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1986 Texas

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Akers.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1986, game by game: lost vs. Stanford 20–31; won at Missouri 27–25; won at Rice 17–14; lost vs. No. 6 Oklahoma 12–47; lost vs. No. 14 Arkansas 14–21; won vs. No. 18 SMU 27–24; lost at Texas Tech 21–23; won vs. Houston 30–10; won at TCU 45–16; lost at No. 17 Baylor 13–18; lost vs. No. 10 Texas A&M 3–16+29−35Lost 20–31 vs. Stanford-11StanfordWon 27–25 at Missouri+2MissouriWon 17–14 at Rice+3RiceLost 12–47 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma-35No. 6 OklahomaLost 14–21 vs. No. 14 Arkansas-7No. 14 ArkansasWon 27–24 vs. No. 18 SMU+3No. 18 SMULost 21–23 at Texas Tech-2Texas TechWon 30–10 vs. Houston+20HoustonWon 45–16 at TCU+29TCULost 13–18 at No. 17 Baylor-5No. 17 BaylorLost 3–16 vs. No. 10 Texas A&M-13No. 10 Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsStanfordL 20–⁠3170%
Sep 20atMissouriW 27–⁠2559%
Oct 4atRiceW 17–⁠1471%
Oct 11vs6OklahomaL 12–⁠4726%
Oct 18vs14ArkansasL 14–⁠2143%
Oct 25vs18SMUW 27–⁠2439%
Nov 1atTexas TechL 21–⁠2343%
Nov 8vsHoustonW 30–⁠1074%
Nov 15atTCUW 45–⁠1663%
Nov 22at17BaylorL 13–⁠1828%
Nov 27vs10Texas A&ML 3–⁠1639%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 16–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 113th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
229–⁠245
Coach
Fred Akers
Elo
1518 −39 this season
SP+ rating
4.0 No. 46 of 101; offense No. 54, defense No. 40
SRS
1.8 No. 46 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dwain Painter

Drafted in 1987

The 1987 draft
Rd 5Everett Gay WRDallas Cowboys
Rd 6Stephen Braggs DBCleveland Browns

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jeff WardPlace-kickersAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠19–⁠313
Baylor6–⁠29–⁠312
Arkansas6–⁠29–⁠315
Texas Tech5–⁠37–⁠5
SMU5–⁠36–⁠5
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Rice2–⁠64–⁠7
TCU1–⁠73–⁠8
Houston0–⁠81–⁠10

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