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1994 Oklahoma

6–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Gary Gibbs.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1994, game by game: won at Syracuse 30–29; lost at No. 16 Texas A&M 14–36; won vs. Texas Tech 17–11; won vs. Iowa State 34–6; lost vs. No. 15 Texas 10–17; lost at No. 4 Colorado 7–45; won at Kansas 20–17; lost vs. No. 23 Kansas State 20–37; won vs. Missouri 30–13; won at Oklahoma State 33–14; lost vs. No. 1 Nebraska 3–13; lost vs. No. 22 BYU 6–31+28−38Won 30–29 at Syracuse+1SyracuseLost 14–36 at No. 16 Texas A&M-22No. 16 Texas A&MWon 17–11 vs. Texas Tech+6Texas TechWon 34–6 vs. Iowa State+28Iowa StateLost 10–17 vs. No. 15 Texas-7No. 15 TexasLost 7–45 at No. 4 Colorado-38No. 4 ColoradoWon 20–17 at Kansas+3KansasLost 20–37 vs. No. 23 Kansas State-17No. 23 Kansas StateWon 30–13 vs. Missouri+17MissouriWon 33–14 at Oklahoma State+19Oklahoma StateLost 3–13 vs. No. 1 Nebraska-10No. 1 NebraskaLost 6–31 vs. No. 22 BYU-25No. 22 BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atSyracuseW 30–⁠2948%
Sep 10at16Texas A&ML 14–⁠3633%
Sep 17vsTexas TechW 17–⁠1167%
Oct 1vsIowa StateW 34–⁠686%
Oct 8vs15TexasL 10–⁠1754%
Oct 15at4ColoradoL 7–⁠4527%
Oct 22atKansasW 20–⁠1747%
Oct 29vs23Kansas StateL 20–⁠3756%
Nov 5vsMissouriW 30–⁠1373%
Nov 12atOklahoma StateW 33–⁠1466%
Nov 25vs1NebraskaL 3–⁠1327%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs22BYUCopper BowlL 6–⁠3150%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to BYU 31–⁠6 in the Copper Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 16
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 21
  5. Wk 5: 21
  6. Wk 6: 21
  7. Wk 7: 16
  8. Wk 8: 22

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
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
224–⁠269
Coach
Gary Gibbs
Elo
1539 −62 this season
SP+ rating
7.5 No. 36 of 106; offense No. 65, defense No. 18
SRS
2.7 No. 47 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Watson Brown
Defensive coordinator
Tom Hayes
Captains
John Anderson, Albert Hall, Darrius Johnson and Garrick McGee
Offense
Multiple
Defense
5–⁠2

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 1 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.