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1994 Texas

8–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by John Mackovic, finished No. 25 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1994, game by game: won at Pittsburgh 30–28; won vs. Louisville 30–16; won at TCU 34–18; lost vs. No. 5 Colorado 31–34; won vs. No. 16 Oklahoma 17–10; lost at Rice 17–19; won vs. SMU 42–20; lost at Texas Tech 9–33; lost vs. No. 11 Texas A&M 10–34; won vs. Houston 48–13; won at Baylor 63–35; won vs. No. 19 North Carolina 35–31+35−24Won 30–28 at Pittsburgh+2PittsburghWon 30–16 vs. Louisville+14LouisvilleWon 34–18 at TCU+16TCULost 31–34 vs. No. 5 Colorado-3No. 5 ColoradoWon 17–10 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma+7No. 16 OklahomaLost 17–19 at Rice-2RiceWon 42–20 vs. SMU+22SMULost 9–33 at Texas Tech-24Texas TechLost 10–34 vs. No. 11 Texas A&M-24No. 11 Texas A&MWon 48–13 vs. Houston+35HoustonWon 63–35 at Baylor+28BaylorWon 35–31 vs. No. 19 North Carolina+4No. 19 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atPittsburghW 30–⁠2858%
Sep 10vsLouisvilleW 30–⁠1655%
Sep 24atTCUW 34–⁠1853%
Oct 1vs5ColoradoL 31–⁠3445%
Oct 8vs16OklahomaW 17–⁠1046%
Oct 16atRiceL 17–⁠1960%
Oct 22vsSMUW 42–⁠2085%
Oct 29atTexas TechL 9–⁠3350%
Nov 5vs11Texas A&ML 10–⁠3435%
Nov 12vsHoustonW 48–⁠1386%
Nov 24atBaylorW 63–⁠3542%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs19North CarolinaSun BowlW 35–⁠3147%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 35–⁠31 in the Sun Bowl; No. 25 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 19
  3. Wk 3: 20
  4. Wk 4: 17
  5. Wk 5: 15
  6. Wk 6: 16
  7. Wk 7: 15
  8. Wk 8: 12
  9. Wk 9: 13
  10. Wk 10: 19
  11. Final: 25

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 Tech

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 25 peak No. 12
Points
366–⁠291
Coach
John Mackovic
Elo
1611 +76 this season
SP+ rating
10.7 No. 28 of 106; offense No. 17, defense No. 51
SRS
6.8 No. 31 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gene Dahlquist
Defensive coordinator
Gary Darnell

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 1Blake Brockermeyer OTCarolina Panthers
Rd 4Lovell Pinkney TESt. Louis Rams

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 5 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 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.