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1994 San Diego State

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Ted Tollner.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1994, game by game: won vs. Navy 56–14; won vs. California 22–20; lost at Minnesota 17–40; lost at Colorado State 17–19; lost vs. Air Force 35–36; lost vs. No. 25 Utah 22–38; won at New Mexico 20–13; lost at Wyoming 35–52; won vs. Hawai’i 38–23; lost at No. 23 BYU 28–35; lost vs. Fresno State 42–49+42−23Won 56–14 vs. Navy+42NavyWon 22–20 vs. California+2CaliforniaLost 17–40 at Minnesota-23MinnesotaLost 17–19 at Colorado State-2Colorado StateLost 35–36 vs. Air Force-1Air ForceLost 22–38 vs. No. 25 Utah-16No. 25 UtahWon 20–13 at New Mexico+7New MexicoLost 35–52 at Wyoming-17WyomingWon 38–23 vs. Hawai’i+15Hawai’iLost 28–35 at No. 23 BYU-7No. 23 BYULost 42–49 vs. Fresno State-7Fresno State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsNavyW 56–⁠1474%
Sep 10vsCaliforniaW 22–⁠2050%
Sep 17atMinnesotaL 17–⁠4057%
Sep 24atColorado StateL 17–⁠1933%
Oct 1vsAir ForceL 35–⁠3669%
Oct 8vs25UtahL 22–⁠3841%
Oct 15atNew MexicoW 20–⁠1342%
Oct 22atWyomingL 35–⁠5243%
Oct 29vsHawai’iW 38–⁠2361%
Nov 10at23BYUL 28–⁠3530%
Nov 26vsFresno StateL 42–⁠4959%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Fresno State 49–⁠42; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 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
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 8th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
332–⁠339
Coach
Ted Tollner
Elo
1438 −64 this season
SP+ rating
-0.7 No. 61 of 106; offense No. 22, defense No. 93
SRS
0.3 No. 58 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Craft
Defensive coordinator
Steve Shafer
Offense
Spread
Defense
Multiple 4–⁠3

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 6Jamal Duff DENew York Giants

All-WAC

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Wayne PittmanRBCoaches-2
  • Curtis ShearerWRCoaches-2
  • Chris FinchOLCoaches-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 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State7–⁠110–⁠216
Utah6–⁠210–⁠210
BYU6–⁠210–⁠318
Air Force6–⁠28–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠46–⁠6
New Mexico4–⁠45–⁠7
Fresno State3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠7–⁠1
San Diego State2–⁠64–⁠7
UTEP1–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Hawai’i0–⁠83–⁠8–⁠1

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