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1988 Texas

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by David McWilliams.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1988, game by game: lost at BYU 6–47; won vs. New Mexico 47–0; won vs. North Texas 27–24; won at Rice 20–13; lost vs. No. 10 Oklahoma 13–28; lost vs. No. 17 Arkansas 24–27; lost at Texas Tech 32–33; lost vs. Houston 15–66; won at TCU 30–21; lost at Baylor 14–17; lost vs. Texas A&M 24–28+47−51Lost 6–47 at BYU-41BYUWon 47–0 vs. New Mexico+47New MexicoWon 27–24 vs. North Texas+3North TexasWon 20–13 at Rice+7RiceLost 13–28 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma-15No. 10 OklahomaLost 24–27 vs. No. 17 Arkansas-3No. 17 ArkansasLost 32–33 at Texas Tech-1Texas TechLost 15–66 vs. Houston-51HoustonWon 30–21 at TCU+9TCULost 14–17 at Baylor-3BaylorLost 24–28 vs. Texas A&M-4Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atBYUL 6–⁠4741%
Sep 17vsNew MexicoW 47–⁠080%
Sep 24vsNorth TexasW 27–⁠2480%
Oct 1atRiceW 20–⁠1370%
Oct 8vs10OklahomaL 13–⁠2827%
Oct 15vs17ArkansasL 24–⁠2739%
Oct 29atTexas TechL 32–⁠3347%
Nov 5vsHoustonL 15–⁠6651%
Nov 12atTCUW 30–⁠2144%
Nov 19atBaylorL 14–⁠1743%
Nov 24vsTexas A&ML 24–⁠2834%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 28–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 120th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 19

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
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
252–⁠304
Coach
David McWilliams
Elo
1472 −65 this season
SP+ rating
-1.7 No. 63 of 102; offense No. 43, defense No. 70
SRS
−1.1 No. 60 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Mize
Defensive coordinator
Paul Jette

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 1Eric Metcalf RBCleveland Browns
Rd 3Britt Hager LBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team

First team

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.