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1994 TCU

7–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Pat Sullivan.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1994, game by game: lost at No. 18 North Carolina 17–27; won at New Mexico 44–29; won vs. Kansas 31–21; lost vs. No. 15 Texas 18–34; lost vs. Baylor 18–42; won at Tulane 30–28; won at Houston 31–10; won vs. Rice 27–25; won at SMU 35–14; lost at No. 9 Texas A&M 17–34; won vs. Texas Tech 24–17; lost vs. No. 18 Virginia 10–20+21−24Lost 17–27 at No. 18 North Carolina-10No. 18 North CarolinaWon 44–29 at New Mexico+15New MexicoWon 31–21 vs. Kansas+10KansasLost 18–34 vs. No. 15 Texas-16No. 15 TexasLost 18–42 vs. Baylor-24BaylorWon 30–28 at Tulane+2TulaneWon 31–10 at Houston+21HoustonWon 27–25 vs. Rice+2RiceWon 35–14 at SMU+21SMULost 17–34 at No. 9 Texas A&M-17No. 9 Texas A&MWon 24–17 vs. Texas Tech+7Texas TechLost 10–20 vs. No. 18 Virginia-10No. 18 Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3at18North CarolinaL 17–⁠2721%
Sep 10atNew MexicoW 44–⁠2934%
Sep 17vsKansasW 31–⁠2146%
Sep 24vs15TexasL 18–⁠3447%
Oct 1vsBaylorL 18–⁠4249%
Oct 15atTulaneW 30–⁠2859%
Oct 22atHoustonW 31–⁠1060%
Oct 29vsRiceW 27–⁠2555%
Nov 12atSMUW 35–⁠1462%
Nov 19at9Texas A&ML 17–⁠3413%
Nov 25vsTexas TechW 24–⁠1743%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvs18VirginiaIndependence BowlL 10–⁠2031%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia 20–⁠10 in the Independence Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 63rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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.

Southwest Conference champions4–⁠3 in the conference, shared with Baylor, Rice, Texas and Texas Tech

Led the nationJimmy Oliver: yards per catch (23.8)

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
302–⁠301
Coach
Pat Sullivan
Elo
1502 +67 this season
SP+ rating
0.8 No. 58 of 106; offense No. 53, defense No. 57
SRS
0.0 No. 60 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pete Hoener
Defensive coordinator
Pat Henderson

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 2Barret Robbins COakland Raiders
Rd 2Jimmy Oliver WRSan Diego Chargers

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Max KnakeQBAP-1
  • Andre DavisRBAP-1
  • Brian CollinsTEAP-1
  • Barret RobbinsCAP-1
  • Royal WestDLAP-1

Second team

  • Brandon HickmanOLAP-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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠18
Texas4–⁠38–⁠425
Baylor4–⁠37–⁠5
TCU4–⁠37–⁠5
Texas Tech4–⁠36–⁠6
Rice4–⁠35–⁠6
Houston1–⁠61–⁠10
SMU0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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