1994 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1994 Miami Hurricanes football
Miami Hurricanes logo.svg
Big East champion
Orange Bowl (BC NCG), L 17–24 vs. Nebraska
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
Record102 (70 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich 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)
Seasons
  1993
1995  
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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 34:00 pm Georgia Southern *No. 6W 56–054,058
September 1010:00 pmat Arizona State *No. 5 ESPN W 47–1048,729
September 243:30 pmNo. 17 Washington *No. 6
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ABC L 20–38 62,663
October 112:00 pmat Rutgers No. 13 BEN W 24–339,719
October 87:30 pmNo. 3 Florida State *No. 13
ESPNW 34–2077,019 [1]
October 2212:00 pmat West Virginia No. 7 BEN W 38–663,760 [2]
October 293:30 pmNo. 13 Virginia Tech Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 6
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 24–365,208 [3]
November 53:30 pmat No. 10 Syracuse No. 5ABCW 27–649,565
November 124:00 pm Pittsburgh No. 5
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 17–1250,058
November 191:00 pmat Temple No. 5 PPV W 38–1411,873
November 267:30 pmNo. 25 Boston College No. 5
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPNW 23–760,579
January 18:00 pmvs. No. 1 Nebraska *No. 3
NBC L 17–2481,753
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

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

Game summaries

Georgia Southern

Ga. Southern at Miami (FL)
1234Total
Eagles00000
No. 6 Hurricanes1414141456
  • Date: September 3
  • Location: Orange Bowl
  • Game attendance: 54,058

[4]

Washington

Washington at Miami (FL)
1234Total
No. 19 Huskies03251038
No. 5 Hurricanes3113320

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)

Nebraska vs. Miami
1234Total
No. 3 Hurricanes1007017
No. 1 Cornhuskers0721524

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasonsAlma mater
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)

Support staff

NamePositionSeasonsAlma mater
Greg Mark Graduate Assistant3rd Miami (1991)
Rob Chudzinski Graduate Assistant1st Miami (1990)

Roster

1994 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
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 9Chad WilsonSr
DB 24 Tremain Mack Fr
DB 18C. J. RichardsonSr
DT 43 Pat Riley Sr
LB 45 Twan Russell So
DT 76 Warren Sapp Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 21Maurice WashingtonJr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Awards and honors

Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award

Statistics

Passing

PlayerCmpAttPctYardsTDINT
Frank Costa 16831353.72,4431515
Ryan Collins234551.126635
Ryan Clement 3742.92000
Lamont Cain010.0000

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsAvgTD
James Stewart 1477244.912
Larry Jones884094.64
Danyell Ferguson744055.55
Al Shipman4545410.12
Frank Costa 43-71-1.70
Tony Gaiter15614.10
Ryan Collins15181.20
Derrick Harris430.81
Jonathan Harris3103.30
Jammi German 231.50
Mike Crissy2-29-14.50
Trent Jones11313.01
Lamont Cain155.00

Receiving

PlayerRecYardsAvgTD
Chris T. Jones 3966417.06
Jammi German 3339111.82
Jonathan Harris2532713.12
A.C. Tellison1620813.00
Trent Jones1527518.33
Yatil Green 1525517.04
Syii Tucker915016.70
Gerard Daphnis914916.60
James Stewart 8445.50
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

1995 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Warren Sapp Defensive tackle 1st12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Pat Riley Defensive end 2nd52 Chicago Bears
Chris T. Jones Wide receiver 3rd78 Philadelphia Eagles
Larry Jones Running back 4th103 Washington Redskins
James Stewart Running back 5th157 Minnesota Vikings
C.J. Richardson Safety 7th211 Houston Oilers
A.C. Tellison Wide receiver 7th231 Cleveland Browns

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