# 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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 4:00 pm | Georgia Southern* | No. 6 | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL | | W 56–0 | 54,058 |
| September 10 | 10:00 pm | at Arizona State* | No. 5 | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, 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 StadiumPiscataway, 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 |
| October 22 | 12:00 pm | at West Virginia | No. 7 | Mountaineer FieldMorgantown, WV | BEN | W 38–6 | 63,760 |
| October 29 | 3:30 pm | No. 13 Virginia Tech | No. 6 | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL (rivalry) | ABC | W 24–3 | 65,208 |
| November 5 | 3:30 pm | at No. 10 Syracuse | No. 5 | Carrier DomeSyracuse, 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 StadiumPhiladelphia, 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 gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 |

## Game summaries
### Georgia Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • No. 6 Hurricanes | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |

### Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 19 Huskies | 0 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 38 |
| No. 5 Hurricanes | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
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)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 3 Hurricanes | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| • No. 1 Cornhuskers | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 24 |

## 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 |