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1994 Boston College

7–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠3–⁠1 Big East), coached by Dan Henning, finished No. 23 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Boston College in 1994, game by game: lost at No. 5 Michigan 26–34; lost vs. No. 18 Virginia Tech 7–12; won at Pittsburgh 21–9; won vs. No. 8 Notre Dame 30–11; won vs. Temple 45–28; tied vs. Rutgers 7–7; won at Army 30–3; won at Louisville 35–14; won vs. No. 14 Syracuse 31–0; lost at West Virginia 20–21; lost at No. 5 Miami 7–23; won vs. No. 11 Kansas State 12–7+31−16Lost 26–34 at No. 5 Michigan-8No. 5 MichiganLost 7–12 vs. No. 18 Virginia Tech-5No. 18 Virginia TechWon 21–9 at Pittsburgh+12PittsburghWon 30–11 vs. No. 8 Notre Dame+19No. 8 Notre DameWon 45–28 vs. Temple+17TempleTied 7–7 vs. Rutgers0RutgersWon 30–3 at Army+27ArmyWon 35–14 at Louisville+21LouisvilleWon 31–0 vs. No. 14 Syracuse+31No. 14 SyracuseLost 20–21 at West Virginia-1West VirginiaLost 7–23 at No. 5 Miami-16No. 5 MiamiWon 12–7 vs. No. 11 Kansas State+5No. 11 Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3at5MichiganL 26–⁠3436%
Sep 17vs18Virginia TechL 7–⁠1255%
Sep 24atPittsburghW 21–⁠964%
Oct 8vs8Notre DameW 30–⁠1139%
Oct 15vsTempleW 45–⁠2888%
Oct 22vsRutgersT 7–⁠778%
Oct 29atArmyW 30–⁠374%
Nov 3atLouisvilleW 35–⁠1449%
Nov 12vs14SyracuseW 31–⁠068%
Nov 19atWest VirginiaL 20–⁠2163%
Nov 26at5MiamiL 7–⁠2332%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs11Kansas StateAloha BowlW 12–⁠751%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas State 12–⁠7 in the Aloha Bowl; No. 23 in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big East.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 24
  2. Wk 9: 22
  3. Wk 12: 25
  4. Wk 13: 17
  5. Wk 14: 25
  6. Final: 23

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.

Consensus All-AmericanPete Mitchell, TE

Record
7–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Big East
AP final
No. 23 peak No. 17
Points
271–⁠169
Coach
Dan Henning
Elo
1694 +81 this season
SP+ rating
16.1 No. 18 of 106; offense No. 61, defense No. 5
SRS
12.2 No. 21 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dirk Koetter
Defensive coordinator
Jim Reid
Captains
Stephen Boyd, Pete Mitchell, Michael Reed and Eric Shorter
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 1Mike Mamula DEPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4Pete Mitchell TEMiami Dolphins
Rd 5Stephen Boyd LBDetroit Lions
Rd 7Michael Reed DBCarolina Panthers

All-Big East

5 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • David GreenRBCoaches-2
  • Tim MorabitoDLCoaches-2
  • Jeff BeckleyPCoaches-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 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Miami7–⁠010–⁠26
Virginia Tech5–⁠28–⁠4
Syracuse4–⁠37–⁠4
West Virginia4–⁠37–⁠6
Boston College3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠123
Rutgers2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Pittsburgh2–⁠53–⁠8
Temple0–⁠72–⁠9

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