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1994 Maryland

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Mark Duffner.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1994, game by game: lost at Duke 16–49; lost vs. No. 4 Florida State 20–52; won at West Virginia 24–13; won vs. Wake Forest 31–7; lost at Clemson 0–13; lost at No. 15 North Carolina 17–41; won vs. Georgia Tech 42–27; won vs. Tulane 38–10; lost vs. NC State 45–47; lost at No. 21 Virginia 21–46; lost at Syracuse 16–21+28−33Lost 16–49 at Duke-33DukeLost 20–52 vs. No. 4 Florida State-32No. 4 Florida StateWon 24–13 at West Virginia+11West VirginiaWon 31–7 vs. Wake Forest+24Wake ForestLost 0–13 at Clemson-13ClemsonLost 17–41 at No. 15 North Carolina-24No. 15 North CarolinaWon 42–27 vs. Georgia Tech+15Georgia TechWon 38–10 vs. Tulane+28TulaneLost 45–47 vs. NC State-2NC StateLost 21–46 at No. 21 Virginia-25No. 21 VirginiaLost 16–21 at Syracuse-5Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atDukeL 16–⁠4940%
Sep 10vs4Florida StateL 20–⁠5214%
Sep 17atWest VirginiaW 24–⁠1319%
Sep 24vsWake ForestW 31–⁠760%
Oct 1atClemsonL 0–⁠1332%
Oct 15at15North CarolinaL 17–⁠4119%
Oct 22vsGeorgia TechW 42–⁠2757%
Oct 29vsTulaneW 38–⁠1076%
Nov 5vsNC StateL 45–⁠4741%
Nov 12at21VirginiaL 21–⁠4620%
Nov 19atSyracuseL 16–⁠2124%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Syracuse 21–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 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
2–⁠6 7th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
270–⁠326
Coach
Mark Duffner
Elo
1427 +18 this season
SP+ rating
-5.4 No. 75 of 106; offense No. 54, defense No. 84
SRS
−5.1 No. 74 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dan Dorazio
Defensive coordinator
Kevin Coyle
Offense
Run and shoot
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 7Steve Ingram OTTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-ACC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Geroy SimonWRAP-2
  • Scott MilanovichQBAP-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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

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.