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1994 Washington

7–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Jim Lambright.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1994, game by game: lost at No. 17 USC 17–24; won vs. No. 18 Ohio State 25–16; won at No. 6 Miami 38–20; won vs. UCLA 37–10; won vs. San José State 34–20; won vs. Arizona State 35–14; lost at Oregon 20–31; won vs. Oregon State 24–10; lost at Stanford 28–46; won vs. California 31–19; lost at Washington State 6–23+27−18Lost 17–24 at No. 17 USC-7No. 17 USCWon 25–16 vs. No. 18 Ohio State+9No. 18 Ohio StateWon 38–20 at No. 6 Miami+18No. 6 MiamiWon 37–10 vs. UCLA+27UCLAWon 34–20 vs. San José State+14San José StateWon 35–14 vs. Arizona State+21Arizona StateLost 20–31 at Oregon-11OregonWon 24–10 vs. Oregon State+14Oregon StateLost 28–46 at Stanford-18StanfordWon 31–19 vs. California+12CaliforniaLost 6–23 at Washington State-17Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3at17USCL 17–⁠2440%
Sep 10vs18Ohio StateW 25–⁠1644%
Sep 24at6MiamiW 38–⁠2031%
Oct 1vsUCLAW 37–⁠1068%
Oct 8vsSan José StateW 34–⁠2089%
Oct 15vsArizona StateW 35–⁠1478%
Oct 22atOregonL 20–⁠3162%
Oct 29vsOregon StateW 24–⁠1083%
Nov 5atStanfordL 28–⁠4666%
Nov 12vsCaliforniaW 31–⁠1972%
Nov 19atWashington StateL 6–⁠2353%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 23–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 23
  2. Wk 2: 23
  3. Wk 3: 25
  4. Wk 4: 19
  5. Wk 5: 17
  6. Wk 6: 12
  7. Wk 7: 12
  8. Wk 8: 9
  9. Wk 9: 9
  10. Wk 10: 15
  11. Wk 11: 12
  12. Wk 12: 22
  13. Wk 13: 18

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
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
295–⁠233
Coach
Jim Lambright
Elo
1595 +9 this season
SP+ rating
12.4 No. 24 of 106; offense No. 34, defense No. 28
SRS
11.2 No. 23 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Diedrick
Defensive coordinator
Chris Tormey
Captains
David Killpatrick, Donovan Schmidt, Mark Bruener and Napoleon Kaufman
Most valuable player
Napoleon Kaufman

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 1Napoleon Kaufman RBOakland Raiders
Rd 1Mark Bruener TEPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 4Eric Bjornson WRDallas Cowboys
Rd 4Frank Garcia CCarolina Panthers
Rd 5Andrew Peterson OTCarolina Panthers

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 3 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 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠19–⁠411
USC6–⁠28–⁠3–⁠113
Arizona6–⁠28–⁠420
Washington State5–⁠38–⁠421
Washington4–⁠47–⁠4
UCLA3–⁠55–⁠6
California3–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠64–⁠7
Stanford2–⁠63–⁠7–⁠1
Arizona State2–⁠63–⁠8

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