1994–95 NCAA football bowl games

The 1994–95 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the third and final year of the Bowl Coalition era, the Coalition failed to achieve its goal of a true national championship game between the nation's top two teams. The Coalition's designated championship game for the 1994 season, the 1995 Orange Bowl, pitted No. 1 Nebraska against No. 3 Miami (FL), while No. 2 Penn State was tied to the Rose Bowl as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska defeated Miami in the Orange Bowl, and was named national champions by both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll, while Penn State defeated Oregon in the Rose Bowl and did not claim a national championship.

1994–95 NCAA football bowl games
Season1994
Number of bowls19
Bowl gamesDecember 15, 1994 –
January 2, 1995
National ChampionshipOrange Bowl
Location of ChampionshipMiami Orange Bowl
Miami, Florida
ChampionsNebraska
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll
Big Ten 5 4–1 (0.800) 3
SEC 5 3–2 (0.600) 5
ACC 5 3–2 (0.600) 3
Pac-10 4 2–2 (0.500) 4
Big Eight 4 2–2 (0.500) 3
Big East 4 1–3 (0.250) 2
SWC 4 1–3 (0.250) 2
WAC 3 2–1 (0.667) 3
Big West 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
MAC 1 0–1 (0.000) 0

A total of 19 bowl games were played between December 14, 1994 and January 2, 1995 by 38 bowl-eligible teams.[1] The number of bowls remained unchanged from the previous year.

Non-Coalition bowls
Date Time Game Site Result Ref.
Dec 15 9:00 PM Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd Stadium
 · Whitney, NV		 UNLV 52, Central Michigan 24
Dec 25 3:30 PM Aloha Bowl Aloha Stadium
 · Honolulu, HI		 Boston College 12, No. 11 Kansas State 7
Dec 27 9:00 PM Freedom Bowl Anaheim Stadium
 · Anaheim, CA		 No. 14 Utah 16, No. 15 Arizona 13
Dec 28 8:00 PM Independence Bowl Independence Stadium
 · Shreveport, LA		 No. 18 Virginia 20, TCU 10
Dec 29 8:00 PM Copper Bowl Arizona Stadium
 · Tucson, AZ		 No. 22 BYU 31, Oklahoma 6
Dec 30 9:00 PM Holiday Bowl Jack Murphy Stadium
 · San Diego, CA		 No. 20 Michigan 24, No. 10 Colorado State 14
Dec 31 1:00 PM Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
 · Memphis, TN		 Illinois 30, East Carolina 0
8:00 PM Alamo Bowl Alamodome
 · San Antonio, TX		 No. 24 Washington State 10, Baylor 3
Jan 1 8:00 PM Peach Bowl Georgia Dome
 · Atlanta, GA		 No. 23 NC State 28, No. 16 Mississippi State 24
Jan 2 11:00 AM Hall of Fame Bowl Tampa Stadium
 · Tampa, FL		 Wisconsin 34, No. 25 Duke 20
1:00 PM Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl
 · Orlando, FL		 No. 6 Alabama 24, No. 13 Ohio State 17
1:30 PM Carquest Bowl Joe Robbie Stadium
 · Miami Gardens, FL		 South Carolina 24, West Virginia 21
4:50 PM Rose Bowl Rose Bowl
 · Pasadena, CA		 No. 2 Penn State 38, No. 12 Oregon 20
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2]

Bowl Coalition bowls
Tier I
Date Time Game Site Result Ref.
Jan 1 8:00 PM Orange Bowl
Championship game		 Miami Orange Bowl
 · Miami, FL		 No. 1 Nebraska 24, No. 3 Miami (FL) 17
Jan 2 1:00 PM Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl
 · Dallas, TX		 No. 21 USC 55, Texas Tech 14
4:30 PM Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium
 · Tempe, AZ		 No. 4 Colorado 41, Notre Dame 24
8:30 PM Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome
 · New Orleans, LA		 No. 7 Florida State 23, No. 5 Florida 17
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2]
Tier II
Date Time Game Site Result Ref.
Dec 30 2:30 PM Sun Bowl Sun Bowl
 · El Paso, TX		 Texas 35, No. 18 North Carolina 31
7:00 PM Gator Bowl Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
 · Gainesville, FL		 Tennessee 45, No. 17 Virginia Tech 23
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.[2]

References
  1. "1994 College Football Bowl Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  2. "College Football Bowl Schedule". Detroit Free Press. December 2, 1994. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
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