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1992 Texas

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by John Mackovic.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1992, game by game: lost vs. No. 21 Mississippi State 10–28; lost at No. 9 Syracuse 21–31; won vs. North Texas 33–15; won at Rice 23–21; won vs. No. 16 Oklahoma 34–24; won vs. Houston 45–38; won at Texas Tech 44–33; lost at TCU 14–23; won vs. SMU 35–14; lost at Baylor 20–21; lost vs. No. 4 Texas A&M 13–34+21−21Lost 10–28 vs. No. 21 Mississippi State-18No. 21 Mississippi Sta…Lost 21–31 at No. 9 Syracuse-10No. 9 SyracuseWon 33–15 vs. North Texas+18North TexasWon 23–21 at Rice+2RiceWon 34–24 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma+10No. 16 OklahomaWon 45–38 vs. Houston+7HoustonWon 44–33 at Texas Tech+11Texas TechLost 14–23 at TCU-9TCUWon 35–14 vs. SMU+21SMULost 20–21 at Baylor-1BaylorLost 13–34 vs. No. 4 Texas A&M-21No. 4 Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vs21Mississippi StateL 10–⁠2860%
Sep 12at9SyracuseL 21–⁠3122%
Sep 26vsNorth TexasW 33–⁠1582%
Oct 3atRiceW 23–⁠2154%
Oct 10vs16OklahomaW 34–⁠2434%
Oct 24vsHoustonW 45–⁠3861%
Oct 31atTexas TechW 44–⁠3348%
Nov 7atTCUL 14–⁠2372%
Nov 14vsSMUW 35–⁠1478%
Nov 21atBaylorL 20–⁠2143%
Nov 26vs4Texas A&ML 13–⁠3432%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 34–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 107th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 25
  2. Wk 10: 25
  3. Wk 11: 20

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 1992.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
292–⁠282
Coach
John Mackovic
Elo
1547 +1 this season
SP+ rating
4.4 No. 47 of 105; offense No. 28, defense No. 71
SRS
0.4 No. 53 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gene Dahlquist
Defensive coordinator
Leon Fuller

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 7Lance Gunn DBCincinnati Bengals

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠012–⁠17
Baylor4–⁠37–⁠5
Texas4–⁠36–⁠5
Rice4–⁠36–⁠5
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠6
SMU2–⁠55–⁠6
Houston2–⁠54–⁠7
TCU1–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1

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