1994 Miami Hurricanes football | |
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Big East champion | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
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Coaches | No. 6 |
AP | No. 6 |
Record | 10–2 (7–0 Big East) |
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Offensive coordinator | Rich Olson (3rd season) |
Offensive scheme | One-Back Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Greg McMackin (2nd season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Miami Orange Bowl (Capacity: 74,476) |
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No. 6 Miami (FL) $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Boston College | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1994 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 69th season of football and fourth as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by sixth-year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 10–2 overall and 7–0 in the Big East to finish as conference champion. They were invited to the Orange Bowl, which served as the Bowl Coalition National Championship Game, where they lost to Nebraska, 24–17.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 3 | 4:00 pm | Georgia Southern* | No. 6 | W 56–0 | 54,058 | |||
September 10 | 10:00 pm | at Arizona State* | No. 5 | ESPN | W 47–10 | 48,729 | ||
September 24 | 3:30 pm | No. 17 Washington* | No. 6 |
| ABC | L 20–38 | 62,663 | |
October 1 | 12:00 pm | at Rutgers | No. 13 | BEN | W 24–3 | 39,719 | ||
October 8 | 7:30 pm | No. 3 Florida State* | No. 13 |
| ESPN | W 34–20 | 77,019 | [1] |
October 22 | 12:00 pm | at West Virginia | No. 7 | BEN | W 38–6 | 63,760 | [2] | |
October 29 | 3:30 pm | No. 13 Virginia Tech![]() | No. 6 |
| ABC | W 24–3 | 65,208 | [3] |
November 5 | 3:30 pm | at No. 10 Syracuse | No. 5 | ABC | W 27–6 | 49,565 | ||
November 12 | 4:00 pm | Pittsburgh | No. 5 |
| W 17–12 | 50,058 | ||
November 19 | 1:00 pm | at Temple | No. 5 | PPV | W 38–14 | 11,873 | ||
November 26 | 7:30 pm | No. 25 Boston College | No. 5 |
| ESPN | W 23–7 | 60,579 | |
January 1 | 8:00 pm | vs. No. 1 Nebraska* | No. 3 |
| NBC | L 17–24 | 81,753 | |
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Main article: 1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
AP | 6 (1) | 6 (1) | 5 (1) | 5 (1) | 6 (1) | 13 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Coaches | 6 (2) | 6 (2) | 6 (2) | 6 (2) | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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See also: 1994 Washington Huskies football team |
Nicknamed the "Whammy in Miami," Washington's win in the Miami Orange Bowl snapped a 58-game home winning streak for the Hurricanes.[5][6][7][8]
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Main article: 1995 Orange Bowl |
See also: 1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Miami–Nebraska football rivalry |
Name | Position | Seasons | Alma mater |
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Dennis Erickson | Head coach | 6th | Montana State (1969) |
Rich Olson | Offensive coordinator/wide receivers | 3rd | Washington State (1971) |
Greg McMackin | Defensive coordinator | 2nd | Southern Oregon (1967) |
Gregg Smith | Offensive line | 6th | Idaho (1969) |
Dave Arnold | Special Teams/running backs | 6th | |
Rick Petri | Defensive line | 2nd | Missouri-Rolla (1976) |
Art Kehoe | Assistant offensive line | 10th | Miami (1982) |
Randy Shannon | Linebackers | 3rd | Miami (1989) |
Charlie Williams | Wide receivers | 2nd | Colorado State (1982) |
Name | Position | Seasons | Alma mater |
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Greg Mark | Graduate Assistant | 3rd | Miami (1991) |
Rob Chudzinski | Graduate Assistant | 1st | Miami (1990) |
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Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | INT |
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Frank Costa | 168 | 313 | 53.7 | 2,443 | 15 | 15 |
Ryan Collins | 23 | 45 | 51.1 | 266 | 3 | 5 |
Ryan Clement | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Lamont Cain | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | Att | Yards | Avg | TD |
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James Stewart | 147 | 724 | 4.9 | 12 |
Larry Jones | 88 | 409 | 4.6 | 4 |
Danyell Ferguson | 74 | 405 | 5.5 | 5 |
Al Shipman | 45 | 454 | 10.1 | 2 |
Frank Costa | 43 | -71 | -1.7 | 0 |
Tony Gaiter | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 0 |
Ryan Collins | 15 | 18 | 1.2 | 0 |
Derrick Harris | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 |
Jonathan Harris | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 |
Jammi German | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 |
Mike Crissy | 2 | -29 | -14.5 | 0 |
Trent Jones | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 1 |
Lamont Cain | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
Player | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD |
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Chris T. Jones | 39 | 664 | 17.0 | 6 |
Jammi German | 33 | 391 | 11.8 | 2 |
Jonathan Harris | 25 | 327 | 13.1 | 2 |
A.C. Tellison | 16 | 208 | 13.0 | 0 |
Trent Jones | 15 | 275 | 18.3 | 3 |
Yatil Green | 15 | 255 | 17.0 | 4 |
Syii Tucker | 9 | 150 | 16.7 | 0 |
Gerard Daphnis | 9 | 149 | 16.6 | 0 |
James Stewart | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 |
Al Shipman | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 |
Taj Johnson | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 0 |
Marcus Wimberly | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 |
Danyell Ferguson | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 |
Lamont Cain | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 |
Larry Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
Tony Gaiter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
Derrick Harris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |
Chris C. Jones | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 |
Jermaine Chambers | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
Main article: 1995 NFL Draft |
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Warren Sapp | Defensive tackle | 1st | 12 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Pat Riley | Defensive end | 2nd | 52 | Chicago Bears |
Chris T. Jones | Wide receiver | 3rd | 78 | Philadelphia Eagles |
Larry Jones | Running back | 4th | 103 | Washington Redskins |
James Stewart | Running back | 5th | 157 | Minnesota Vikings |
C.J. Richardson | Safety | 7th | 211 | Houston Oilers |
A.C. Tellison | Wide receiver | 7th | 231 | Cleveland Browns |