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1994 Virginia Tech

8–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Big East), coached by Frank Beamer.

Schedule and results

Virginia Tech in 1994, game by game: won vs. Arkansas State 34–7; won at Southern Miss 24–14; won at Boston College 12–7; won vs. West Virginia 34–6; lost at Syracuse 20–28; won vs. Temple 41–13; won at East Carolina 27–20; won vs. Pittsburgh 45–7; lost at No. 6 Miami 3–24; won vs. Rutgers 41–34; lost vs. No. 16 Virginia 23–42; lost vs. Tennessee 23–45+38−22Won 34–7 vs. Arkansas State+27Arkansas StateWon 24–14 at Southern Miss+10Southern MissWon 12–7 at Boston College+5Boston CollegeWon 34–6 vs. West Virginia+28West VirginiaLost 20–28 at Syracuse-8SyracuseWon 41–13 vs. Temple+28TempleWon 27–20 at East Carolina+7East CarolinaWon 45–7 vs. Pittsburgh+38PittsburghLost 3–24 at No. 6 Miami-21No. 6 MiamiWon 41–34 vs. Rutgers+7RutgersLost 23–42 vs. No. 16 Virginia-19No. 16 VirginiaLost 23–45 vs. Tennessee-22Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsArkansas StateW 34–⁠787%
Sep 10atSouthern MissW 24–⁠1461%
Sep 17atBoston CollegeW 12–⁠745%
Sep 22vsWest VirginiaW 34–⁠672%
Oct 1atSyracuseL 20–⁠2851%
Oct 8vsTempleW 41–⁠1388%
Oct 15atEast CarolinaW 27–⁠2064%
Oct 22vsPittsburghW 45–⁠787%
Oct 29at6MiamiL 3–⁠2434%
Nov 12vsRutgersW 41–⁠3477%
Nov 19vs16VirginiaL 23–⁠4259%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsTennesseeGator BowlL 23–⁠4540%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 45–⁠23 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big East.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 22
  2. Wk 2: 21
  3. Wk 3: 21
  4. Wk 4: 18
  5. Wk 5: 14
  6. Wk 6: 14
  7. Wk 7: 20
  8. Wk 8: 19
  9. Wk 9: 17
  10. Wk 10: 13
  11. Wk 11: 17
  12. Wk 12: 16
  13. Wk 13: 14
  14. Wk 14: 18
  15. Wk 15: 17
  16. Wk 16: 17

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
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Big East
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
327–⁠247
Coach
Frank Beamer
Elo
1588 −1 this season
SP+ rating
12.4 No. 24 of 106; offense No. 36, defense No. 28
SRS
8.1 No. 27 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gary Tranquill
Defensive coordinator
Phil Elmassian
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠4

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 3Antonio Freeman WRGreen Bay Packers
Rd 4Ken Brown LBDenver Broncos

All-Big East

3 first team, 4 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 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.