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1990 Texas A&M

9–⁠3–⁠1 (5–⁠2–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by R.C. Slocum, finished No. 15 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1990, game by game: won at Hawai’i 28–13; won vs. Louisiana 63–14; won vs. North Texas 40–8; lost at LSU 8–17; won vs. Texas Tech 28–24; lost at No. 12 Houston 31–36; tied vs. Baylor 20–20; won vs. Rice 41–15; won at SMU 38–17; won at Arkansas 20–16; won vs. TCU 56–10; lost at No. 5 Texas 27–28; won vs. No. 13 BYU 65–14+51−9Won 28–13 at Hawai’i+15Hawai’iWon 63–14 vs. Louisiana+49LouisianaWon 40–8 vs. North Texas+32North TexasLost 8–17 at LSU-9LSUWon 28–24 vs. Texas Tech+4Texas TechLost 31–36 at No. 12 Houston-5No. 12 HoustonTied 20–20 vs. Baylor0BaylorWon 41–15 vs. Rice+26RiceWon 38–17 at SMU+21SMUWon 20–16 at Arkansas+4ArkansasWon 56–10 vs. TCU+46TCULost 27–28 at No. 5 Texas-1No. 5 TexasWon 65–14 vs. No. 13 BYU+51No. 13 BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atHawai’iW 28–⁠1348%
Sep 15vsLouisianaW 63–⁠1470%
Sep 22vsNorth TexasW 40–⁠891%
Sep 29atLSUL 8–⁠1758%
Oct 6vsTexas TechW 28–⁠2472%
Oct 13at12HoustonL 31–⁠3634%
Oct 20vsBaylorT 20–⁠2071%
Oct 27vsRiceW 41–⁠1583%
Nov 3atSMUW 38–⁠1782%
Nov 17atArkansasW 20–⁠1668%
Nov 24vsTCUW 56–⁠1081%
Dec 1at5TexasL 27–⁠2840%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs13BYUHoliday BowlW 65–⁠1446%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 65–⁠14 in the Holiday Bowl; No. 15 in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The tied 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 12
  4. Wk 4: 12
  5. Wk 5: 11
  6. Wk 6: 19
  7. Wk 7: 20
  8. Wk 8: 25
  9. Final: 15

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.

Led the nationDarren Lewis: rushing yards (1,691 yds)

Consensus All-AmericanDarren Lewis, RB

Record
9–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 15 peak No. 11
Points
465–⁠232
Coach
R.C. Slocum
Elo
1700 +103 this season
SP+ rating
19.5 No. 17 of 104; offense No. 15, defense No. 37
SRS
16.0 No. 15 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo
Defensive coordinator
Bob Davie
Offense
West Coast
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1991

The 1991 draft
Rd 3Robert Wilson RBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 4William Thomas LBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 5Mike Arthur CCincinnati Bengals
Rd 6Dennis Ransom TEWashington Redskins
Rd 6Darren Lewis RBChicago Bears

All-Southwest Conference

6 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mike PappasOLAP-2
  • Sean WilsonPAP-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.