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1994 Temple

2–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Big East), coached by Ron Dickerson.

Schedule and results

Temple in 1994, game by game: won at Akron 32–7; lost vs. East Carolina 14–31; won at Army 23–20; lost vs. No. 4 Penn State 21–48; lost at No. 20 Virginia Tech 13–41; lost at No. 24 Boston College 28–45; lost vs. No. 16 Syracuse 42–49; lost at Pittsburgh 19–45; lost at Rutgers 21–38; lost vs. West Virginia 17–55; lost vs. No. 5 Miami 14–38+25−38Won 32–7 at Akron+25AkronLost 14–31 vs. East Carolina-17East CarolinaWon 23–20 at Army+3ArmyLost 21–48 vs. No. 4 Penn State-27No. 4 Penn StateLost 13–41 at No. 20 Virginia Tech-28No. 20 Virginia TechLost 28–45 at No. 24 Boston College-17No. 24 Boston CollegeLost 42–49 vs. No. 16 Syracuse-7No. 16 SyracuseLost 19–45 at Pittsburgh-26PittsburghLost 21–38 at Rutgers-17RutgersLost 17–55 vs. West Virginia-38West VirginiaLost 14–38 vs. No. 5 Miami-24No. 5 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atAkronW 32–⁠728%
Sep 17vsEast CarolinaL 14–⁠3155%
Sep 24atArmyW 23–⁠2029%
Oct 1vs4Penn StateL 21–⁠4815%
Oct 8at20Virginia TechL 13–⁠4112%
Oct 15at24Boston CollegeL 28–⁠4512%
Oct 22vs16SyracuseL 42–⁠4921%
Oct 29atPittsburghL 19–⁠4536%
Nov 5atRutgersL 21–⁠3821%
Nov 12vsWest VirginiaL 17–⁠5525%
Nov 19vs5MiamiL 14–⁠387%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 38–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big East.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 92 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
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
244–⁠417
Coach
Ron Dickerson
Elo
1271 −45 this season
SP+ rating
-14.0 No. 87 of 106; offense No. 52, defense No. 103
SRS
−13.0 No. 90 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Nick Gasparsto
Defensive coordinator
Dale Strahm

All-Big East

3 second team

Second team

  • Henry BurrisQBCoaches-2
  • John Summer dayOLCoaches-2
  • Lance JohnstoneLBCoaches-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 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.