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1994 Syracuse

7–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Big East), coached by Paul Pasqualoni.

Schedule and results

Syracuse in 1994, game by game: lost vs. No. 16 Oklahoma 29–30; won at Cincinnati 34–19; won vs. Rutgers 37–36; won at East Carolina 21–18; won vs. No. 14 Virginia Tech 28–20; won vs. Pittsburgh 31–7; won at Temple 49–42; lost vs. No. 5 Miami 6–27; lost at No. 25 Boston College 0–31; won vs. Maryland 21–16; lost at West Virginia 0–13+24−31Lost 29–30 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma-1No. 16 OklahomaWon 34–19 at Cincinnati+15CincinnatiWon 37–36 vs. Rutgers+1RutgersWon 21–18 at East Carolina+3East CarolinaWon 28–20 vs. No. 14 Virginia Tech+8No. 14 Virginia TechWon 31–7 vs. Pittsburgh+24PittsburghWon 49–42 at Temple+7TempleLost 6–27 vs. No. 5 Miami-21No. 5 MiamiLost 0–31 at No. 25 Boston College-31No. 25 Boston CollegeWon 21–16 vs. Maryland+5MarylandLost 0–13 at West Virginia-13West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vs16OklahomaL 29–⁠3052%
Sep 10atCincinnatiW 34–⁠1948%
Sep 17vsRutgersW 37–⁠3670%
Sep 24atEast CarolinaW 21–⁠1865%
Oct 1vs14Virginia TechW 28–⁠2049%
Oct 8vsPittsburghW 31–⁠782%
Oct 22atTempleW 49–⁠4279%
Nov 5vs5MiamiL 6–⁠2742%
Nov 12at25Boston CollegeL 0–⁠3132%
Nov 19vsMarylandW 21–⁠1677%
Nov 24atWest VirginiaL 0–⁠1346%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to West Virginia 13–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big East.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 21
  2. Wk 8: 18
  3. Wk 9: 16
  4. Wk 10: 14
  5. Wk 11: 10
  6. Wk 12: 14
  7. Wk 14: 22

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
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Big East
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
256–⁠259
Coach
Paul Pasqualoni
Elo
1568 +12 this season
SP+ rating
1.9 No. 54 of 106; offense No. 61, defense No. 45
SRS
0.3 No. 59 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George DeLeone
Defensive coordinator
Norm Gerber
Captains
Wilky Bazile, Eric Chenoweth, Dan Conley and Tony Jones

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 3Melvin Tuten OTCincinnati Bengals
Rd 4Dave Wohlabaugh CNew England Patriots

All-Big East

3 first team, 3 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 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.