1994 BYU Cougars football team

1994 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1994 BYU Cougars football
1994 BYU Cougars football
Copper Bowl champion
Copper Bowl, W 31–6 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 18
1994 record	10–3 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (23rd season);
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium
	Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

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[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 3	at Hawaii		Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 13–12
September 10	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, Colorado	W 45–21
September 17	Colorado State	No. 22	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	L 21–28
September 24	New Mexico		Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	W 49–47
September 30	Utah State*		Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah (The Old Wagon Wheel; Beehive Boot)	W 34–6
October 8	at Fresno State		Bulldog Stadium Fresno, California	W 32–30
October 15	at No. 17 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, Indiana	W 21–14
October 22	at UTEP	No. 21	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas	W 34–28
October 29	Arizona State*	No. 20	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	L 15–36
November 5	Northeast Louisiana*	No. 25	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	W 24–10
November 10	San Diego State	No. 23	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	W 35–28
November 19	at No. 21 Utah	No. 20	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City (Holy War; Beehive Boot)	L 31–34
December 29	vs. Oklahoma*	No. 22	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona (Copper Bowl)	W 31–6
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1994 BYU Cougars football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB	`45`	T. D. Biegel	Sr
T	`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

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Venues	LaVell Edwards Stadium (1964–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Utah: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Utah State (Beehive Boot, The Old Wagon Wheel)
Culture & lore	Cosmo the Cougar "The Cougar Song" BYU Cougar Marching Band Miami Beach Brawl Mormons vs. Mullets
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1994 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t	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