1994 Pittsburgh
3–8 (2–5 Big East), coached by Johnny Majors. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Temple 45–19Oct 29
By 26 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs 19Texas | L 28–30 | 42% |
| Sep 10 | vs Ohio | W 30–16 | 61% |
| Sep 17 | at 23Ohio State | L 3–27 | 18% |
| Sep 24 | vs Boston College | L 9–21 | 36% |
| Oct 1 | at Louisville | L 29–33 | 24% |
| Oct 8 | at 21Syracuse | L 7–31 | 18% |
| Oct 15 | vs West Virginia | L 41–47 | 37% |
| Oct 22 | at 17Virginia Tech | L 7–45 | 13% |
| Oct 29 | vs Temple | W 45–19 | 64% |
| Nov 12 | at 5Miami | L 12–17 | 8% |
| Nov 19 | vs Rutgers | W 35–21 | 45% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rutgers 35–21; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big East.
In program history: The 115th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 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
- 2–5 7th in Big East
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 246–307
- Coach
- Johnny Majors
- Elo
- 1419 −5 this season
- SP+ rating
- -2.7 No. 66 of 106; offense No. 58, defense No. 68
- SRS
- −4.2 No. 73 of 107 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Ken Karcher
- Defensive coordinator
- Chuck Driesbach
- Offense
- Multiple
- Defense
- Multiple 4–3
Drafted in 1995
The 1995 draft| Rd 1 | Ruben Brown OG | Buffalo Bills |
| Rd 3 | Curtis Martin RB | New England Patriots |
| Rd 6 | Tom Barndt C | Kansas City Chiefs |
All-Big East
2 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Billy WestRBCoaches-1- Reuben BrownOL
Second team
- Billy DavisWRCoaches-2
- Tom BarndtDLCoaches-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 East standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | 7–0 | 10–2 | 6 |
| Virginia Tech | 5–2 | 8–4 | |
| Syracuse | 4–3 | 7–4 | |
| West Virginia | 4–3 | 7–6 | |
| Boston College | 3–3–1 | 7–4–1 | 23 |
| Rutgers | 2–4–1 | 5–5–1 | |
| Pittsburgh | 2–5 | 3–8 | |
| Temple | 0–7 | 2–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.