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1987 Texas Tech

6–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Spike Dykes.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1987, game by game: lost at No. 8 Florida State 16–40; won vs. Colorado State 33–24; won vs. Lamar 43–14; lost at Baylor 22–36; won vs. No. 15 Texas A&M 27–21; lost vs. No. 20 Arkansas 0–31; won vs. Rice 59–7; won vs. Tulsa 42–7; lost at Texas 27–41; won vs. TCU 36–35; tied at Houston 10–10+52−31Lost 16–40 at No. 8 Florida State-24No. 8 Florida StateWon 33–24 vs. Colorado State+9Colorado StateWon 43–14 vs. Lamar+29LamarLost 22–36 at Baylor-14BaylorWon 27–21 vs. No. 15 Texas A&M+6No. 15 Texas A&MLost 0–31 vs. No. 20 Arkansas-31No. 20 ArkansasWon 59–7 vs. Rice+52RiceWon 42–7 vs. Tulsa+35TulsaLost 27–41 at Texas-14TexasWon 36–35 vs. TCU+1TCUTied 10–10 at Houston0Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5at8Florida StateL 16–⁠4031%
Sep 12vsColorado StateW 33–⁠2461%
Sep 19vsLamarW 43–⁠1483%
Sep 26atBaylorL 22–⁠3630%
Oct 3vs15Texas A&MW 27–⁠2141%
Oct 10vs20ArkansasL 0–⁠3145%
Oct 17vsRiceW 59–⁠777%
Oct 24vsTulsaW 42–⁠763%
Oct 31atTexasL 27–⁠4145%
Nov 7vsTCUW 36–⁠3559%
Nov 21atHoustonT 10–⁠1056%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Houston 10–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 53rd-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 1987.

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
315–⁠266
Coach
Spike Dykes
Elo
1525 +9 this season
SP+ rating
2.6 No. 47 of 101; offense No. 27, defense No. 70
SRS
2.2 No. 46 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dick Winder
Defensive coordinator
Carlos Mainord
Offense
No-huddle spread
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1988

The 1988 draft
Rd 5Eric Everett DBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Lemuel Stinson DBChicago Bears

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

  • Eddy AndersonWRAP-2
  • Jeff KeithOGAP-2
  • Desmond RoyalDLAP-2
  • Artis JacksonDLAP-2
  • Michael JohnsonLBAP-2
  • Eric EverettSecondaryAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠110–⁠210
Arkansas5–⁠29–⁠4
Texas5–⁠27–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠46–⁠5
TCU3–⁠45–⁠6
Houston2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Rice0–⁠72–⁠9

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