1993 Texas

5–⁠5–⁠1 (5–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by John Mackovic.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1993, game by game: lost at No. 11 Colorado 14–36; tied vs. No. 6 Syracuse 21–21; lost at No. 24 Louisville 10–41; won vs. Rice 55–38; lost vs. No. 10 Oklahoma 17–38; won vs. SMU 37–10; lost vs. Texas Tech 22–31; won at Houston 34–16; won vs. TCU 24–3; won vs. Baylor 38–17; lost at No. 8 Texas A&M 9–18+27−31Lost 14–36 at No. 11 Colorado-22No. 11 ColoradoTied 21–21 vs. No. 6 Syracuse0No. 6 SyracuseLost 10–41 at No. 24 Louisville-31No. 24 LouisvilleWon 55–38 vs. Rice+17RiceLost 17–38 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma-21No. 10 OklahomaWon 37–10 vs. SMU+27SMULost 22–31 vs. Texas Tech-9Texas TechWon 34–16 at Houston+18HoustonWon 24–3 vs. TCU+21TCUWon 38–17 vs. Baylor+21BaylorLost 9–18 at No. 8 Texas A&M-9No. 8 Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 18–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

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 1993.

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
281–⁠269
Coach
John Mackovic
Elo
1551 +20 this season
SP+ rating
7.4 No. 38 of 105; offense No. 39, defense No. 47
SRS
5.4 No. 38 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gene Dahlquist
Defensive coordinator
Leon Fuller

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 2Van Malone DBDetroit Lions
Rd 3Winfred Tubbs LBNew Orleans Saints

All-Southwest Conference

8 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠010–⁠29
Texas5–⁠25–⁠5–⁠1
Texas Tech5–⁠26–⁠6
Rice3–⁠46–⁠5
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠54–⁠7
SMU1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠2
Houston1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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