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1990 TCU

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

Schedule and results

TCU in 1990, game by game: lost vs. Washington State 3–21; won at Missouri 20–19; won vs. Oklahoma State 31–21; won at SMU 42–21; won at No. 21 Arkansas 54–26; won vs. Rice 38–28; lost vs. Baylor 21–27; lost at No. 6 Houston 35–56; lost vs. Texas Tech 28–40; lost vs. No. 7 Texas 10–38; lost at Texas A&M 10–56+28−46Lost 3–21 vs. Washington State-18Washington StateWon 20–19 at Missouri+1MissouriWon 31–21 vs. Oklahoma State+10Oklahoma StateWon 42–21 at SMU+21SMUWon 54–26 at No. 21 Arkansas+28No. 21 ArkansasWon 38–28 vs. Rice+10RiceLost 21–27 vs. Baylor-6BaylorLost 35–56 at No. 6 Houston-21No. 6 HoustonLost 28–40 vs. Texas Tech-12Texas TechLost 10–38 vs. No. 7 Texas-28No. 7 TexasLost 10–56 at Texas A&M-46Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsWashington StateL 3–⁠2144%
Sep 8atMissouriW 20–⁠1945%
Sep 22vsOklahoma StateW 31–⁠2148%
Sep 29atSMUW 42–⁠2150%
Oct 6at21ArkansasW 54–⁠2623%
Oct 13vsRiceW 38–⁠2879%
Oct 27vsBaylorL 21–⁠2761%
Nov 3at6HoustonL 35–⁠5618%
Nov 10vsTexas TechL 28–⁠4067%
Nov 17vs7TexasL 10–⁠3836%
Nov 24atTexas A&ML 10–⁠5619%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 56–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 24

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 1990.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 24
Points
292–⁠353
Coach
Jim Wacker
Elo
1442 −2 this season
SP+ rating
-5.7 No. 75 of 104; offense No. 31, defense No. 90
SRS
−2.4 No. 64 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Curtis ModkinsRBAP-2
  • Stephen ShipleyWRAP-2
  • Jason CoubieLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas8–⁠010–⁠212
Houston7–⁠110–⁠110
Texas A&M5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠3–⁠115
Baylor5–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
TCU3–⁠55–⁠6
Rice3–⁠55–⁠6
Texas Tech3–⁠54–⁠7
Arkansas1–⁠73–⁠8
SMU0–⁠81–⁠10

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