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1994 Arizona

8–⁠4 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Dick Tomey, finished No. 20 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1994, game by game: won at Georgia Tech 19–14; won vs. New Mexico State 44–0; won at Stanford 34–10; won vs. Oregon State 30–10; lost vs. No. 23 Colorado State 16–21; won at No. 20 Washington State 10–7; won vs. UCLA 34–24; lost at Oregon 9–10; won vs. California 13–6; lost at No. 17 USC 28–45; won vs. Arizona State 28–27; lost vs. No. 14 Utah 13–16+44−17Won 19–14 at Georgia Tech+5Georgia TechWon 44–0 vs. New Mexico State+44New Mexico StateWon 34–10 at Stanford+24StanfordWon 30–10 vs. Oregon State+20Oregon StateLost 16–21 vs. No. 23 Colorado State-5No. 23 Colorado StateWon 10–7 at No. 20 Washington State+3No. 20 Washington StateWon 34–24 vs. UCLA+10UCLALost 9–10 at Oregon-1OregonWon 13–6 vs. California+7CaliforniaLost 28–45 at No. 17 USC-17No. 17 USCWon 28–27 vs. Arizona State+1Arizona StateLost 13–16 vs. No. 14 Utah-3No. 14 Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atGeorgia TechW 19–⁠1461%
Sep 10vsNew Mexico StateW 44–⁠085%
Sep 24atStanfordW 34–⁠1061%
Oct 1vsOregon StateW 30–⁠1084%
Oct 8vs23Colorado StateL 16–⁠2172%
Oct 15at20Washington StateW 10–⁠751%
Oct 22vsUCLAW 34–⁠2480%
Oct 29atOregonL 9–⁠1058%
Nov 5vsCaliforniaW 13–⁠678%
Nov 12at17USCL 28–⁠4546%
Nov 25vsArizona StateW 28–⁠2782%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvs14UtahFreedom BowlL 13–⁠1654%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Utah 16–⁠13 in the Freedom Bowl; No. 20 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 7
  2. Wk 2: 7
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 9
  5. Wk 5: 8
  6. Wk 6: 6
  7. Wk 7: 6
  8. Wk 8: 14
  9. Wk 9: 14
  10. Wk 10: 11
  11. Wk 11: 18
  12. Wk 12: 13
  13. Wk 13: 19
  14. Wk 14: 16
  15. Wk 15: 15
  16. Wk 16: 15
  17. Final: 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 1994.

Lou Groza AwardSteve McLaughlin, K

3 consensus All-AmericansTedy Bruschi, DE; Tony Bouie, DB; Steve McLaughlin, K

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 20 peak No. 6
Points
278–⁠190
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1645 +11 this season
SP+ rating
10.3 No. 29 of 106; offense No. 65, defense No. 12
SRS
9.9 No. 26 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Duane Akina
Defensive coordinator
Larry Mac Duff
Offense
Multiple
Defense
Double Eagle Flex

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 3Steve McLaughlin KSt. Louis Rams
Rd 3Sean Harris LBChicago Bears
Rd 5Mike Scurlock DBSt. Louis Rams
Rd 6Hicham El-Mashtoub CHouston Oilers

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠19–⁠411
USC6–⁠28–⁠3–⁠113
Arizona6–⁠28–⁠420
Washington State5–⁠38–⁠421
Washington4–⁠47–⁠4
UCLA3–⁠55–⁠6
California3–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠64–⁠7
Stanford2–⁠63–⁠7–⁠1
Arizona State2–⁠63–⁠8

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