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1994 Wake Forest

3–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jim Caldwell.

Schedule and results

Wake Forest in 1994, game by game: lost at Vanderbilt 14–35; won vs. App State 12–10; lost vs. No. 3 Florida State 14–56; lost at Maryland 7–31; won vs. Army 33–27; lost vs. Virginia 6–42; lost at NC State 3–34; lost vs. No. 20 Duke 26–51; lost at Clemson 8–24; lost vs. North Carolina 0–50; won at Georgia Tech 20–13+7−50Lost 14–35 at Vanderbilt-21VanderbiltWon 12–10 vs. App State+2App StateLost 14–56 vs. No. 3 Florida State-42No. 3 Florida StateLost 7–31 at Maryland-24MarylandWon 33–27 vs. Army+6ArmyLost 6–42 vs. Virginia-36VirginiaLost 3–34 at NC State-31NC StateLost 26–51 vs. No. 20 Duke-25No. 20 DukeLost 8–24 at Clemson-16ClemsonLost 0–50 vs. North Carolina-50North CarolinaWon 20–13 at Georgia Tech+7Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3atVanderbiltL 14–⁠3538%
Sep 10vsApp StateW 12–⁠1073%
Sep 17vs3Florida StateL 14–⁠5616%
Sep 24atMarylandL 7–⁠3140%
Oct 1vsArmyW 33–⁠2753%
Oct 8vsVirginiaL 6–⁠4233%
Oct 15atNC StateL 3–⁠3418%
Oct 22vs20DukeL 26–⁠5131%
Oct 29atClemsonL 8–⁠2424%
Nov 12vsNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠5023%
Nov 19atGeorgia TechW 20–⁠1333%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 20–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 95th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠7 8th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
143–⁠373
Coach
Jim Caldwell
Elo
1344 −86 this season
SP+ rating
-21.3 No. 100 of 106; offense No. 92, defense No. 98
SRS
−19.0 No. 99 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Alex Wood
Defensive coordinator
Chris Allen
Captains
Kevin Giles, Richard Goodpasture, Eddie McKeel and Matt McNeel
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

All-ACC

1 second team

Second team

  • Richard GoodpastureDBAP-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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida State8–⁠010–⁠1–⁠14
NC State6–⁠29–⁠317
Virginia5–⁠39–⁠315
North Carolina5–⁠38–⁠4
Duke5–⁠38–⁠4
Clemson4–⁠45–⁠6
Maryland2–⁠64–⁠7
Wake Forest1–⁠73–⁠8
Georgia Tech0–⁠81–⁠10

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