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1991 Texas Tech

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

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1991, game by game: won vs. Cal State Fullerton 41–7; lost vs. Oregon 13–28; lost at Wyoming 17–22; lost vs. TCU 16–30; lost vs. No. 23 Texas A&M 14–37; won at SMU 38–14; won vs. Rice 40–20; lost at Texas 15–23; won vs. Arkansas 38–21; won at No. 20 Baylor 31–24; won at Houston 52–46+34−23Won 41–7 vs. Cal State Fullerton+34Cal State Fulle…Lost 13–28 vs. Oregon-15OregonLost 17–22 at Wyoming-5WyomingLost 16–30 vs. TCU-14TCULost 14–37 vs. No. 23 Texas A&M-23No. 23 Texas A&MWon 38–14 at SMU+24SMUWon 40–20 vs. Rice+20RiceLost 15–23 at Texas-8TexasWon 38–21 vs. Arkansas+17ArkansasWon 31–24 at No. 20 Baylor+7No. 20 BaylorWon 52–46 at Houston+6Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsCal State FullertonW 41–⁠781%
Sep 14vsOregonL 13–⁠2848%
Sep 21atWyomingL 17–⁠2240%
Sep 28vsTCUL 16–⁠3052%
Oct 5vs23Texas A&ML 14–⁠3730%
Oct 12atSMUW 38–⁠1454%
Oct 26vsRiceW 40–⁠2056%
Nov 2atTexasL 15–⁠2326%
Nov 9vsArkansasW 38–⁠2154%
Nov 16at20BaylorW 31–⁠2427%
Nov 30atHoustonW 52–⁠4637%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Houston 52–⁠46; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 40th-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 1991.

Consensus All-AmericanMark Bounds, P

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
315–⁠272
Coach
Spike Dykes
Elo
1556 +56 this season
SP+ rating
2.2 No. 53 of 104; offense No. 27, defense No. 78
SRS
2.5 No. 45 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dick Winder
Defensive coordinator
Carlos Mainord
Captain
Ronnie Gossett DT
Offense
No-huddle spread
Defense
3–⁠4

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Rodney BlackshearWRCoaches-1
  • Tracy SaulDBCoaches-1
  • Mark BoundsPCoaches-1

Second team

  • Jason DuvallOLCoaches-2
  • Fred PettyDLCoaches-2
  • Matt WingoLBCoaches-2
  • Lin ElliottKCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M8–⁠010–⁠212
Baylor5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Arkansas5–⁠36–⁠6
TCU4–⁠47–⁠4
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Houston3–⁠54–⁠7
Rice2–⁠64–⁠7
SMU0–⁠81–⁠10

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