American college football season
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.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 3 4:00 pm Georgia Southern * No. 6 W 56–054,058 September 10 10:00 pm at Arizona State * No. 5 ESPN W 47–1048,729 September 24 3:30 pm No. 17 Washington * No. 6 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ABC L 20–38 62,663 October 1 12:00 pm at Rutgers No. 13 BEN W 24–339,719 October 8 7:30 pm No. 3 Florida State * No. 13 ESPN W 34–2077,019 [1] October 22 12:00 pm at West Virginia No. 7 BEN W 38–663,760 [2] October 29 3:30 pm No. 13 Virginia Tech No. 6 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry ) ABC W 24–365,208 [3] November 5 3:30 pm at No. 10 Syracuse No. 5 ABC W 27–649,565 November 12 4:00 pm Pittsburgh No. 5 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL W 17–1250,058 November 19 1:00 pm at Temple No. 5 PPV W 38–1411,873 November 26 7:30 pm No. 25 Boston College No. 5 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN W 23–760,579 8:00 pm vs. No. 1 Nebraska * No. 3 NBC L 17–2481,753 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week 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
Game summaries [ edit ] Georgia Southern [ edit ] Ga. Southern at Miami (FL) 1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 • No. 6 Hurricanes 14 14 14 14 56
Date: September 3Location: Orange Bowl Game attendance: 54,058 Scoring summary Q1 MIA Stewart 31 yard run (Prewitt kick) MIA 7–0 Q1 MIA L. Jones 5 yard run (Prewitt kick) MIA 14–0 Q2 MIA Stewart 16 yard run (Prewitt kick) MIA 21–0 Q2 MIA C.T. Jones 11 yard pass from Collins (Prewitt kick) MIA 28–0 Q3 MIA Stewart 2 yard run (Prewitt kick) MIA 35–0 Q3 MIA T. Jones 23 yard pass from Costa (Prewitt kick) MIA 42–0 Q4 MIA Shipman 82 yard run (Prewitt kick) MIA 49–0 Q4 MIA Ferguson 5 yard run (Prewitt kick) MIA 56–0
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Washington [ edit ] Washington at Miami (FL) 1 2 3 4 Total • No. 19 Huskies 0 3 25 10 38 No. 5 Hurricanes 3 11 3 3 20
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]
Vs. Nebraska (Orange Bowl) [ edit ] Nebraska vs. Miami 1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Hurricanes 10 0 7 0 17 • No. 1 Cornhuskers 0 7 2 15 24
Scoring summary 1 7:54 MIA Dane Prewitt 44-yard field goal MIA 3–0 1 0:04 MIA Trent Jones 35-yard pass from Frank Costa (Dane Prewitt kick) MIA 10–0 2 7:54 NEB Mark Gilman 19-yard pass from Brook Berringer (Tom Sieler kick) MIA 10–7 3 13:19 MIA Jonathan Harris 44-yard pass from Frank Costa (Dane Prewitt kick) MIA 17–7 3 11:35 NEB Team Safety MIA 17–9 4 7:38 NEB Cory Schlesinger 15-yard run (Eric Alford 2-pt reception)Tied 17–17 4 2:46 NEB Cory Schlesinger 14-yard run (Tom Sieler kick) NEB 24–17
Personnel [ edit ] Coaching staff [ edit ] Support staff [ edit ] 1994 Miami Hurricanes football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 21 Maurice Washington Jr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster
Awards and honors [ edit ] Statistics [ edit ] Passing [ edit ] Player Cmp Att Pct Yards TD INT 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
Rushing [ edit ] Player Att Yards Avg TD 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
Receiving [ edit ] Player Rec Yards Avg TD 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
1995 NFL Draft [ edit ] Dwayne Johnson went on to presume a wrestling career under the ring name The Rock. References [ edit ] ^ "Hurricanes storm past Florida State by 34–20" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . October 9, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Turning the tables; Hurricanes quiet WVU fans, avenge last year's defeat, 38–6" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . October 23, 1994. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Miami runs by Va. Tech" . The Orlando Sentinel . October 30, 1994. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Ocala Star-Banner. 1994 Sep 04. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17. ^ Written at Miami. "Miami's Streak Is Ended" . Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles. Associated Press. September 25, 1994. Retrieved December 3, 2023 . The Washington Huskies did something Saturday that no team had done since 1985. They beat the Miami Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl. ^ Withers, Bud (November 22, 2001). "Third-quarter UW heroics put end to Miami's streak in '94" . Seattle Times . Retrieved December 3, 2023 . But they remember the day in September 1994, when the Washington Huskies went to Miami as a 14-point underdog and shattered the Hurricanes' 58-game home-field winning streak at the Orange Bowl, 38-20. ^ Withers, Bud (September 10, 2014). "Twenty years ago, Husky football survived treacherous early schedule" . Seattle Times . Retrieved December 3, 2023 . One of the touchdowns in that 22-point salvo just after halftime was scored on a fumble recovered in the end zone by offensive lineman Bob Sapp, so ruled after several seconds' deliberation by officials. It was the loquacious Sapp, later to become a pro wrestler and mixed martial artist, who coined the phrase "Whammy in Miami" during a TV interview. ^ Wilner, Jon (November 15, 2017). "Pac-12 greatest games No. 8: The Whammy in Miami (Washington KOs the 'Canes)" . Mercury News . Retrieved December 3, 2022 . Miami hadn't lost at home in nine years. Its 58-game home winning streak, which ended that unforgettable September day, was the longest in college football history. And still is. ^ "Maxwell Football Club - Chuck Bednarik Award" . Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008 . ^ "NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN" . ^ "History: Jack Harding MVP Award" . CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .[permanent dead link ]
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