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1994 Rutgers

5–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Big East), coached by Doug Graber.

Schedule and results

Rutgers in 1994, game by game: won vs. Kent State 28–6; won vs. West Virginia 17–12; lost at Syracuse 36–37; lost at No. 5 Penn State 27–55; lost vs. No. 13 Miami 3–24; won vs. Army 16–14; won vs. Cincinnati 14–9; tied at No. 22 Boston College 7–7; won vs. Temple 38–21; lost at No. 16 Virginia Tech 34–41; lost at Pittsburgh 21–35+22−28Won 28–6 vs. Kent State+22Kent StateWon 17–12 vs. West Virginia+5West VirginiaLost 36–37 at Syracuse-1SyracuseLost 27–55 at No. 5 Penn State-28No. 5 Penn StateLost 3–24 vs. No. 13 Miami-21No. 13 MiamiWon 16–14 vs. Army+2ArmyWon 14–9 vs. Cincinnati+5CincinnatiTied 7–7 at No. 22 Boston College0No. 22 Boston CollegeWon 38–21 vs. Temple+17TempleLost 34–41 at No. 16 Virginia Tech-7No. 16 Virginia TechLost 21–35 at Pittsburgh-14Pittsburgh
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsKent StateW 28–⁠676%
Sep 10vsWest VirginiaW 17–⁠1239%
Sep 17atSyracuseL 36–⁠3730%
Sep 24at5Penn StateL 27–⁠5517%
Oct 1vs13MiamiL 3–⁠2434%
Oct 8vsArmyW 16–⁠1466%
Oct 15vsCincinnatiW 14–⁠964%
Oct 22at22Boston CollegeT 7–⁠722%
Nov 5vsTempleW 38–⁠2179%
Nov 12at16Virginia TechL 34–⁠4123%
Nov 19atPittsburghL 21–⁠3555%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Pittsburgh 35–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big East.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 152 on file).

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
241–⁠261
Coach
Doug Graber
Elo
1450 −2 this season
SP+ rating
-0.4 No. 59 of 106; offense No. 67, defense No. 47
SRS
−2.5 No. 66 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Stan Parrish
Defensive coordinator
John Gutekunst

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 7Keif Bryant DESeattle Seahawks

All-Big East

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Terrell WillisRBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Marco BattagliaTECoaches-2
  • Ken DammannOLCoaches-2
  • Robert SneathenDLCoaches-2
  • Mark WashingtonDBCoaches-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

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Miami7–⁠010–⁠26
Virginia Tech5–⁠28–⁠4
Syracuse4–⁠37–⁠4
West Virginia4–⁠37–⁠6
Boston College3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠123
Rutgers2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Pittsburgh2–⁠53–⁠8
Temple0–⁠72–⁠9

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