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1988 Texas A&M

7–⁠5 (6–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Jackie Sherrill.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1988, game by game: lost vs. No. 2 Nebraska 14–23; lost at No. 17 LSU 0–27; lost at No. 18 Oklahoma State 15–52; won vs. Texas Tech 50–15; won at Houston 30–16; won vs. Baylor 28–14; won vs. Rice 24–10; won vs. Louisiana Tech 56–17; lost at No. 11 Arkansas 20–25; won vs. TCU 18–0; won at Texas 28–24; lost vs. No. 20 Alabama 10–30+39−37Lost 14–23 vs. No. 2 Nebraska-9No. 2 NebraskaLost 0–27 at No. 17 LSU-27No. 17 LSULost 15–52 at No. 18 Oklahoma State-37No. 18 Oklahoma StateWon 50–15 vs. Texas Tech+35Texas TechWon 30–16 at Houston+14HoustonWon 28–14 vs. Baylor+14BaylorWon 24–10 vs. Rice+14RiceWon 56–17 vs. Louisiana Tech+39Louisiana TechLost 20–25 at No. 11 Arkansas-5No. 11 ArkansasWon 18–0 vs. TCU+18TCUWon 28–24 at Texas+4TexasLost 10–30 vs. No. 20 Alabama-20No. 20 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 27vs2NebraskaL 14–⁠2349%
Sep 3at17LSUL 0–⁠2740%
Sep 24at18Oklahoma StateL 15–⁠5243%
Oct 1vsTexas TechW 50–⁠1568%
Oct 8atHoustonW 30–⁠1650%
Oct 15vsBaylorW 28–⁠1471%
Oct 22vsRiceW 24–⁠1091%
Nov 5vsLouisiana TechW 56–⁠1790%
Nov 12at11ArkansasL 20–⁠2536%
Nov 19vsTCUW 18–⁠083%
Nov 24atTexasW 28–⁠2466%
Dec 1vs20AlabamaL 10–⁠3061%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 30–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 2: 11

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
7–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
293–⁠253
Coach
Jackie Sherrill
Elo
1626 −37 this season
SP+ rating
12.2 No. 27 of 102; offense No. 28, defense No. 27
SRS
8.6 No. 30 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
R.C. Slocum
Offense
Multiple
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 2John Roper LBChicago Bears
Rd 3Jerry Fontenot OGChicago Bears
Rd 4Rod Harris WRHouston Oilers

All-Southwest Conference

7 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

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.