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1994 Miami

10–⁠2 (7–⁠0 Big East), coached by Dennis Erickson, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Miami in 1994, game by game: won vs. Georgia Southern 56–0; won at Arizona State 47–10; lost vs. No. 17 Washington 20–38; won at Rutgers 24–3; won vs. No. 3 Florida State 34–20; won at West Virginia 38–6; won vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech 24–3; won at No. 10 Syracuse 27–6; won vs. Pittsburgh 17–12; won at Temple 38–14; won vs. No. 25 Boston College 23–7; lost vs. No. 1 Nebraska 17–24+56−18Won 56–0 vs. Georgia Southern+56Georgia SouthernWon 47–10 at Arizona State+37Arizona StateLost 20–38 vs. No. 17 Washington-18No. 17 WashingtonWon 24–3 at Rutgers+21RutgersWon 34–20 vs. No. 3 Florida State+14No. 3 Florida StateWon 38–6 at West Virginia+32West VirginiaWon 24–3 vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech+21No. 13 Virginia TechWon 27–6 at No. 10 Syracuse+21No. 10 SyracuseWon 17–12 vs. Pittsburgh+5PittsburghWon 38–14 at Temple+24TempleWon 23–7 vs. No. 25 Boston College+16No. 25 Boston CollegeLost 17–24 vs. No. 1 Nebraska-7No. 1 Nebraska
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsGeorgia SouthernW 56–⁠092%
Sep 10atArizona StateW 47–⁠1057%
Sep 24vs17WashingtonL 20–⁠3869%
Oct 1atRutgersW 24–⁠366%
Oct 8vs3Florida StateW 34–⁠2040%
Oct 22atWest VirginiaW 38–⁠662%
Oct 29vs13Virginia TechW 24–⁠366%
Nov 5at10SyracuseW 27–⁠658%
Nov 12vsPittsburghW 17–⁠1292%
Nov 19atTempleW 38–⁠1493%
Nov 26vs25Boston CollegeW 23–⁠768%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs1NebraskaOrange BowlL 17–⁠2445%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Nebraska 24–⁠17 in the Orange Bowl; No. 6 in the final AP poll; Big East champions.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 96 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 6
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 13
  7. Wk 7: 13
  8. Wk 8: 8
  9. Wk 9: 7
  10. Wk 10: 6
  11. Wk 11: 5
  12. Wk 12: 5
  13. Wk 13: 5
  14. Wk 14: 5
  15. Wk 15: 4
  16. Wk 16: 3
  17. Final: 6

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1994.

Big East champions7–⁠0 in the conference

Lombardi AwardWarren Sapp, DT; also the Nagurski

Consensus All-AmericanWarren Sapp, DT

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Big East
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 3
Points
365–⁠143
Coach
Dennis Erickson
Elo
1770 +123 this season
SP+ rating
25.5 No. 5 of 106; offense No. 25, defense No. 2
SRS
19.9 No. 6 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Rich Olson
Defensive coordinator
Greg McMackin
Most valuable player
Warren Sapp
Offense
One-back spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 1Warren Sapp DTTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 2Patrick Riley DEChicago Bears
Rd 3Chris T. Jones WRPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 4Larry Jones RBWashington Redskins
Rd 5James Stewart RBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 7C.J. Richardson DBHouston Oilers
Rd 7A.C. Tellison WRCleveland Browns

All-Big East

7 first team, 7 second team

First team

Second team

  • James StewartRBCoaches-2
  • Tirrell GreeneOLCoaches-2
  • Pat RileyDLCoaches-2
  • Corwin FrancisLBCoaches-2
  • Chad WilsonDBCoaches-2
  • Malcolm PearsonDBCoaches-2
  • Dane PrewittKCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Miami7–⁠010–⁠26
Virginia Tech5–⁠28–⁠4
Syracuse4–⁠37–⁠4
West Virginia4–⁠37–⁠6
Boston College3–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠123
Rutgers2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Pittsburgh2–⁠53–⁠8
Temple0–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.