1994 Miami Hurricanes football team

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.

1994 Miami Hurricanes football
Big East champion
Orange Bowl, L 17–24 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
1994 record	10–2 (7–0 Big East)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rich Olson (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Greg McMackin (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl (Capacity: 74,476)

1994 Big East Conference football standings
	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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
October 22	12:00 pm	at West Virginia	No. 7	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	BEN	W 38–6	63,760
October 29	3:30 pm	No. 13 Virginia Tech	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	W 24–3	65,208
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)	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

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

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Head coach

• Dennis Erickson

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

• (C) Team captain
• (S) Suspended
• (I) Ineligible

• Injured
• Redshirt

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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

Season summary

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

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 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

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

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

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 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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-12-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/awards?awardId=15
5. "History: Jack Harding MVP Award". CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 23, 2012.