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1994 Baylor

7–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Chuck Reedy.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1994, game by game: won vs. Louisiana Tech 44–3; won at San José State 54–20; won vs. Oklahoma State 14–10; lost at No. 19 USC 27–37; won at TCU 42–18; won vs. SMU 44–10; lost at No. 7 Texas A&M 21–41; lost at Texas Tech 7–38; won vs. Houston 52–13; won at Rice 19–14; lost vs. Texas 35–63; lost vs. No. 24 Washington State 3–10+41−31Won 44–3 vs. Louisiana Tech+41Louisiana TechWon 54–20 at San José State+34San José StateWon 14–10 vs. Oklahoma State+4Oklahoma StateLost 27–37 at No. 19 USC-10No. 19 USCWon 42–18 at TCU+24TCUWon 44–10 vs. SMU+34SMULost 21–41 at No. 7 Texas A&M-20No. 7 Texas A&MLost 7–38 at Texas Tech-31Texas TechWon 52–13 vs. Houston+39HoustonWon 19–14 at Rice+5RiceLost 35–63 vs. Texas-28TexasLost 3–10 vs. No. 24 Washington State-7No. 24 Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsLouisiana TechW 44–⁠371%
Sep 10atSan José StateW 54–⁠2055%
Sep 17vsOklahoma StateW 14–⁠1070%
Sep 24at19USCL 27–⁠3735%
Oct 1atTCUW 42–⁠1851%
Oct 8vsSMUW 44–⁠1079%
Oct 15at7Texas A&ML 21–⁠4124%
Oct 22atTexas TechL 7–⁠3849%
Oct 29vsHoustonW 52–⁠1384%
Nov 12atRiceW 19–⁠1449%
Nov 24vsTexasL 35–⁠6358%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs24Washington StateAlamo BowlL 3–⁠1040%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 10–⁠3 in the Alamo Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 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 1994.

Southwest Conference champions4–⁠3 in the conference, shared with Rice, TCU, Texas and Texas Tech

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
362–⁠277
Coach
Chuck Reedy
Elo
1496 +17 this season
SP+ rating
4.8 No. 46 of 106; offense No. 38, defense No. 62
SRS
4.7 No. 40 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jack Crowe
Defensive coordinator
Bob Cope
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 6Steve Strahan DTCarolina Panthers

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Scotty LewisDLAP-2
  • Ty AtteberryPAP-2

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

1994 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠18
Texas4–⁠38–⁠425
Baylor4–⁠37–⁠5
TCU4–⁠37–⁠5
Texas Tech4–⁠36–⁠6
Rice4–⁠35–⁠6
Houston1–⁠61–⁠10
SMU0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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