1994 Miami Hurricanes football team

1994 Miami Hurricanes football
Big East champion
Orange Bowl (BC NCG), L 17–24 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	10–2 (7–0 Big East)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rich Olson (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	One-back spread
Defensive coordinator	Greg McMackin (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Warren Sapp
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl
Seasons ←  1993 1995  →

1994 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		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

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	4:00 pm	Georgia Southern *	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 56–0	54,058
September 10	10:00 pm	at Arizona State *	No. 5	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ESPN	W 47–10	48,729
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	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BEN	W 24–3	39,719
October 8	7:30 pm	No. 3 Florida State *	No. 13	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry, College GameDay )	ESPN	W 34–20	77,019	[1]
October 22	12:00 pm	at West Virginia	No. 7	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	BEN	W 38–6	63,760	[2]
October 29	3:30 pm	No. 13 Virginia Tech	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	W 24–3	65,208	[3]
November 5	3:30 pm	at No. 10 Syracuse	No. 5	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ABC	W 27–6	49,565
November 12	4:00 pm	Pittsburgh	No. 5	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 17–12	50,058
November 19	1:00 pm	at Temple	No. 5	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	PPV	W 38–14	11,873
November 26	7:30 pm	No. 25 Boston College	No. 5	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	W 23–7	60,579
January 1	8:00 pm	vs. No. 1 Nebraska *	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl, rivalry)	NBC	L 17–24	81,753
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Main article: 1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ 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

Georgia Southern

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 3 Location: 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

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 Date: September 24 Location: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL Game attendance: 62,663 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Dick Vermeil, and Jack Arute

See also: 1994 Washington Huskies football team

Nicknamed the "Whammy in Miami", Washington's win in the Orange Bowl snapped a 58-game home winning streak for the Hurricanes. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Vs. Nebraska (Orange Bowl)

Nebraska vs. Miami

1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Hurricanes 10 0 7 0 17 •No. 1 Cornhuskers 0 7 2 15 24 Date: January 1 Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami Game attendance: 81,753

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

Main article: 1995 Orange Bowl

See also: 1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Miami–Nebraska football rivalry

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma 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

Name	Position	Seasons	Alma mater
Greg Mark	Graduate Assistant	3rd	Miami (1991)
Rob Chudzinski	Graduate Assistant	1st	Miami (1990)

Roster

1994 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class 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. # Name Class 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. # Name Class K 21 Maurice Washington Jr	Head coach Dennis Erickson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Awards and honors

• Warren Sapp, Chuck Bednarik Award ^[9]
• Warren Sapp, Lombardi Award
• Warren Sapp, Bronko Nagurski Award ^[10]
• Warren Sapp, First-team All-Big East
• Warren Sapp, Consensus First-team All-American
• Warren Sapp, Big East Defensive Player of the Year

Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award

• Warren Sapp, DT ^[11]

Statistics

Passing

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

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

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

Main article: 1995 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Warren Sapp	Defensive tackle	1st	12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Pat Riley	Defensive end	2nd	52	Chicago Bears
Chris T. Jones	Wide receiver	3rd	78	Philadelphia Eagles
Larry Jones	Running back	4th	103	Washington Redskins
James Stewart	Running back	5th	157	Minnesota Vikings
C.J. Richardson	Safety	7th	211	Houston Oilers
A.C. Tellison	Wide receiver	7th	231	Cleveland Browns

Notes

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

References

1. "Hurricanes storm past Florida State by 34–20". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 9, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "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.
3. "Miami runs by Va. Tech". The Orlando Sentinel. October 30, 1994. Retrieved February 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. Ocala Star-Banner. 1994 Sep 04. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. "Maxwell Football Club - Chuck Bednarik Award". Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
10. "NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN".
11. "History: Jack Harding MVP Award". CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}