1982 Texas A&M
5–6 (3–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Jackie Sherrill. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Rice 49–7Oct 23
By 42 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs Boston College | L 16–38 | 63% |
| Sep 18 | vsTexas–Arlington | W 61–22 | 62% |
| Sep 25 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 38–27 | 66% |
| Oct 2 | vs Texas Tech | L 15–24 | 76% |
| Oct 9 | at Houston | L 20–24 | 36% |
| Oct 16 | vs Baylor | W 28–23 | 53% |
| Oct 23 | vs Rice | W 49–7 | 79% |
| Oct 30 | at 4SMU | L 9–47 | 18% |
| Nov 13 | at 10Arkansas | L 0–35 | 25% |
| Nov 20 | vs TCU | W 34–14 | 71% |
| Nov 25 | at 14Texas | L 16–53 | 21% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas 53–16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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 1982.
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 3–5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 286–314
- Coach
- Jackie Sherrill
- Elo
- 1503 −41 this season
- SP+ rating
- -8.5 No. 80 of 109; offense No. 49, defense No. 94
- SRS
- −7.0 No. 75 of 113 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Pat Ruel
- Defensive coordinator
- R.C. Slocum
- Offense
- Pro set
- Defense
- 3–4
Drafted in 1983
The 1983 draft| Rd 2 | Johnny Hector RB | New York Jets |
All-Southwest Conference
3 second teamSecond team
Bobby StrogenLBAP-2- Domingo BryantSecondaryAP-2
- David HardyPlace-kickersAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1982 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMU | 7–0–1 | 11–0–1 | 2 |
| Texas | 7–1 | 9–3 | 17 |
| Arkansas | 5–2–1 | 9–2–1 | 9 |
| Houston | 4–3–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Baylor | 3–4–1 | 4–6–1 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| Texas Tech | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| TCU | 2–6 | 3–8 | |
| Rice | 0–8 | 0–11 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.