American college football season
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 W 56–054,058
September 10 10:00 pm at Arizona State * No. 5 ESPN W 47–1048,729
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 BEN W 24–339,719
October 8 7:30 pm No. 3 Florida State * No. 13 ESPN W 34–2077,019 [ 1]
October 22 12:00 pm at West Virginia No. 7 BEN W 38–663,760 [ 2]
October 29 3:30 pm No. 13 Virginia Tech No. 6 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry ) ABC W 24–365,208 [ 3]
November 5 3:30 pm at No. 10 Syracuse No. 5 ABC W 27–649,565
November 12 4:00 pm Pittsburgh No. 5 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL W 17–1250,058
November 19 1:00 pm at Temple No. 5 PPV W 38–1411,873
November 26 7:30 pm No. 25 Boston College No. 5 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN W 23–760,579
8:00 pm vs. No. 1 Nebraska * No. 3 NBC L 17–2481,753
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Rankings Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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 3Location: 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
[ 4]
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
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
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
Personnel
Coaching staff
Support staff
Roster
1994 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
21
Maurice Washington
Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Awards and honors
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
Notes Dwayne Johnson went on to presume a wrestling career under the ring name The Rock.
References
^ "Hurricanes storm past Florida State by 34–20" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . October 9, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "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 .
^ "Miami runs by Va. Tech" . The Orlando Sentinel . October 30, 1994. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Ocala Star-Banner. 1994 Sep 04. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Maxwell Football Club - Chuck Bednarik Award" . Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008 .
^ "NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN" .
^ "History: Jack Harding MVP Award" . CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .[permanent dead link ]
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