1994 Miami Hurricanes football team

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.

1994 Miami Hurricanes football
Big East champion
Orange Bowl, L 17–24 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
1994 record10–2 (7–0 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich Olson (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorGreg McMackin (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,476)
1994 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 34:00 pmGeorgia Southern*No. 6
W 56–054,058
September 1010:00 pmat Arizona State*No. 5
ESPNW 47–1048,729
September 243:30 pmNo. 17 Washington*No. 6
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ABCL 20–3862,663
October 112:00 pmat RutgersNo. 13
BENW 24–339,719
October 87:30 pmNo. 3 Florida State*No. 13
ESPNW 34–2077,019
October 2212:00 pmat West VirginiaNo. 7
BENW 38–663,760
October 293:30 pmNo. 13 Virginia TechNo. 6
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 24–365,208
November 53:30 pmat No. 10 SyracuseNo. 5
ABCW 27–649,565
November 124:00 pmPittsburghNo. 5
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 17–1250,058
November 191:00 pmat TempleNo. 5
PPVW 38–1411,873
November 267:30 pmNo. 25 Boston CollegeNo. 5
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPNW 23–760,579
January 18:00 pmvs. No. 1 Nebraska*No. 3
NBCL 17–2481,753
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Coaching staff
NamePositionSeasonsAlma mater
Dennis EricksonHead coach6thMontana State (1969)
Rich OlsonOffensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers3rdWashington State (1971)
Greg McMackinDefensive Coordinator2ndSouthern Oregon (1967)
Gregg SmithOffensive Line6thIdaho (1969)
Dave ArnoldSpecial Teams/Running backs6th
Rick PetriDefensive Line2ndMissouri-Rolla (1976)
Art KehoeAssistant Offensive Line10thMiami (1982)
Randy ShannonLinebackers3rdMiami (1989)
Charlie WilliamsWide receivers2ndColorado State (1982)

Support staff
NamePositionSeasonsAlma mater
Greg MarkGraduate Assistant3rdMiami (1991)
Rob ChudzinskiGraduate Assistant1stMiami (1990)

Roster

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Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

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Rankings
Main article: 1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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

Season summary

Georgia Southern
Ga. Southern at Miami (FL)
1 234Total
Eagles 0 000 0
• No. 6 Hurricanes 14 141414 56
  • Date: September 3
  • Location: Orange Bowl
  • Game attendance: 54,058

[1]

Washington
Washington at Miami (FL)
1 234Total
• No. 19 Huskies 0 32510 38
No. 5 Hurricanes 3 1133 20
See also: 1994 Washington Huskies football team


Washington's win in the Miami Orange Bowl snapped a 58-game home winning streak for the Hurricanes.[2]

vs. Nebraska (Orange Bowl)
Nebraska vs. Miami
1 234Total
No. 3 Hurricanes 10 070 17
• No. 1 Cornhuskers 0 7215 24
Main article: 1995 Orange Bowl
See also: 1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Miami–Nebraska football rivalry


Statistics

Passing
PlayerCmpAttPctYardsTDINT
Frank Costa16831353.72,4431515
Ryan Collins234551.126635
Ryan Clement3742.92000
Lamont Cain010.0000

Rushing
PlayerAttYardsAvgTD
James Stewart1477244.912
Larry Jones884094.64
Danyell Ferguson744055.55
Al Shipman4545410.12
Frank Costa43-71-1.70
Tony Gaiter15614.10
Ryan Collins15181.20
Derrick Harris430.81
Jonathan Harris3103.30
Jammi German231.50
Mike Crissy2-29-14.50
Trent Jones11313.01
Lamont Cain155.00

Receiving
PlayerRecYardsAvgTD
Chris T. Jones3966417.06
Jammi German3339111.82
Jonathan Harris2532713.12
A.C. Tellison1620813.00
Trent Jones1527518.33
Yatil Green1525517.04
Syii Tucker915016.70
Gerard Daphnis914916.60
James Stewart8445.50
Al Shipman5234.60
Taj Johnson511022.00
Marcus Wimberly5346.80
Danyell Ferguson3165.30
Lamont Cain24924.50
Larry Jones144.00
Tony Gaiter133.00
Derrick Harris111.01
Chris C. Jones12323.00
Jermaine Chambers166.00

Awards and honors
  • Warren Sapp, Chuck Bednarik Award[3]
  • Warren Sapp, Lombardi Award
  • Warren Sapp, Bronko Nagurski Award[4]
  • Warren Sapp, First-team All-Big East
  • Warren Sapp, Consensus First-team All-American (1994)
  • Warren Sapp, Big East Defensive Player of the Year (1994)

Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award
  • Warren Sapp, DT[5]

1995 NFL Draft
Main article: 1995 NFL Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Warren SappDefensive Tackle1st12Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Pat RileyDefensive End2nd52Chicago Bears
Chris T. JonesWide Receiver3rd78Philadelphia Eagles
Larry JonesRunning Back4th103Washington Redskins
James StewartRunning Back5th157Minnesota Vikings
C.J. RichardsonSafety7th211Houston Oilers
A.C. TellisonWide Receiver7th231Cleveland Browns

Notes
  • Dwayne Johnson went on to presume a wrestling career under the ring name The Rock.

References
  1. Ocala Star-Banner. 1994 Sep 04. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17.
  2. "Miami's Streak is Ended". Los Angeles Times. September 25, 1994. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-12-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/awards?awardId=15
  5. "History: Jack Harding MVP Award". CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
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