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1993 Texas Tech

6–⁠6 (5–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Spike Dykes.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1993, game by game: won vs. Pacific 55–7; lost at No. 9 Nebraska 27–50; lost at Georgia 37–52; lost at Baylor 26–28; lost vs. No. 14 Texas A&M 6–31; lost vs. NC State 34–36; won vs. Rice 45–16; won at Texas 31–22; won vs. TCU 49–21; won at SMU 41–24; won vs. Houston 58–7; lost vs. No. 19 Oklahoma 10–41+51−31Won 55–7 vs. Pacific+48PacificLost 27–50 at No. 9 Nebraska-23No. 9 NebraskaLost 37–52 at Georgia-15GeorgiaLost 26–28 at Baylor-2BaylorLost 6–31 vs. No. 14 Texas A&M-25No. 14 Texas A&MLost 34–36 vs. NC State-2NC StateWon 45–16 vs. Rice+29RiceWon 31–22 at Texas+9TexasWon 49–21 vs. TCU+28TCUWon 41–24 at SMU+17SMUWon 58–7 vs. Houston+51HoustonLost 10–41 vs. No. 19 Oklahoma-31No. 19 Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsPacificW 55–⁠769%
Sep 11at9NebraskaL 27–⁠5027%
Sep 18atGeorgiaL 37–⁠5231%
Sep 25atBaylorL 26–⁠2832%
Oct 2vs14Texas A&ML 6–⁠3135%
Oct 9vsNC StateL 34–⁠3641%
Oct 16vsRiceW 45–⁠1651%
Oct 30atTexasW 31–⁠2237%
Nov 6vsTCUW 49–⁠2166%
Nov 13atSMUW 41–⁠2468%
Nov 20vsHoustonW 58–⁠775%
Dec 24Bowls & playoffvs19OklahomaJohn Hancock BowlL 10–⁠4143%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma 41–⁠10 in the John Hancock Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 45th-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 1993.

Led the nationBam Morris: rushing touchdowns (22 TD), points per game (12.2)

Doak Walker AwardBam Morris, RB

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
419–⁠335
Coach
Spike Dykes
Elo
1545 +46 this season
SP+ rating
9.0 No. 35 of 105; offense No. 10, defense No. 76
SRS
8.1 No. 33 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dick Winder
Offense
No-huddle spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 3Bam Morris RBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Lloyd Hill WRChicago Bears
Rd 6Derrell Mitchell WRNew Orleans Saints

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠010–⁠29
Texas5–⁠25–⁠5–⁠1
Texas Tech5–⁠26–⁠6
Rice3–⁠46–⁠5
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠54–⁠7
SMU1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠2
Houston1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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