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1992 Texas A&M

12–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Southwest Conference), coached by R.C. Slocum, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas A&M in 1992, game by game: won vs. No. 17 Stanford 10–7; won at LSU 31–22; won vs. Tulsa 19–9; won at Missouri 26–13; won vs. Texas Tech 19–17; won vs. Rice 35–9; won vs. Baylor 19–13; won vs. SMU 41–7; won vs. Louisville 40–18; won at Houston 38–30; won vs. TCU 37–10; won at Texas 34–13; lost vs. No. 5 Notre Dame 3–28+34−25Won 10–7 vs. No. 17 Stanford+3No. 17 StanfordWon 31–22 at LSU+9LSUWon 19–9 vs. Tulsa+10TulsaWon 26–13 at Missouri+13MissouriWon 19–17 vs. Texas Tech+2Texas TechWon 35–9 vs. Rice+26RiceWon 19–13 vs. Baylor+6BaylorWon 41–7 vs. SMU+34SMUWon 40–18 vs. Louisville+22LouisvilleWon 38–30 at Houston+8HoustonWon 37–10 vs. TCU+27TCUWon 34–13 at Texas+21TexasLost 3–28 vs. No. 5 Notre Dame-25No. 5 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 26vs17StanfordW 10–⁠758%
Sep 5atLSUW 31–⁠2268%
Sep 12vsTulsaW 19–⁠975%
Sep 19atMissouriW 26–⁠1379%
Oct 3vsTexas TechW 19–⁠1778%
Oct 17vsRiceW 35–⁠987%
Oct 24vsBaylorW 19–⁠1376%
Oct 31vsSMUW 41–⁠790%
Nov 7vsLouisvilleW 40–⁠1889%
Nov 12atHoustonW 38–⁠3077%
Nov 21vsTCUW 37–⁠1091%
Nov 26atTexasW 34–⁠1368%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs5Notre DameCotton BowlL 3–⁠2853%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 28–⁠3 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 7
  2. Wk 2: 7
  3. Wk 3: 7
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 5
  6. Wk 6: 5
  7. Wk 7: 5
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Wk 9: 5
  10. Wk 10: 5
  11. Wk 11: 5
  12. Wk 12: 4
  13. Wk 13: 4
  14. Wk 14: 4
  15. Wk 15: 4
  16. Wk 16: 4
  17. Final: 7

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 1992.

Southwest Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanMarcus Buckley, LB

Record
12–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 4
Points
352–⁠196
Coach
R.C. Slocum
Elo
1738 +77 this season
SP+ rating
16.2 No. 16 of 105; offense No. 33, defense No. 14
SRS
11.9 No. 18 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo
Defensive coordinator
Bob Davie
Offense
West Coast
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 1Patrick Bates DBLos Angeles Raiders
Rd 3Marcus Buckley LBNew York Giants
Rd 3Derrick Frazier DBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Southwest Conference

11 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠012–⁠17
Baylor4–⁠37–⁠5
Texas4–⁠36–⁠5
Rice4–⁠36–⁠5
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠6
SMU2–⁠55–⁠6
Houston2–⁠54–⁠7
TCU1–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1

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