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1995 TCU

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Pat Sullivan.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1995, game by game: won vs. Iowa State 27–10; lost at Kansas 20–38; won at Vanderbilt 16–3; won vs. Houston 31–21; won at Rice 33–28; won vs. Tulane 16–11; lost at Baylor 24–27; won vs. SMU 19–16; lost at Texas Tech 6–27; lost at No. 10 Texas 19–27; lost vs. No. 15 Texas A&M 6–38+17−32Won 27–10 vs. Iowa State+17Iowa StateLost 20–38 at Kansas-18KansasWon 16–3 at Vanderbilt+13VanderbiltWon 31–21 vs. Houston+10HoustonWon 33–28 at Rice+5RiceWon 16–11 vs. Tulane+5TulaneLost 24–27 at Baylor-3BaylorWon 19–16 vs. SMU+3SMULost 6–27 at Texas Tech-21Texas TechLost 19–27 at No. 10 Texas-8No. 10 TexasLost 6–38 vs. No. 15 Texas A&M-32No. 15 Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsIowa StateW 27–⁠1074%
Sep 14atKansasL 20–⁠3839%
Sep 23atVanderbiltW 16–⁠349%
Oct 7vsHoustonW 31–⁠2184%
Oct 14atRiceW 33–⁠2854%
Oct 21vsTulaneW 16–⁠1184%
Oct 28atBaylorL 24–⁠2744%
Nov 4vsSMUW 19–⁠1687%
Nov 11atTexas TechL 6–⁠2737%
Nov 18at10TexasL 19–⁠2725%
Nov 25vs15Texas A&ML 6–⁠3831%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 38–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 67th-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 1995.

Lou Groza AwardMichael Reeder, K

Consensus All-AmericanMichael Reeder, K

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
217–⁠246
Coach
Pat Sullivan
Elo
1488 −14 this season
SP+ rating
-4.7 No. 68 of 107; offense No. 89, defense No. 56
SRS
−3.9 No. 68 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pete Hoener
Defensive coordinator
Pat Henderson

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • John WashingtonWRAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠2–⁠114
Texas Tech5–⁠29–⁠323
Texas A&M5–⁠29–⁠315
Baylor5–⁠27–⁠4
TCU3–⁠46–⁠5
Houston2–⁠52–⁠9
Rice1–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
SMU0–⁠71–⁠10

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