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1994 BYU Cougars football
Copper Bowl champion
Copper Bowl, W 31–6 vs. Oklahoma
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 18
Record10–3 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoger French (14th season)
Offensive schemeWest Coast
Defensive coordinatorKen Schmidt (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Colorado State $ 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Utah 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 18 BYU 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
Air Force 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Wyoming 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
New Mexico 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
Fresno State 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 7 – 1
San Diego State 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
UTEP 1 – 6 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Hawaii 0 – 8 – 0 3 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 23rd-year head coach LaVell Edwards and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. BYU finished with a record of 10–3 (6–2 WAC) to finish tied for second in the Western Athletic Conference. This was the first season since 1988 that the Cougars failed to win at least a share of the WAC conference title. BYU was invited to the 1994 Copper Bowl, where they defeated Oklahoma. They were ranked 10th in the final Coaches Poll and 18th in the final AP Poll.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 3at Hawaii
W 13–1248,352
September 10at Air Force
W 45–21
September 17Colorado StateNo. 22
L 21–2860,121
September 24New Mexico
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, Utah
W 49–47
September 30Utah State*
W 34–663,164
October 8at Fresno State
W 32–3041,031
October 15at No. 17 Notre Dame*
NBCW 21–1459,075
October 22at UTEPNo. 21
W 34–2838,135
October 29Arizona State*No. 20
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 15–3665,208
November 5Northeast Louisiana*No. 25
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 24–1057,579[1]
November 10San Diego StateNo. 23
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
ESPNW 35–2858,576
November 19at No. 21 UtahNo. 20
KUTVL 31–3434,139
December 29vs. Oklahoma*No. 22
ESPNW 31–645,122
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1994 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
FB 45 T. D. Biegel Sr
OT 76 Eli Herring Sr
TE 96 Chad Lewis So
WR 80 Kaipo McGuire So
TE 88 Itula Mili So
WR 42 Tim Nowatzke Sr
G 70 Evan Pilgrim Sr
QB 7 John Walsh Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 9 Jason Anderson Fr
DE 56 Travis Hall Sr
LB 46 Shay Muirbrook So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

1995 NFL Draft

Main article: 1995 NFL draft
Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Evan Pilgrim Guard 3 87 Chicago Bears
Tim Hanshaw Tight end 4 127 San Francisco 49ers
Travis Hall Defensive tackle 6 181 Atlanta Falcons
Eli Herring Tackle 6 190 Oakland Raiders
John Walsh Quarterback 7 213 Cincinnati Bengals

References

  1. ^ "BYU makes easy look hard again". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 6, 1994. p. C1. Retrieved January 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "1994 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 4, 2017.


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