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.
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Rankings
Game summaries Georgia Southern
Ocala Star-Banner. 1994 Sep 04. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17.
Washington
Nicknamed the "Whammy in Miami", Washington's win in the Orange Bowl snapped a 58-game home winning streak for the Hurricanes.
Vs. Nebraska (Orange Bowl)
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
Awards and honors Warren Sapp, Chuck Bednarik Award Warren Sapp, Lombardi Award Warren Sapp, Bronko Nagurski Award Warren Sapp, First-team All-Big East Warren Sapp, Consensus First-team All-American Warren Sapp, Big East Defensive Player of the Year
Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award Warren Sapp, DT
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
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 pursue a wrestling career under the ring name The Rock.
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