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1994 Minnesota

3–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Big Ten), coached by Jim Wacker.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1994, game by game: lost vs. No. 9 Penn State 3–56; won vs. Pacific 33–7; won vs. San Diego State 40–17; lost at Kansas State 0–35; lost at Indiana 14–25; lost at Purdue 37–49; lost vs. Northwestern 31–37; won at Wisconsin 17–14; lost vs. Illinois 17–21; lost at No. 19 Michigan 22–38; lost vs. Iowa 42–49+26−53Lost 3–56 vs. No. 9 Penn State-53No. 9 Penn StateWon 33–7 vs. Pacific+26PacificWon 40–17 vs. San Diego State+23San Diego StateLost 0–35 at Kansas State-35Kansas StateLost 14–25 at Indiana-11IndianaLost 37–49 at Purdue-12PurdueLost 31–37 vs. Northwestern-6NorthwesternWon 17–14 at Wisconsin+3WisconsinLost 17–21 vs. Illinois-4IllinoisLost 22–38 at No. 19 Michigan-16No. 19 MichiganLost 42–49 vs. Iowa-7Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vs9Penn StateL 3–⁠5628%
Sep 10vsPacificW 33–⁠758%
Sep 17vsSan Diego StateW 40–⁠1743%
Sep 24atKansas StateL 0–⁠3526%
Oct 1atIndianaL 14–⁠2527%
Oct 8atPurdueL 37–⁠4935%
Oct 15vsNorthwesternL 31–⁠3764%
Oct 22atWisconsinW 17–⁠1418%
Nov 5vsIllinoisL 17–⁠2135%
Nov 12at19MichiganL 22–⁠3813%
Nov 19vsIowaL 42–⁠4948%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa 49–⁠42; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 128th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠7 11th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
256–⁠348
Coach
Jim Wacker
Elo
1383 −41 this season
SP+ rating
3.2 No. 50 of 106; offense No. 34, defense No. 74
SRS
2.6 No. 48 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob DeBesse
Defensive coordinator
Marc Dove
Captains
Chris Darkins and Ed Hawthorne

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Mike ChalbergKAP-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 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Penn State8–⁠012–⁠02
Ohio State6–⁠29–⁠414
Michigan5–⁠38–⁠412
Wisconsin4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Illinois4–⁠47–⁠5
Michigan State4–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Indiana3–⁠56–⁠5
Purdue2–⁠4–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Northwestern2–⁠63–⁠7–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠73–⁠8

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