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1994 Oregon

9–⁠4 (7–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1994, game by game: won vs. Portland State 58–16; lost at Hawai’i 16–36; lost vs. Utah 16–34; won vs. Iowa 40–18; won at No. 19 USC 22–7; lost at No. 22 Washington State 7–21; won vs. California 23–7; won vs. No. 9 Washington 31–20; won vs. No. 11 Arizona 10–9; won vs. Arizona State 34–10; won at Stanford 55–21; won at Oregon State 17–13; lost vs. No. 2 Penn State 20–38+42−20Won 58–16 vs. Portland State+42Portland StateLost 16–36 at Hawai’i-20Hawai’iLost 16–34 vs. Utah-18UtahWon 40–18 vs. Iowa+22IowaWon 22–7 at No. 19 USC+15No. 19 USCLost 7–21 at No. 22 Washington State-14No. 22 Washington StateWon 23–7 vs. California+16CaliforniaWon 31–20 vs. No. 9 Washington+11No. 9 WashingtonWon 10–9 vs. No. 11 Arizona+1No. 11 ArizonaWon 34–10 vs. Arizona State+24Arizona StateWon 55–21 at Stanford+34StanfordWon 17–13 at Oregon State+4Oregon StateLost 20–38 vs. No. 2 Penn State-18No. 2 Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsPortland StateW 58–⁠1692%
Sep 10atHawai’iL 16–⁠3646%
Sep 17vsUtahL 16–⁠3449%
Sep 24vsIowaW 40–⁠1849%
Oct 1at19USCW 22–⁠726%
Oct 8at22Washington StateL 7–⁠2134%
Oct 15vsCaliforniaW 23–⁠748%
Oct 22vs9WashingtonW 31–⁠2038%
Oct 29vs11ArizonaW 10–⁠942%
Nov 5vsArizona StateW 34–⁠1066%
Nov 12atStanfordW 55–⁠2153%
Nov 19atOregon StateW 17–⁠1363%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs2Penn StateRose BowlL 20–⁠3829%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Penn State 38–⁠20 in the Rose Bowl; No. 11 in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 11: 21
  2. Wk 12: 15
  3. Wk 13: 12
  4. Wk 14: 12
  5. Wk 15: 12
  6. Wk 16: 12
  7. Final: 11

Pac-10 champions7–⁠1 in the conference

Eddie Robinson Coach of the YearRich Brooks, coach; also the Bear Bryant Award

Record
9–⁠4
Conference
7–⁠1 first in Pac-10
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 11
Points
349–⁠250
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1628 +128 this season
SP+ rating
14.9 No. 20 of 106; offense No. 44, defense No. 14
SRS
12.9 No. 18 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Belotti
Defensive coordinator
Nick Aliotti

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 6Dino Philyaw RBNew England Patriots
Rd 7Chad Cota DBCarolina Panthers
Rd 7Herman O’Berry DBSt. Louis Rams

All-Pac-10

5 first team, 3 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 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠19–⁠411
USC6–⁠28–⁠3–⁠113
Arizona6–⁠28–⁠420
Washington State5–⁠38–⁠421
Washington4–⁠47–⁠4
UCLA3–⁠55–⁠6
California3–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠64–⁠7
Stanford2–⁠63–⁠7–⁠1
Arizona State2–⁠63–⁠8

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