1994 Miami Hurricanes football team

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 102 (70 Big East)
Head coach Dennis Erickson (6th year)
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* No. 6 Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL W 560   54,058
September 10 10:00 PM at Arizona State* No. 5 Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ ESPN W 4710   48,729
September 24 3:30 PM No. 17 Washington* No. 6 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL ABC L 2038*   62,663
October 1 12:00 PM at Rutgers No. 13 Rutgers StadiumPiscataway, NJ BEN W 243   39,719
October 8 7:30 PM No. 3 Florida State* No. 13 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Rivalry) ESPN W 3420   77,019
October 22 12:00 PM at West Virginia No. 7 Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV ABC W 386   63,760
October 29 3:30 PM No. 13 Virginia Techdagger No. 6 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Rivalry) ABC W 243   65,208
November 5 3:30 PM at No. 10 Syracuse No. 5 Carrier DomeSyracuse, NY ABC W 276   49,565
November 12 4:00 PM Pittsburgh No. 5 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL W 1712   50,058
November 19 1:00 PM at Temple No. 5 Veterans StadiumPhiladelphia, PA PPV W 3814   11,873
November 26 7:30 PM No. 25 Boston College No. 5 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL ESPN W 237   60,579
January 1 8:00 PM vs. No. 1 Nebraska* No. 3 Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) NBC L 1724   81,753
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

*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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