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1994 Clemson

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Tommy West.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1994, game by game: won vs. Furman 27–6; lost vs. NC State 12–29; lost at Virginia 6–9; won vs. Maryland 13–0; lost at Georgia 14–40; lost at No. 25 Duke 13–19; lost at No. 10 Florida State 0–17; won vs. Wake Forest 24–8; won at No. 19 North Carolina 28–17; won vs. Georgia Tech 20–10; lost vs. South Carolina 7–33+21−26Won 27–6 vs. Furman+21FurmanLost 12–29 vs. NC State-17NC StateLost 6–9 at Virginia-3VirginiaWon 13–0 vs. Maryland+13MarylandLost 14–40 at Georgia-26GeorgiaLost 13–19 at No. 25 Duke-6No. 25 DukeLost 0–17 at No. 10 Florida State-17No. 10 Florida StateWon 24–8 vs. Wake Forest+16Wake ForestWon 28–17 at No. 19 North Carolina+11No. 19 North CarolinaWon 20–10 vs. Georgia Tech+10Georgia TechLost 7–33 vs. South Carolina-26South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsFurmanW 27–⁠686%
Sep 10vsNC StateL 12–⁠2957%
Sep 17atVirginiaL 6–⁠938%
Oct 1vsMarylandW 13–⁠068%
Oct 8atGeorgiaL 14–⁠4038%
Oct 15at25DukeL 13–⁠1938%
Oct 22at10Florida StateL 0–⁠1715%
Oct 29vsWake ForestW 24–⁠876%
Nov 5at19North CarolinaW 28–⁠1726%
Nov 12vsGeorgia TechW 20–⁠1077%
Nov 19vsSouth CarolinaL 7–⁠3368%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 33–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 25
  2. Wk 2: 24
  3. Wk 3: 22

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
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 6th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
164–⁠188
Coach
Tommy West
Elo
1505 −51 this season
SP+ rating
-1.0 No. 63 of 106; offense No. 96, defense No. 13
SRS
−2.4 No. 64 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
Rick Stockstill and Clyde Christensen
Defensive coordinator
Miles Aldridge
Captains
Tim Jones and Louis Solomon

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 6Wardell Rouse LBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-ACC

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Tim JonesLBAP-1

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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠010–⁠1–⁠14
NC State6–⁠29–⁠317
Virginia5–⁠39–⁠315
North Carolina5–⁠38–⁠4
Duke5–⁠38–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠45–⁠6
Maryland2–⁠64–⁠7
Wake Forest1–⁠73–⁠8
Georgia Tech0–⁠81–⁠10

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