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1994 Fresno State

5–⁠7–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Jim Sweeney.

Schedule and results

Fresno State in 1994, game by game: lost vs. No. 20 Ohio State 10–34; won vs. San José State 45–13; lost at Washington State 3–24; won vs. Oregon State 24–14; won at Hawai’i 31–16; lost vs. BYU 30–32; won vs. Wyoming 38–24; lost at Air Force 7–42; lost vs. New Mexico 32–49; lost vs. Nevada 35–62; tied at UTEP 30–30; lost vs. No. 10 Colorado State 42–44; won at San Diego State 49–42+32−35Lost 10–34 vs. No. 20 Ohio State-24No. 20 Ohio StateWon 45–13 vs. San José State+32San José StateLost 3–24 at Washington State-21Washington StateWon 24–14 vs. Oregon State+10Oregon StateWon 31–16 at Hawai’i+15Hawai’iLost 30–32 vs. BYU-2BYUWon 38–24 vs. Wyoming+14WyomingLost 7–42 at Air Force-35Air ForceLost 32–49 vs. New Mexico-17New MexicoLost 35–62 vs. Nevada-27NevadaTied 30–30 at UTEP0UTEPLost 42–44 vs. No. 10 Colorado State-2No. 10 Colorado StateWon 49–42 at San Diego State+7San Diego State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29vs20Ohio StateL 10–⁠3443%
Sep 3vsSan José StateW 45–⁠1375%
Sep 10atWashington StateL 3–⁠2451%
Sep 17vsOregon StateW 24–⁠1470%
Sep 24atHawai’iW 31–⁠1644%
Oct 8vsBYUL 30–⁠3263%
Oct 15vsWyomingW 38–⁠2470%
Oct 22atAir ForceL 7–⁠4265%
Oct 29vsNew MexicoL 32–⁠4969%
Nov 5vsNevadaL 35–⁠6253%
Nov 12atUTEPT 30–⁠3062%
Nov 19vs10Colorado StateL 42–⁠4438%
Nov 26atSan Diego StateW 49–⁠4241%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat San Diego State 49–⁠42; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 97 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
5–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 7th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
376–⁠426
Coach
Jim Sweeney
Elo
1481 −109 this season
SP+ rating
-0.9 No. 62 of 106; offense No. 19, defense No. 95
SRS
−2.4 No. 65 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jeff Tedford
Defensive coordinator
Leon Burtnett

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 5David Dunn WRCincinnati Bengals

All-WAC

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jerome OliverRBCoaches-2
  • Jason JonesOLCoaches-2
  • Ron PapazianLBCoaches-2
  • Johann LyssandKCoaches-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 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State7–⁠110–⁠216
Utah6–⁠210–⁠210
BYU6–⁠210–⁠318
Air Force6–⁠28–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠46–⁠6
New Mexico4–⁠45–⁠7
Fresno State3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠7–⁠1
San Diego State2–⁠64–⁠7
UTEP1–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Hawai’i0–⁠83–⁠8–⁠1

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