1994 Colorado State Rams football team

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.

1994 Colorado State Rams football
WAC champion
Holiday Bowl, L 14–24 vs. Michigan
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 16
Record	10–2 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach	Sonny Lubick (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Lay (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (2nd season)
Home stadium	Hughes Stadium
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)		W 34–21	43,979
September 10	Utah State*		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 41–16	28,979
September 17	at No. 22 BYU		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT		W 28–21	60,121
September 24	San Diego State		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 19–17	32,618
October 1	at New Mexico	No. 24	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM		W 28–21	29,236
October 8	at No. 6 Arizona*	No. 23	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 21–16	56,534
October 15	UTEP	No. 13	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 47–9	27,837
October 22	No. 18 Utah	No. 12	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ABC	L 31–45	39,107
November 5	Wyoming	No. 14	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Border War)		W 35–24	35,514
November 12	Arkansas State*	No. 10	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO		W 48–3	23,741
November 19	at Fresno State	No. 10	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA		W 44–42	37,241
December 30	vs. No. 20 Michigan*	No. 10	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–24	59,453
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

See also: 1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Game summaries

At Arizona

See also: 1994 Arizona Wildcats football team

At Fresno State

See also: 1994 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Vs. Michigan (Holiday Bowl)

Michigan vs. Colorado State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 20 Wolverines	10	7	7	0	24
No. 10 Rams	7	0	0	7	14

• Date: December 30
• Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California
• Game attendance: 59,453

Main article: 1994 Holiday Bowl

See also: 1994 Michigan Wolverines football team

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Roster

1994 Colorado State Rams football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 7 Anthoney Hill Sr QB 13 Moses Moreno Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Sonny Lubick Coordinators/assistant coaches Urban Meyer – Wide receivers Brian Schneider GA Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

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