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1994 Georgia Tech

1–⁠10 (0–⁠8 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bill Lewis, then George O’Leary (1st season, final 3 games).

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1994, game by game: lost vs. No. 7 Arizona 14–19; won vs. Western Carolina 45–26; lost vs. Duke 12–27; lost at No. 22 NC State 13–21; lost at No. 14 North Carolina 24–31; lost vs. Virginia 7–24; lost at Maryland 27–42; lost vs. No. 8 Florida State 10–41; lost at Clemson 10–20; lost vs. Wake Forest 13–20; lost at Georgia 10–48+19−38Lost 14–19 vs. No. 7 Arizona-5No. 7 ArizonaWon 45–26 vs. Western Carolina+19Western CarolinaLost 12–27 vs. Duke-15DukeLost 13–21 at No. 22 NC State-8No. 22 NC StateLost 24–31 at No. 14 North Carolina-7No. 14 North CarolinaLost 7–24 vs. Virginia-17VirginiaLost 27–42 at Maryland-15MarylandLost 10–41 vs. No. 8 Florida State-31No. 8 Florida StateLost 10–20 at Clemson-10ClemsonLost 13–20 vs. Wake Forest-7Wake ForestLost 10–48 at Georgia-38Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vs7ArizonaL 14–⁠1939%
Sep 10vsWestern CarolinaW 45–⁠2682%
Sep 24vsDukeL 12–⁠2759%
Oct 1at22NC StateL 13–⁠2124%
Oct 8at14North CarolinaL 24–⁠3122%
Oct 15vsVirginiaL 7–⁠2436%
Oct 22atMarylandL 27–⁠4243%
Nov 5vs8Florida StateL 10–⁠4114%
Nov 12atClemsonL 10–⁠2023%
Nov 19vsWake ForestL 13–⁠2067%
Nov 25atGeorgiaL 10–⁠4819%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 48–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠8 9th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
185–⁠319
Coach
Bill Lewis, then George O’Leary (1st season, final 3 games)
Elo
1340 −159 this season
SP+ rating
-14.0 No. 87 of 106; offense No. 92, defense No. 70
SRS
−11.6 No. 87 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
Gary Crowton and Steve Shankweiler
Defensive coordinator
George O’Leary

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 5Lethon Flowers DBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Charlie Simmons WRGreen Bay Packers
Rd 7Jamal Cox LBChicago Bears

All-ACC

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Jason BenderPAP-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.