| Year: | 1994 |
| Team: | Miami Hurricanes |
| Conference: | Big East Conference |
| Conference Link: | Big East Conference (1979–2013) |
| Short Conf: | Big East |
| Coachrank: | 6 |
| Aprank: | 6 |
| Record: | 10 - 2 |
| Conf Record: | 7 - 0 |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Off Coach: | Rich Olson |
| Oc Year: | 3rd |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Miami Orange Bowl (Capacity: 74,476) |
| Champion: | Big East champion |
| Bowl: | Orange Bowl (BC NCG) |
| Bowl Result: | L 17–24 vs. Nebraska |
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.
See main article: 1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings.
See also: 1994 Washington Huskies football team.
Nicknamed the "Whammy in Miami," Washington's win in the Miami Orange Bowl snapped a 58-game home winning streak for the Hurricanes.[2] [3] [4] [5]
See main article: 1995 Orange Bowl.
See also: 1994 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Miami–Nebraska football rivalry.
| Name | Position | Seasons | Alma mater |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | 6th | Montana State (1969) | |
| Rich Olson | Offensive coordinator/wide receivers | 3rd | Washington State (1971) |
| 2nd | Southern Oregon (1967) | ||
| Gregg Smith | 6th | Idaho (1969) | |
| Special Teams/running backs | 6th | ||
| Rick Petri | 2nd | Missouri-Rolla (1976) | |
| Art Kehoe | 10th | Miami (1982) | |
| Linebackers | 3rd | Miami (1989) | |
| Charlie Williams | Wide receivers | 2nd | Colorado State (1982) |
| Name | Position | Seasons | Alma mater |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate Assistant | 3rd | Miami (1991) | |
| Graduate Assistant | 1st | Miami (1990) | |
| Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | INT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 313 | 53.7 | 2,443 | 15 | 15 | ||
| Ryan Collins | 23 | 45 | 51.1 | 266 | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lamont Cain | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Player | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 664 | 17.0 | 6 | ||
| 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 | |
| 15 | 255 | 17.0 | 4 | ||
| Syii Tucker | 9 | 150 | 16.7 | 0 | |
| Gerard Daphnis | 9 | 149 | 16.6 | 0 | |
| 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 |
See main article: 1995 NFL draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club | |
| 1st | 12 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||
| Pat Riley | 2nd | 52 | Chicago Bears | ||
| 3rd | 78 | Philadelphia Eagles | |||
| Larry Jones | 4th | 103 | Washington Redskins | ||
| 5th | 157 | Minnesota Vikings | |||
| C.J. Richardson | 7th | 211 | Houston Oilers | ||
| A.C. Tellison | 7th | 231 | Cleveland Browns |