# 1994–95 NCAA football bowl games

The 1994–95 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the third and final year of the Bowl Coalition era, the Coalition failed to achieve its goal of a true national championship game between the nation's top two teams. The Coalition's designated championship game for the 1994 season, the 1995 Orange Bowl, pitted No. 1 Nebraska against No. 3 Miami (FL), while No. 2 Penn State was tied to the Rose Bowl as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska defeated Miami in the Orange Bowl, and was named national champions by both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll, while Penn State defeated Oregon in the Rose Bowl and did not claim a national championship.
A total of 19 bowl games were played between December 14, 1994 and January 2, 1995 by 38 bowl-eligible teams. The number of bowls remained unchanged from the previous year.

## Non-Coalition bowls

| Date | Time | Game | Site | Result |
| Dec 15 | 9:00 PM | Las Vegas Bowl | Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV | UNLV 52, Central Michigan 24 |
| Dec 25 | 3:30 PM | Aloha Bowl | Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI | Boston College 12, No. 11 Kansas State 7 |
| Dec 27 | 9:00 PM | Freedom Bowl | Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA | No. 14 Utah 16, No. 15 Arizona 13 |
| Dec 28 | 8:00 PM | Independence Bowl | Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA | No. 18 Virginia 20, TCU 10 |
| Dec 29 | 8:00 PM | Copper Bowl | Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ | No. 22 BYU 31, Oklahoma 6 |
| Dec 30 | 9:00 PM | Holiday Bowl | Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA | No. 20 Michigan 24, No. 10 Colorado State 14 |
| Dec 31 | 1:00 PM | Liberty Bowl | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN | Illinois 30, East Carolina 0 |
| Dec 31 | 8:00 PM | Alamo Bowl | Alamodome San Antonio, TX | No. 24 Washington State 10, Baylor 3 |
| Jan 1 | 8:00 PM | Peach Bowl | Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA | No. 23 NC State 28, No. 16 Mississippi State 24 |
| Jan 2 | 11:00 AM | Hall of Fame Bowl | Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL | Wisconsin 34, No. 25 Duke 20 |
| Jan 2 | 1:00 PM | Florida Citrus Bowl | Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL | No. 6 Alabama 24, No. 13 Ohio State 17 |
| Jan 2 | 1:30 PM | Carquest Bowl | Joe Robbie Stadium Miami Gardens, FL | South Carolina 24, West Virginia 21 |
| Jan 2 | 4:50 PM | Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA | No. 2 Penn State 38, No. 12 Oregon 20 |
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Bowl Coalition bowls

Tier I :
| Date | Time | Game | Site | Result |
| Jan 1 | 8:00 PM | Orange Bowl Championship game | Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL | No. 1 Nebraska 24, No. 3 Miami (FL) 17 |
| Jan 2 | 1:00 PM | Cotton Bowl Classic | Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX | No. 21 USC 55, Texas Tech 14 |
| Jan 2 | 4:30 PM | Fiesta Bowl | Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ | No. 4 Colorado 41, Notre Dame 24 |
| Jan 2 | 8:30 PM | Sugar Bowl | Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA | No. 7 Florida State 23, No. 5 Florida 17 |
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
Tier II :
| Date | Time | Game | Site | Result |
| Dec 30 | 2:30 PM | Sun Bowl | Sun Bowl El Paso, TX | Texas 35, No. 18 North Carolina 31 |
| Dec 30 | 7:00 PM | Gator Bowl | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL | Tennessee 45, No. 17 Virginia Tech 23 |
| Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||