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1995 Texas

10–⁠2–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Southwest Conference), coached by John Mackovic, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1995, game by game: won at Hawai’i 38–17; won vs. Pittsburgh 38–27; lost at No. 21 Notre Dame 27–55; won at SMU 35–10; won vs. Rice 37–13; tied vs. No. 13 Oklahoma 24–24; won vs. No. 14 Virginia 17–16; won vs. No. 23 Texas Tech 48–7; won at Houston 52–20; won vs. TCU 27–19; won vs. Baylor 21–13; won at No. 16 Texas A&M 16–6; lost vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech 10–28+41−28Won 38–17 at Hawai’i+21Hawai’iWon 38–27 vs. Pittsburgh+11PittsburghLost 27–55 at No. 21 Notre Dame-28No. 21 Notre DameWon 35–10 at SMU+25SMUWon 37–13 vs. Rice+24RiceTied 24–24 vs. No. 13 Oklahoma0No. 13 OklahomaWon 17–16 vs. No. 14 Virginia+1No. 14 VirginiaWon 48–7 vs. No. 23 Texas Tech+41No. 23 Texas TechWon 52–20 at Houston+32HoustonWon 27–19 vs. TCU+8TCUWon 21–13 vs. Baylor+8BaylorWon 16–6 at No. 16 Texas A&M+10No. 16 Texas A&MLost 10–28 vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech-18No. 13 Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atHawai’iW 38–⁠1764%
Sep 16vsPittsburghW 38–⁠2771%
Sep 23at21Notre DameL 27–⁠5542%
Sep 30atSMUW 35–⁠1076%
Oct 7vsRiceW 37–⁠1375%
Oct 14vs13OklahomaT 24–⁠2457%
Oct 21vs14VirginiaW 17–⁠1651%
Nov 4vs23Texas TechW 48–⁠759%
Nov 11atHoustonW 52–⁠2085%
Nov 18vsTCUW 27–⁠1975%
Nov 23vsBaylorW 21–⁠1371%
Dec 2at16Texas A&MW 16–⁠636%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs13Virginia TechSugar BowlL 10–⁠2853%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 28–⁠10 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 14 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 15
  5. Wk 5: 13
  6. Wk 6: 21
  7. Wk 7: 20
  8. Wk 8: 18
  9. Wk 9: 16
  10. Wk 10: 15
  11. Wk 11: 13
  12. Wk 12: 11
  13. Wk 13: 10
  14. Wk 14: 9
  15. Wk 15: 9
  16. Wk 16: 9
  17. Final: 14

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 1995.

Southwest Conference champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanTony Brackens, DE

Record
10–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 9
Points
390–⁠255
Coach
John Mackovic
Elo
1678 +104 this season
SP+ rating
13.7 No. 23 of 107; offense No. 24, defense No. 31
SRS
11.0 No. 21 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gene Dahlquist
Defensive coordinator
Gary Darnell

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 2Tony Brackens DEJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 5John Elmore OGNew England Patriots

All-Southwest Conference

7 first team, 7 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠2–⁠114
Texas Tech5–⁠29–⁠323
Texas A&M5–⁠29–⁠315
Baylor5–⁠27–⁠4
TCU3–⁠46–⁠5
Houston2–⁠52–⁠9
Rice1–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
SMU0–⁠71–⁠10

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