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1994 Texas Tech

6–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Spike Dykes.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1994, game by game: won vs. New Mexico 37–31; lost vs. No. 1 Nebraska 16–42; lost at No. 21 Oklahoma 11–17; won vs. SMU 35–7; lost at No. 10 Texas A&M 17–23; lost at Rice 21–24; won vs. Baylor 38–7; won vs. No. 19 Texas 33–9; won vs. Louisiana 39–7; won vs. Houston 34–0; lost at TCU 17–24; lost vs. No. 21 USC 14–55+34−41Won 37–31 vs. New Mexico+6New MexicoLost 16–42 vs. No. 1 Nebraska-26No. 1 NebraskaLost 11–17 at No. 21 Oklahoma-6No. 21 OklahomaWon 35–7 vs. SMU+28SMULost 17–23 at No. 10 Texas A&M-6No. 10 Texas A&MLost 21–24 at Rice-3RiceWon 38–7 vs. Baylor+31BaylorWon 33–9 vs. No. 19 Texas+24No. 19 TexasWon 39–7 vs. Louisiana+32LouisianaWon 34–0 vs. Houston+34HoustonLost 17–24 at TCU-7TCULost 14–55 vs. No. 21 USC-41No. 21 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsNew MexicoW 37–⁠3161%
Sep 8vs1NebraskaL 16–⁠4237%
Sep 17at21OklahomaL 11–⁠1733%
Sep 24vsSMUW 35–⁠771%
Oct 1at10Texas A&ML 17–⁠2321%
Oct 8atRiceL 21–⁠2450%
Oct 22vsBaylorW 38–⁠751%
Oct 29vs19TexasW 33–⁠950%
Nov 12vsLouisianaW 39–⁠775%
Nov 19vsHoustonW 34–⁠086%
Nov 25atTCUL 17–⁠2457%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs21USCCotton BowlL 14–⁠5539%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 55–⁠14 in the Cotton Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 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, TCU and Texas

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
312–⁠246
Coach
Spike Dykes
Elo
1545 +15 this season
SP+ rating
11.8 No. 27 of 106; offense No. 42, defense No. 27
SRS
7.1 No. 28 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dick Winder
Offense
No-huddle spread
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Byron HanspardRBAP-2
  • Scott FitzgeraldCAP-2
  • Byron WrightDLAP-2
  • Cat AdamsDBAP-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.