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1994 UTEP

3–⁠7–⁠1 (1–⁠6–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Charlie Bailey.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1994, game by game: lost at Wyoming 13–36; won vs. Eastern Illinois 22–20; lost vs. New Mexico State 22–23; lost vs. Air Force 7–47; won vs. Hawai’i 34–28; won at Tulsa 24–17; lost at No. 13 Colorado State 9–47; lost vs. No. 21 BYU 28–34; lost at No. 12 Utah 7–52; tied vs. Fresno State 30–30; lost at New Mexico 21–25+7−45Lost 13–36 at Wyoming-23WyomingWon 22–20 vs. Eastern Illinois+2Eastern IllinoisLost 22–23 vs. New Mexico State-1New Mexico StateLost 7–47 vs. Air Force-40Air ForceWon 34–28 vs. Hawai’i+6Hawai’iWon 24–17 at Tulsa+7TulsaLost 9–47 at No. 13 Colorado State-38No. 13 Colorado StateLost 28–34 vs. No. 21 BYU-6No. 21 BYULost 7–52 at No. 12 Utah-45No. 12 UtahTied 30–30 vs. Fresno State0Fresno StateLost 21–25 at New Mexico-4New Mexico
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atWyomingL 13–⁠3621%
Sep 10vsEastern IllinoisW 22–⁠2063%
Sep 17vsNew Mexico StateL 22–⁠2349%
Sep 24vsAir ForceL 7–⁠4742%
Oct 1vsHawai’iW 34–⁠2827%
Oct 8atTulsaW 24–⁠1731%
Oct 15at13Colorado StateL 9–⁠4714%
Oct 22vs21BYUL 28–⁠3423%
Oct 29at12UtahL 7–⁠5210%
Nov 12vsFresno StateT 30–⁠3038%
Nov 19atNew MexicoL 21–⁠2522%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico 25–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 on file).

Record
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠6–⁠1 9th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
217–⁠359
Coach
Charlie Bailey
Elo
1320 −7 this season
SP+ rating
-14.1 No. 90 of 106; offense No. 72, defense No. 96
SRS
−12.0 No. 89 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Darrell Dickey
Defensive coordinator
Pete Kuharchek

All-WAC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Marshall YoungKCoaches-1

Second team

  • Toraino SingletonRBCoaches-2
  • Michael ComerLBCoaches-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 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State7–⁠110–⁠216
Utah6–⁠210–⁠210
BYU6–⁠210–⁠318
Air Force6–⁠28–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠46–⁠6
New Mexico4–⁠45–⁠7
Fresno State3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠7–⁠1
San Diego State2–⁠64–⁠7
UTEP1–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Hawai’i0–⁠83–⁠8–⁠1

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