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1988 Texas Tech

5–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Spike Dykes.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1988, game by game: lost vs. North Texas 24–29; lost at Arizona 19–35; won vs. Baylor 36–6; lost at Texas A&M 15–50; lost at No. 20 Arkansas 10–31; won at Rice 38–36; won vs. Texas 33–32; won at TCU 23–10; won vs. Lamar 59–28; lost vs. No. 17 Houston 29–30; lost vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State 42–45+31−35Lost 24–29 vs. North Texas-5North TexasLost 19–35 at Arizona-16ArizonaWon 36–6 vs. Baylor+30BaylorLost 15–50 at Texas A&M-35Texas A&MLost 10–31 at No. 20 Arkansas-21No. 20 ArkansasWon 38–36 at Rice+2RiceWon 33–32 vs. Texas+1TexasWon 23–10 at TCU+13TCUWon 59–28 vs. Lamar+31LamarLost 29–30 vs. No. 17 Houston-1No. 17 HoustonLost 42–45 vs. No. 12 Oklahoma State-3No. 12 Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsNorth TexasL 24–⁠2982%
Sep 10atArizonaL 19–⁠3530%
Sep 24vsBaylorW 36–⁠642%
Oct 1atTexas A&ML 15–⁠5032%
Oct 8at20ArkansasL 10–⁠3122%
Oct 15atRiceW 38–⁠3666%
Oct 29vsTexasW 33–⁠3253%
Nov 5atTCUW 23–⁠1042%
Nov 12vsLamarW 59–⁠2884%
Nov 19vs17HoustonL 29–⁠3043%
Dec 3vs12Oklahoma StateL 42–⁠4529%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 45–⁠42; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 59th-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 1988.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
328–⁠332
Coach
Spike Dykes
Elo
1515 −2 this season
SP+ rating
5.0 No. 42 of 102; offense No. 19, defense No. 79
SRS
3.3 No. 43 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dick Winder
Defensive coordinator
Carlos Mainord
Offense
No-huddle spread
Defense
3–⁠4

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 2Billy Joe Tolliver QBSan Diego Chargers

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Kerry LynchDLUPI-2
  • Donald HarrisSecondaryUPI-2
  • Jamie SimmonsPUPI-2

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.