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1994 West Virginia

7–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Big East), coached by Don Nehlen.

Schedule and results

West Virginia in 1994, game by game: lost vs. No. 4 Nebraska 0–31; won vs. Ball State 16–14; lost at Rutgers 12–17; lost vs. Maryland 13–24; lost at No. 14 Virginia Tech 6–34; won at Missouri 34–10; won at Pittsburgh 47–41; lost vs. No. 7 Miami 6–38; won vs. Louisiana Tech 52–16; won at Temple 55–17; won vs. No. 17 Boston College 21–20; won vs. No. 22 Syracuse 13–0; lost vs. South Carolina 21–24+38−32Lost 0–31 vs. No. 4 Nebraska-31No. 4 NebraskaWon 16–14 vs. Ball State+2Ball StateLost 12–17 at Rutgers-5RutgersLost 13–24 vs. Maryland-11MarylandLost 6–34 at No. 14 Virginia Tech-28No. 14 Virginia TechWon 34–10 at Missouri+24MissouriWon 47–41 at Pittsburgh+6PittsburghLost 6–38 vs. No. 7 Miami-32No. 7 MiamiWon 52–16 vs. Louisiana Tech+36Louisiana TechWon 55–17 at Temple+38TempleWon 21–20 vs. No. 17 Boston College+1No. 17 Boston CollegeWon 13–0 vs. No. 22 Syracuse+13No. 22 SyracuseLost 21–24 vs. South Carolina-3South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 28vs4NebraskaL 0–⁠3144%
Sep 3vsBall StateW 16–⁠1468%
Sep 10atRutgersL 12–⁠1761%
Sep 17vsMarylandL 13–⁠2481%
Sep 22at14Virginia TechL 6–⁠3428%
Oct 1atMissouriW 34–⁠1054%
Oct 15atPittsburghW 47–⁠4163%
Oct 22vs7MiamiL 6–⁠3838%
Oct 29vsLouisiana TechW 52–⁠1683%
Nov 12atTempleW 55–⁠1775%
Nov 19vs17Boston CollegeW 21–⁠2037%
Nov 24vs22SyracuseW 13–⁠054%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvsSouth CarolinaCarquest BowlL 21–⁠2459%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 24–⁠21 in the Carquest Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big East.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24

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.

Consensus All-AmericanTodd Sauerbrun, P

Record
7–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Big East
AP final
Unranked peak No. 24
Points
296–⁠286
Coach
Don Nehlen
Elo
1570 −47 this season
SP+ rating
3.1 No. 51 of 106; offense No. 64, defense No. 37
SRS
0.4 No. 57 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Steve Dunlap

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 2Todd Sauerbrun PChicago Bears

All-Big East

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Rahsaan VanterpoolWRCoaches-2
  • Matt TaffoniLBCoaches-2
  • Bryan BaumannKCoaches-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 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.