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1991 Texas

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

Schedule and results

Texas in 1991, game by game: lost at Mississippi State 6–13; lost vs. No. 13 Auburn 10–14; won vs. Rice 28–7; won vs. No. 6 Oklahoma 10–7; lost at Arkansas 13–14; won vs. SMU 34–0; won vs. Texas Tech 23–15; lost at Houston 14–23; won vs. TCU 32–0; lost vs. Baylor 11–21; lost at No. 10 Texas A&M 14–31+34−17Lost 6–13 at Mississippi State-7Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–14 vs. No. 13 Auburn-4No. 13 AuburnWon 28–7 vs. Rice+21RiceWon 10–7 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma+3No. 6 OklahomaLost 13–14 at Arkansas-1ArkansasWon 34–0 vs. SMU+34SMUWon 23–15 vs. Texas Tech+8Texas TechLost 14–23 at Houston-9HoustonWon 32–0 vs. TCU+32TCULost 11–21 vs. Baylor-10BaylorLost 14–31 at No. 10 Texas A&M-17No. 10 Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atMississippi StateL 6–⁠1357%
Sep 21vs13AuburnL 10–⁠1450%
Oct 5vsRiceW 28–⁠768%
Oct 12vs6OklahomaW 10–⁠737%
Oct 19atArkansasL 13–⁠1456%
Oct 26vsSMUW 34–⁠084%
Nov 2vsTexas TechW 23–⁠1574%
Nov 9atHoustonL 14–⁠2353%
Nov 16vsTCUW 32–⁠067%
Nov 23vsBaylorL 11–⁠2162%
Nov 28at10Texas A&ML 14–⁠3122%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 31–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 13

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 1991.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
195–⁠145
Coach
David McWilliams
Elo
1570 −36 this season
SP+ rating
11.2 No. 26 of 104; offense No. 73, defense No. 3
SRS
8.5 No. 27 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Lynn Amedee
Defensive coordinator
Leon Fuller

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 2Shane Dronett DEDenver Broncos
Rd 2James Patton DTBuffalo Bills
Rd 3Tommy Jeter DTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4Chuck Johnson OGDenver Broncos
Rd 6Mark Berry DBChicago Bears

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M8–⁠010–⁠212
Baylor5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Arkansas5–⁠36–⁠6
TCU4–⁠47–⁠4
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Houston3–⁠54–⁠7
Rice2–⁠64–⁠7
SMU0–⁠81–⁠10

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