1994 Alcorn State Braves football team

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1994 Alcorn State Braves football
SWAC co-champion
I-AA First Round, L 20–63 vs. Youngstown State
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
1994 record8–3–1 (6–1 SWAC)
Head coach
  • (4th season)
Home stadiumSpinks Stadium
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Grambling State $ 6 1 0 9 3 0
Alcorn State $^ 6 1 0 8 3 1
Southern 5 2 0 6 5 0
Jackson State 4 3 0 7 4 0
Alabama State 3 4 0 6 5 0
Mississippi Valley State 2 5 0 4 6 0
Texas Southern 2 5 0 4 7 0
Prairie View A&M 0 7 0 0 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant

The 1994 Alcorn State Braves were an NCAA Division I-AA football team who represented Alcorn State University. They participated in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Braves were led by head coach Cardell Jones and quarterback and Walter Payton Award winner Steve McNair. The Braves finished the regular season with a record of 8–2–1;[1] tying them for first place in the SWAC with Grambling State and earning a spot in the I-AA playoffs, where they fell in the first round to eventual national champion Youngstown State by a final score of 63–20. Grambling, as the conference's top seed, represented the SWAC in the Heritage Bowl.

Regular season[]

Quarterback Steve McNair seemed to break the record for most records broken in 1994 as well as also winning the Walter Payton Award (Most outstanding I-AA Offensive player) and becoming only the second and most recent I-AA Player to earn a trip to New York City for presentation of the Heisman Trophy, (The only other one being Jerry Rice) Which, in 1994 was awarded to Colorado's Rashaan Salaam.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 3at Grambling StateL 56–62
September 10at Chattanooga*W 54–28
September 17Alabama State
W 39–7
September 24at Sam Houston State*L 23–4816,148
October 8Texas Southern
  • Jack Spinks Stadium
  • Lorman, MS
W 28–21
October 15at Prairie View A&MW 69–14
October 22Southern
  • Jack Spinks Stadium
  • Lorman, MS
W 41–37
October 29at Samford*T 45–45
November 5at Mississippi Valley StateW 49–24
November 12Troy State
  • Jack Spinks Stadium
  • Lorman, MS
W 47–44
November 19Jackson StateW 52–3462,500
November 26at Youngstown State*
L 20–6316,455
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

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