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1994 California

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Keith Gilbertson.

Schedule and results

California in 1994, game by game: lost at San Diego State 20–22; lost vs. Hawai’i 7–21; won vs. Arizona State 25–21; won vs. San José State 55–0; won vs. UCLA 26–7; lost at Oregon 7–23; lost at USC 0–61; lost vs. No. 22 Washington State 23–26; lost at No. 18 Arizona 6–13; lost at No. 22 Washington 19–31; won vs. Stanford 24–23+55−61Lost 20–22 at San Diego State-2San Diego StateLost 7–21 vs. Hawai’i-14Hawai’iWon 25–21 vs. Arizona State+4Arizona StateWon 55–0 vs. San José State+55San José StateWon 26–7 vs. UCLA+19UCLALost 7–23 at Oregon-16OregonLost 0–61 at USC-61USCLost 23–26 vs. No. 22 Washington State-3No. 22 Washington StateLost 6–13 at No. 18 Arizona-7No. 18 ArizonaLost 19–31 at No. 22 Washington-12No. 22 WashingtonWon 24–23 vs. Stanford+1Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atSan Diego StateL 20–⁠2250%
Sep 17vsHawai’iL 7–⁠2166%
Sep 24vsArizona StateW 25–⁠2161%
Oct 1vsSan José StateW 55–⁠078%
Oct 8vsUCLAW 26–⁠760%
Oct 15atOregonL 7–⁠2352%
Oct 22atUSCL 0–⁠6135%
Oct 29vs22Washington StateL 23–⁠2646%
Nov 5at18ArizonaL 6–⁠1322%
Nov 12at22WashingtonL 19–⁠3128%
Nov 19vsStanfordW 24–⁠2358%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 24–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 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.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
212–⁠248
Coach
Keith Gilbertson
Elo
1493 −83 this season
SP+ rating
-2.8 No. 67 of 106; offense No. 82, defense No. 39
SRS
0.9 No. 55 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Denny Schuler
Defensive coordinator
Artie Gigantino

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 4Dave Barr QBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 5Jerrott Willard LBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 6Brian Thure OTWashington Redskins

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Regan UpshawDECoaches-2
  • Na’il BenjaminAPBCoaches-2
  • Tyrone EdwardsAPBCoaches-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 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.