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1982 Texas Tech

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Jerry Moore.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1982, game by game: lost at New Mexico 0–14; won vs. Air Force 31–30; lost vs. Baylor 23–24; won at Texas A&M 24–15; lost at No. 9 Arkansas 3–21; won at Rice 23–21; lost at No. 1 Washington 3–10; lost vs. Texas 0–27; won at TCU 16–14; lost vs. No. 2 SMU 27–34; lost vs. Houston 7–24+9−27Lost 0–14 at New Mexico-14New MexicoWon 31–30 vs. Air Force+1Air ForceLost 23–24 vs. Baylor-1BaylorWon 24–15 at Texas A&M+9Texas A&MLost 3–21 at No. 9 Arkansas-18No. 9 ArkansasWon 23–21 at Rice+2RiceLost 3–10 at No. 1 Washington-7No. 1 WashingtonLost 0–27 vs. Texas-27TexasWon 16–14 at TCU+2TCULost 27–34 vs. No. 2 SMU-7No. 2 SMULost 7–24 vs. Houston-17Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11atNew MexicoL 0–⁠1431%
Sep 18vsAir ForceW 31–⁠3053%
Sep 25vsBaylorL 23–⁠2439%
Oct 2atTexas A&MW 24–⁠1524%
Oct 9at9ArkansasL 3–⁠2118%
Oct 16atRiceW 23–⁠2154%
Oct 23at1WashingtonL 3–⁠1015%
Oct 30vsTexasL 0–⁠2731%
Nov 6atTCUW 16–⁠1440%
Nov 13vs2SMUL 27–⁠3417%
Nov 20vsHoustonL 7–⁠2445%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Houston 24–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 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.

Consensus All-AmericanGabriel Rivera, DT

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
157–⁠234
Coach
Jerry Moore
Elo
1397 −19 this season
SP+ rating
-3.2 No. 67 of 109; offense No. 85, defense No. 44
SRS
−3.5 No. 66 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Jim Bates
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 1Gabriel Rivera DTPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Stan WilliamsLBAP-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

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU7–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠12
Texas7–⁠19–⁠317
Arkansas5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠19
Houston4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Texas A&M3–⁠55–⁠6
Texas Tech3–⁠54–⁠7
TCU2–⁠63–⁠8
Rice0–⁠80–⁠11

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