7–37; lost at Texas 17–31+18−45Lost 10–14 at Missouri-4MissouriLost 7–44 vs. No. 22 Texas A&M-37No. 22 Texas A&MWon 19–17 vs. Southern Miss+2Southern MissWon 28–10 vs. SMU+18SMULost 19–41 vs. No. 7 Arkansas-22No. 7 ArkansasWon 30–16 at Rice+14RiceWon 27–9 vs. No. 19 Air Force+18No. 19 Air ForceLost 9–27 at Baylor-18BaylorLost 10–55 vs. No. 17 Houston-45No. 17 HoustonLost 7–37 at No. 23 Texas Tech-30No. 23 Texas TechLost 17–31 at Texas-14Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atMissouriL 10–⁠1443%
Sep 16vs22Texas A&ML 7–⁠4437%
Sep 23vsSouthern MissW 19–⁠1736%
Sep 30vsSMUW 28–⁠1057%
Oct 7vs7ArkansasL 19–⁠4128%
Oct 14atRiceW 30–⁠1653%
Oct 21vs19Air ForceW 27–⁠937%
Oct 28atBaylorL 9–⁠2738%
Nov 4vs17HoustonL 10–⁠5533%
Nov 11at23Texas TechL 7–⁠3727%
Nov 18atTexasL 17–⁠3132%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 31–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 93rd-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 1989.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
183–⁠301
Coach
Jim Wacker
Elo
1416 −31 this season
SP+ rating
-6.7 No. 73 of 103; offense No. 77, defense No. 60
SRS
−4.2 No. 67 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 2Fred Washington DTChicago Bears
Rd 5Robert McWright DBNew York Jets

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠110–⁠213
Houston6–⁠29–⁠214
Texas A&M6–⁠28–⁠420
Texas Tech5–⁠39–⁠319
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Baylor4–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠64–⁠7
Rice2–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
SMU0–⁠82–⁠9

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