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1989 Texas

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by David McWilliams.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1989, game by game: lost at No. 14 Colorado 6–27; won at SMU 45–13; lost vs. Penn State 12–16; won vs. Rice 31–30; won vs. No. 15 Oklahoma 28–24; won at No. 7 Arkansas 24–20; lost vs. Texas Tech 17–24; lost at No. 15 Houston 9–47; won vs. TCU 31–17; lost vs. Baylor 7–50; lost at No. 16 Texas A&M 10–21+32−43Lost 6–27 at No. 14 Colorado-21No. 14 ColoradoWon 45–13 at SMU+32SMULost 12–16 vs. Penn State-4Penn StateWon 31–30 vs. Rice+1RiceWon 28–24 vs. No. 15 Oklahoma+4No. 15 OklahomaWon 24–20 at No. 7 Arkansas+4No. 7 ArkansasLost 17–24 vs. Texas Tech-7Texas TechLost 9–47 at No. 15 Houston-38No. 15 HoustonWon 31–17 vs. TCU+14TCULost 7–50 vs. Baylor-43BaylorLost 10–21 at No. 16 Texas A&M-11No. 16 Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4at14ColoradoL 6–⁠2731%
Sep 23atSMUW 45–⁠1341%
Sep 30vsPenn StateL 12–⁠1653%
Oct 7vsRiceW 31–⁠3074%
Oct 14vs15OklahomaW 28–⁠2425%
Oct 21at7ArkansasW 24–⁠2019%
Nov 4vsTexas TechL 17–⁠2458%
Nov 11at15HoustonL 9–⁠4723%
Nov 18vsTCUW 31–⁠1768%
Nov 25vsBaylorL 7–⁠5060%
Dec 2at16Texas A&ML 10–⁠2121%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 21–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 122nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 9: 24
  2. Wk 10: 22

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 1989.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
220–⁠289
Coach
David McWilliams
Elo
1468 −14 this season
SP+ rating
6.4 No. 41 of 103; offense No. 44, defense No. 38
SRS
3.3 No. 47 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Lynn Amedee
Defensive coordinator
Leon Fuller

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 5Ken Hackemack OTKansas City Chiefs
Rd 6Tony Jones WRHouston Oilers

All-Southwest Conference

4 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠110–⁠213
Houston6–⁠29–⁠214
Texas A&M6–⁠28–⁠420
Texas Tech5–⁠39–⁠319
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Baylor4–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠64–⁠7
Rice2–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
SMU0–⁠82–⁠9

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