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1994 Stanford

3–⁠7–⁠1 (2–⁠6 Pac-10), coached by Bill Walsh.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1994, game by game: tied at Northwestern 41–41; won vs. San José State 51–20; lost vs. No. 8 Arizona 10–34; lost at No. 8 Notre Dame 15–34; lost at Arizona State 35–36; lost vs. USC 20–27; won at Oregon State 35–29; lost at UCLA 30–31; won vs. No. 12 Washington 46–28; lost vs. No. 15 Oregon 21–55; lost at California 23–24+31−34Tied 41–41 at Northwestern0NorthwesternWon 51–20 vs. San José State+31San José StateLost 10–34 vs. No. 8 Arizona-24No. 8 ArizonaLost 15–34 at No. 8 Notre Dame-19No. 8 Notre DameLost 35–36 at Arizona State-1Arizona StateLost 20–27 vs. USC-7USCWon 35–29 at Oregon State+6Oregon StateLost 30–31 at UCLA-1UCLAWon 46–28 vs. No. 12 Washington+18No. 12 WashingtonLost 21–55 vs. No. 15 Oregon-34No. 15 OregonLost 23–24 at California-1California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atNorthwesternT 41–⁠4160%
Sep 17vsSan José StateW 51–⁠2074%
Sep 24vs8ArizonaL 10–⁠3439%
Oct 1at8Notre DameL 15–⁠3417%
Oct 8atArizona StateL 35–⁠3642%
Oct 15vsUSCL 20–⁠2744%
Oct 22atOregon StateW 35–⁠2944%
Oct 29atUCLAL 30–⁠3144%
Nov 5vs12WashingtonW 46–⁠2834%
Nov 12vs15OregonL 21–⁠5547%
Nov 19atCaliforniaL 23–⁠2442%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 24–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 25
  2. Wk 3: 24

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
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 8th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 24
Points
327–⁠359
Coach
Bill Walsh
Elo
1484 −23 this season
SP+ rating
-1.1 No. 64 of 106; offense No. 18, defense No. 97
SRS
1.3 No. 53 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Terry Shea
Defensive coordinator
Fred von Appen
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 4Justin Armour WRBuffalo Bills
Rd 4Tony Cline TEBuffalo Bills
Rd 4Steve Stenstrom QBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 7Jason Fisk DTMinnesota Vikings

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 4 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.