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1992 Texas Tech

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

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1992, game by game: lost vs. No. 15 Oklahoma 9–34; won vs. Wyoming 49–32; lost at Oregon 13–16; won vs. Baylor 36–17; lost at No. 5 Texas A&M 17–19; lost at No. 25 NC State 13–48; won vs. SMU 39–25; lost vs. No. 25 Texas 33–44; lost at Rice 3–34; won at TCU 31–28; won vs. Houston 44–35+19−35Lost 9–34 vs. No. 15 Oklahoma-25No. 15 OklahomaWon 49–32 vs. Wyoming+17WyomingLost 13–16 at Oregon-3OregonWon 36–17 vs. Baylor+19BaylorLost 17–19 at No. 5 Texas A&M-2No. 5 Texas A&MLost 13–48 at No. 25 NC State-35No. 25 NC StateWon 39–25 vs. SMU+14SMULost 33–44 vs. No. 25 Texas-11No. 25 TexasLost 3–34 at Rice-31RiceWon 31–28 at TCU+3TCUWon 44–35 vs. Houston+9Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vs15OklahomaL 9–⁠3444%
Sep 12vsWyomingW 49–⁠3260%
Sep 19atOregonL 13–⁠1658%
Sep 26vsBaylorW 36–⁠1755%
Oct 3at5Texas A&ML 17–⁠1922%
Oct 10at25NC StateL 13–⁠4834%
Oct 24vsSMUW 39–⁠2576%
Oct 31vs25TexasL 33–⁠4452%
Nov 7atRiceL 3–⁠3448%
Nov 14atTCUW 31–⁠2850%
Nov 21vsHoustonW 44–⁠3560%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Houston 44–⁠35; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-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 1992.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
287–⁠332
Coach
Spike Dykes
Elo
1499 −38 this season
SP+ rating
-1.0 No. 62 of 105; offense No. 27, defense No. 89
SRS
−3.2 No. 66 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dick Winder
Defensive coordinator
Carlos Mainord
Offense
No-huddle spread
Defense
3–⁠4

All-Southwest Conference

7 first team

First team

  • Bam MorrisRB
  • Lloyd HillWRAP-1
  • Charlie BiggursOTAP-1
  • Stance LabajOG
  • Shawn JacksonDL
  • Mike LiscioLB
  • Tracy SaulSecondaryAP-1

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.