1994 Miami Hurricanes football team

1994 Miami Hurricanes football
Big East Champions
Orange Bowl, L 17–24 vs. Nebraska
Conference Big East
Ranking
Coaches #6
AP #6
1994 record 10–2 (7–0 Big East)
Head coach Dennis Erickson
Offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski
Offensive scheme Pro Style
Defensive coordinator Greg McMackin
Base defense 4-3
Home stadium Miami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,476)
1994 Big East football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#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
#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 in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The club was coached by Dennis Erickson and played in the Orange Bowl. In the regular season, the only loss the Hurricanes suffered was against the Washington Huskies (The 'Whammy in Miami'). Their non conference games were against Georgia Southern, Arizona State and Washington.

Regular season

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 4:00 PM Georgia Southern* #6 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL W 56–0   54,058
September 10 10:00 PM at Arizona State* #5 Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ ESPN W 47–10   48,729
September 24 3:30 PM #17 Washington* #6 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL ABC L 20–38*   62,663
October 1 12:00 PM at Rutgers #13 Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ BEN W 24–3   39,719
October 8 7:30 PM #3 Florida State* #13 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Rivalry) ESPN W 34–20   77,019
October 22 12:00 PM at West Virginia #7 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV ABC W 38–6   63,760
October 29 3:30 PM #13 Virginia Techdagger #6 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Rivalry) ABC W 24–3   65,208
November 5 3:30 PM at #10 Syracuse #5 Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY ABC W 27–6   49,565
November 12 4:00 PM Pittsburgh #5 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL W 17–12   50,058
November 20 1:00 PM at Temple #5 Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA PPV W 38–14   11,873
November 26 7:30 PM #25 Boston College #5 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL ESPN W 23–7   60,579
January 1 8:00 PM vs. #1 Nebraska* #3 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) NBC L 17–24   81,753
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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*This loss ended the 58 home game win streak for Miami

Awards and honors

Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Warren SappDefensive Tackle 112 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Pat Riley Defensive End 2 52 Chicago Bears
Chris T. Jones Wide Receiver3 78 Philadelphia Eagles
Larry Jones Running Back 4 103 Washington Redskins
James StewartRunning Back 5157 Minnesota Vikings

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References

  1. ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=1007&season=1994
  2. ↑ http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bednarik/bednarik_m.htm
  3. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/awards?awardId=15
  4. ↑ "History: Jack Harding MVP Award". CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1995.htm
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