1994 Colorado State Rams football team

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1994 Colorado State Rams football
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WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, L 14–24 vs. Michigan
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 16
Record10–2 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Lay (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorLarry Kerr (2nd season)
Home stadium Hughes Stadium
Seasons
  1993
1995  
1994 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Colorado State $ 7 1 010 2 0
No. 10 Utah 6 2 010 2 0
No. 18 BYU 6 2 010 3 0
Air Force 6 2 08 4 0
Wyoming 4 4 06 6 0
New Mexico 4 4 05 7 0
Fresno State 3 4 15 7 1
San Diego State 2 6 04 7 0
UTEP 1 6 13 7 1
Hawaii 0 8 03 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was the 98th year of football at CSU and the second under Sonny Lubick. The Rams played their home games at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado. They finished the season 10–2, and 7–1 in the Western Athletic Conference. [1] [2] As champions of the WAC, they were invited to the 1994 Holiday Bowl, where they lost to the Michigan Wolverines.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3at Air Force W 34–2143,979
September 10 Utah State *W 41–1628,979
September 17at No. 22 BYU W 28–2160,121
September 24 San Diego State
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
W 19–1732,618
October 1at New Mexico No. 24W 28–2129,236
October 8at No. 6 Arizona *No. 23W 21–1656,534
October 15 UTEP No. 13
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
W 47–927,837
October 22No. 18 Utah No. 12
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
L 31–4539,107
November 5 Wyoming No. 14
W 35–2435,514
November 12 Arkansas State *No. 10
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Fort Collins, CO
W 48–323,741
November 19at Fresno State No. 10W 44–4237,241
December 30vs. No. 20 Michigan *No. 10 ESPN L 14–2459,453
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

Rankings

Game summaries

At Arizona

At Fresno State

Vs. Michigan (Holiday Bowl)

Michigan vs. Colorado State
1234Total
No. 20 Wolverines1077024
No. 10 Rams700714

[4]

Roster

1994 Colorado State Rams football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 7 Anthoney Hill Sr
QB 13 Moses Moreno Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

No Colorado State players were selected in the 1995 NFL draft.

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