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American college football season
1994 Big East Conference football standings
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.
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 BowlMiami, 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 BowlMiami, 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 BowlMiami, 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 BowlMiami, 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 BowlMiami, FL
ESPN
W 23–7
60,579
January 1
8:00 pm
vs. No. 1 Nebraska *
No. 3
Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL (Orange Bowl , rivalry )
NBC
L 17–24
81,753
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time
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
Ga. Southern at Miami (FL)
1 234Total Eagles 0 000 0 • No. 6 Hurricanes 14 141414 56 Date: September 3Location: Orange Bowl Game attendance: 54,058
Scoring summaryQ1MIAStewart 31 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 7–0 Q1MIAL. Jones 5 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 14–0 Q2MIAStewart 16 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 21–0 Q2MIAC.T. Jones 11 yard pass from Collins (Prewitt kick)MIA 28–0 Q3MIAStewart 2 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 35–0 Q3MIAT. Jones 23 yard pass from Costa (Prewitt kick)MIA 42–0 Q4MIAShipman 82 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 49–0 Q4MIAFerguson 5 yard run (Prewitt kick)MIA 56–0
[4]
Washington at Miami (FL)
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)[edit ]
Nebraska vs. Miami
1 234Total No. 3 Hurricanes 10 070 17 • No. 1 Cornhuskers 0 7215 24 Date: January 1Location: Miami Orange Bowl , Miami Game attendance: 81,753
Scoring summary17:54MIADane Prewitt 44-yard field goalMIA 3–0 10:04MIATrent Jones 35-yard pass from Frank Costa (Dane Prewitt kick)MIA 10–0 27:54NEBMark Gilman 19-yard pass from Brook Berringer (Tom Sieler kick)MIA 10–7 313:19MIAJonathan Harris 44-yard pass from Frank Costa (Dane Prewitt kick)MIA 17–7 311:35NEBTeam SafetyMIA 17–9 47:38NEBCory Schlesinger 15-yard run (Eric Alford 2-pt reception)Tied 17–17 42:46NEBCory Schlesinger 14-yard run (Tom Sieler kick)NEB 24–17
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
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
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
Dwayne Johnson went on to presume a wrestling career under the ring name The Rock.
^ "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 _]