1994 Michigan Wolverines football team

1994 Michigan Wolverines football
Holiday Bowl champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 12
AP No. 12
1994 record 8–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Gary Moeller (5th year)
Defensive coordinator Lloyd Carr (8th year)
MVP Todd Collins
Captain Steve Morrison
Captain Walter Smith
Home stadium Michigan Stadium
(Capacity: 102,501)
1994 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Penn State $ 8 – 0 – 0     12 – 0 – 0
#14 Ohio State 6 – 2 – 0     9 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 5 – 2 – 1     8 – 3 – 1
#12 Michigan 5 – 3 – 0     8 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0     7 – 5 – 0
Purdue 3 – 3 – 2     5 – 4 – 2
Iowa 3 – 4 – 1     5 – 5 – 1
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 1 – 7 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Michigan State 0 – 8 – 0     0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Michigan State forfeited 5 wins, 4 conference wins
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Gary Moeller in his last season as head coach, the Wolverines participated in the Holiday Bowl.

Season

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 3:30 p.m. Boston College* No. 5/NA Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan ABC W 34–26   105,936
September 10 2:30 p.m. at No. 3/4 Notre Dame* No. 6/5 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana (Rivalry) NBC W 26–24   59,075
September 24 3:30 p.m. No. 7/7 Colorado* No. 4/4 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan ("The Miracle at Michigan") ABC L 26–27   106,427
October 1 3:30 p.m. at Iowa No. 7/8 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ABC W 29–14   70,397
October 8 12:30 p.m. Michigan State No. 7/8 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan (Paul Bunyan Trophy) ESPN W 40–20   106,272
October 15 12:00 p.m. No. 3/3 Penn State No. 5/5 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan ABC L 24–31   106,832
October 22 3:30 p.m. at No. NR/25 Illinois No. 11/12 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Il (Rivalry) ABC W 19–14   72,677
October 29 12:00 p.m. Wisconsindagger No. 10/9 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan ESPN L 19–31   106,209
November 5 1:00 p.m. at Purdue No. 20/18 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana W 45–23   43,162
November 12 1:00 p.m. Minnesota No. 19/17 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan (Little Brown Jug) MSC W 38–22   105,624
November 19 12:00 p.m. at No. 22/16 Ohio State No. 15/13 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio (The Game) ABC L 6–22   93,869
December 30 8:30 p.m. vs. No. 10/10 Colorado State* No. 20/18 Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego (Holiday Bowl) ESPN W 24–14   59,453
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Notre Dame

1 234Total
• Michigan 7 3106 26
Notre Dame 10 077 24

"I'm a hero now. I could be a goat next week." -Remy Hamilton [1]

Statistical achievements

Remy Hamilton established the current Big Ten single-season record, which has since been tied three times, for successful field goals at 25.[2] He won the NCAA statistical championship for field goal kickers.[3] Amani Toomer won the Big Ten receiving yardage champion for all games with 91.3 yards per game and the conference games yardage championship with an 87.9 average.[4]

The team earned the fourth of five consecutive and six 1990s Big Ten rushing defense statistical championships for conference games by holding opponents to 112.3 yards per game. However, Illinois won the title for all games.[5]

Tyrone Wheatley ended his career as the school record holder for 100-yard games with 20, surpassing Jamie Morris' 18 set in 1987. Anthony Thomas broke this record when his career ended in 2000.[6] Todd Collins ended his career by surpassing Elvis Grbac's 62.5 career completion percentage record with a 64.3 percentage to establish the current record; tying Grbac's 23 150-yard game total, which was eclipsed by John Navarre in 2003; and surpassing Jim Harbaugh's 12 career 200-yard game total set in 1986 with 14, which was surpassed by Tom Brady in 1999. His 352-yard passing performance on November 12 against Minnesota, which surpassed Harbaugh's 1986 310-yard performance, was a school record that stood for a year until surpassed by Scott Dreisbach.[7] Amani Toomer broke Jack Clancy's single-season reception yard record of 1077 set in 1966, but David Terrell eclipsed this mark in 2000.[8]

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1995 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Tyrone Wheatley Running Back 1 17 New York Giants
Ty Law Cornerback 1 23 New England Patriots
Trezelle Jenkins Tackle 1 31 Kansas City Chiefs
Todd Collins Quarterback 2 45 Buffalo Bills
Matt Dyson Linebacker 5 138 Oakland Raiders

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Awards and honors

Coaching staff

References

  1. ↑ Gainesville Sun. 1994 Sept 11.
  2. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 40. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  3. ↑ "2009 Division I Football Records Book: Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 61. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 53. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 56. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. p. 115. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. pp. 120–123. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. pp. 124–125. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  9. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1995.htm

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