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1994 Kansas State

9–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Bill Snyder, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1994, game by game: won vs. Louisiana 34–6; won vs. Rice 27–18; won vs. Minnesota 35–0; won at Kansas 21–13; lost vs. No. 2 Nebraska 6–17; lost at No. 2 Colorado 21–35; won at Oklahoma 37–20; won vs. Iowa State 38–20; won at Missouri 21–18; won vs. Oklahoma State 23–6; won at UNLV 42–3; lost vs. Boston College 7–12+39−14Won 34–6 vs. Louisiana+28LouisianaWon 27–18 vs. Rice+9RiceWon 35–0 vs. Minnesota+35MinnesotaWon 21–13 at Kansas+8KansasLost 6–17 vs. No. 2 Nebraska-11No. 2 NebraskaLost 21–35 at No. 2 Colorado-14No. 2 ColoradoWon 37–20 at Oklahoma+17OklahomaWon 38–20 vs. Iowa State+18Iowa StateWon 21–18 at Missouri+3MissouriWon 23–6 vs. Oklahoma State+17Oklahoma StateWon 42–3 at UNLV+39UNLVLost 7–12 vs. Boston College-5Boston College
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsLouisianaW 34–⁠667%
Sep 17vsRiceW 27–⁠1874%
Sep 24vsMinnesotaW 35–⁠074%
Oct 6atKansasW 21–⁠1353%
Oct 15vs2NebraskaL 6–⁠1741%
Oct 22at2ColoradoL 21–⁠3528%
Oct 29atOklahomaW 37–⁠2044%
Nov 5vsIowa StateW 38–⁠2091%
Nov 12atMissouriW 21–⁠1872%
Nov 19vsOklahoma StateW 23–⁠687%
Nov 26atUNLVW 42–⁠373%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvsBoston CollegeAloha BowlL 7–⁠1249%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Boston College 12–⁠7 in the Aloha Bowl; No. 19 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 23
  2. Wk 7: 19
  3. Wk 8: 16
  4. Wk 9: 19
  5. Wk 10: 23
  6. Wk 11: 15
  7. Wk 12: 11
  8. Wk 13: 11
  9. Wk 14: 11
  10. Wk 15: 11
  11. Wk 16: 11
  12. Final: 19

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
9–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 11
Points
312–⁠168
Coach
Bill Snyder
Elo
1651 +88 this season
SP+ rating
17.4 No. 16 of 106; offense No. 48, defense No. 7
SRS
13.1 No. 16 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Del Miller
Defensive coordinators
Jim Leavitt and Bob Stoops
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 2Barrett Brooks OTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4Chad May QBMinnesota Vikings

All-Big Eight

5 first team, 6 second team

First team

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 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠013–⁠01
Colorado6–⁠111–⁠13
Kansas State5–⁠29–⁠319
Oklahoma4–⁠36–⁠6
Kansas3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8–⁠1
Oklahoma State0–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠10–⁠1

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