1994 South Carolina

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Brad Scott.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1994, game by game: lost vs. Georgia 21–24; won vs. Arkansas 14–0; won vs. Louisiana Tech 31–6; won at Kentucky 23–9; won at LSU 18–17; lost vs. East Carolina 42–56; lost vs. Mississippi State 36–41; won at Vanderbilt 19–16; lost vs. Tennessee 22–31; lost at No. 4 Florida 17–48; won at Clemson 33–7; won vs. West Virginia 24–21+26−31Lost 21–24 vs. Georgia-3GeorgiaWon 14–0 vs. Arkansas+14ArkansasWon 31–6 vs. Louisiana Tech+25Louisiana TechWon 23–9 at Kentucky+14KentuckyWon 18–17 at LSU+1LSULost 42–56 vs. East Carolina-14East CarolinaLost 36–41 vs. Mississippi State-5Mississippi Sta…Won 19–16 at Vanderbilt+3VanderbiltLost 22–31 vs. Tennessee-9TennesseeLost 17–48 at No. 4 Florida-31No. 4 FloridaWon 33–7 at Clemson+26ClemsonWon 24–21 vs. West Virginia+3West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsGeorgiaL 21–⁠2445%
Sep 10vsArkansasW 14–⁠051%
Sep 17vsLouisiana TechW 31–⁠672%
Sep 24atKentuckyW 23–⁠949%
Oct 1atLSUW 18–⁠1752%
Oct 8vsEast CarolinaL 42–⁠5672%
Oct 15vsMississippi StateL 36–⁠4158%
Oct 22atVanderbiltW 19–⁠1640%
Oct 29vsTennesseeL 22–⁠3141%
Nov 12at4FloridaL 17–⁠4812%
Nov 19atClemsonW 33–⁠732%
Jan 2vsWest VirginiaCarquest BowlW 24–⁠2141%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat West Virginia 24–⁠21 in the Carquest Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
300–⁠276
Coach
Brad Scott
Elo
1538 +59 this season
SP+ rating
5.7 No. 43 of 106; offense No. 49, defense No. 41
SRS
3.7 No. 42 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rickey Bustle
Defensive coordinator
Wally Burnham

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

  • Stacy EvansDEAP-2
  • Tony WatkinsSAP-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 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama8–⁠012–⁠15
Florida7–⁠110–⁠2–⁠17
Auburn6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠19
Tennessee5–⁠38–⁠422
Mississippi State5–⁠38–⁠424
South Carolina4–⁠47–⁠5
Georgia3–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU3–⁠54–⁠7
Vanderbilt2–⁠65–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠64–⁠7
Arkansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Kentucky0–⁠81–⁠10

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