| Year: | 1994 |
| Team: | Central Michigan Chippewas |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 9–3 |
| Conf Record: | 8–1 |
| Head Coach: | Dick Flynn |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Brian Pruitt |
| Stadium: | Kelly/Shorts Stadium |
| Champion: | MAC champion |
| Bowl: | Las Vegas Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 24–52 vs. UNLV |
The 1994 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Dick Flynn, the Chippewas compiled a 9–3 record (8–1 against MAC opponents), won the MAC championship, lost to UNLV in the Las Vegas Bowl, and outscored their opponents, 400 to 315.[1] [2] The team played its home games in Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan,[3] with attendance of 104,144 in five home games.[4]
The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Erik Timpf with 1,315 passing yards, tailback Brian Pruitt with 1,890 rushing yards, and flanker Terrance McMillan with 398 receiving yards.[5] Pruitt's 1,890 rushing yards remains a Central Michigan record, as do his 1994 totals of 132 points scored, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 22 total touchdowns in a season.[6] His tally of 435 yards of total offense against Toledo on November 5, 1994, remains a school record, and his total of 356 rushing yards in the same game was a school record until Robbie Mixon rushed for 377 yards in a game in 2002.[7] Pruitt was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team all-purpose player on the 1994 College Football All-America Team. He was also named the MAC Player of the Year and Central Michigan's most valuable player.[8] Pruitt, tight end Jerremy Dunlap, offensive guard Matt Nastally, and safety Quincy Wright were selected as first-team All-MAC player.[9]
Dick Flynn was named MAC Coach of the Year in his first year as head coach.[10] Flynn took over as Central Michigan's head football coach in March 1994, after Herb Deromedi became the school's athletic director.[11]