1994 Miami Hurricanes football
Big East champion
Orange Bowl, L 17–24 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
Record10–2 (7–0 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich Olson (3rd season)
Offensive schemeOne-Back Spread
Defensive coordinatorGreg McMackin (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,476)
1994 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Miami (FL) $ 7 –0 –010 –2 –0
Virginia Tech 5 –2 –08 –4 –0
Syracuse 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
West Virginia 4 –3 –07 –6 –0
No. 23 Boston College 3 –3 –17 –4 –1
Rutgers 2 –4 –15 –5 –1
Pittsburgh 2 –5 –03 –8 –0
Temple 0 –7 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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 TechdaggerNo. 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
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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

1994 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 6 Ryan Clement Fr
QB 17 Scott Covington Fr
QB 11 Frank Costa Sr
WR 7 Jammi German So
WR 87 Yatil Green Fr
WR 85 Chris Jones Sr
RB 28 James Stewart Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 90 Kenny Holmes So
DT 94 Dwayne Johnson Sr
DE 96 Kenard Lang Fr
LB 52 Ray Lewis So
DB 9 Chad Wilson Sr
DB 24 Tremain Mack Fr
DB 18 C. J. Richardson Sr
DT 43 Pat Riley Sr
LB 45 Twan Russell So
DT 76 Warren Sapp Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 21 Maurice Washington Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP6 (1)6 (1)5 (1)5 (1)6 (1)13138765555436
Coaches6 (2)6 (2)6 (2)6 (2)12107443345436

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
Scoring summary
Q1MIAStewart 31 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 7–0
Q1MIAL. Jones 5 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 14–0
Q2MIAStewart 16 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 21–0
Q2MIAC.T. Jones 11 yard pass from Collins (Prewitt kick)MIA 28–0
Q3MIAStewart 2 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 35–0
Q3MIAT. Jones 23 yard pass from Costa (Prewitt kick)MIA 42–0
Q4MIAShipman 82 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 49–0
Q4MIAFerguson 5 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 56–0

[1]

Washington

Washington at Miami (FL)
1 234Total
• No. 19 Huskies 0 32510 38
No. 5 Hurricanes 3 1133 20

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
Scoring summary
17:54MIADane Prewitt 44-yard field goalMIA 3–0
10:04MIATrent Jones 35-yard pass from Frank Costa (Dane Prewitt kick)MIA 10–0
27:54NEBMark Gilman 19-yard pass from Brook Berringer (Tom Sieler kick)MIA 10–7
313:19MIAJonathan Harris 44-yard pass from Frank Costa (Dane Prewitt kick)MIA 17–7
311:35NEBTeam SafetyMIA 17–9
47:38NEBCory Schlesinger 15-yard run (Eric Alford 2-pt reception)Tied 17–17
42:46NEBCory Schlesinger 14-yard run (Tom Sieler kick)NEB 24–17

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

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. ↑ "Maxwell Football Club - Chuck Bednarik Award". Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
  4. ↑ "NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN".
  5. ↑ "History: Jack Harding MVP Award". CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
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