1994 Michigan Wolverines football team

1994 Michigan Wolverines football

Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 24–14 vs. Colorado State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#12
AP	#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
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Iowa	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Purdue	3	–	3	–	2	5	–	4	–	2
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 PM	Boston College*	#5/NA	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	W 34–26	105,936
September 10	2:30 PM	at #3/4 Notre Dame*	#6/5	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Rivalry)	NBC	W 26–24	59,075
September 24	3:30 PM	#7/7 Colorado*	#4/4	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ("The Miracle at Michigan")	ABC	L 26–27	106,427
October 1	3:30 PM	at Iowa	#7/8	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 29–14	70,397
October 8	12:30 PM	Michigan State	#7/8	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ESPN	W 40–20	106,272
October 15	12:00 PM	#3/3 Penn State	#5/5	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 24–31	106,832
October 22	3:30 PM	at #NR/25 Illinois	#11/12	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Il	ABC	W 19–14	72,677
October 29	12:00 PM	Wisconsin	#10/9	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 19–31	106,209
November 5	1:00 PM	at Purdue	#20/18	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 45–23	43,162
November 12	1:00 PM	Minnesota	#19/17	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)	MSC	W 38–22	105,624
November 19	12:00 PM	at #22/16 Ohio State	#15/13	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game)	ABC	L 6–22	93,869
December 30	8:30 PM	vs. #10/10 Colorado State*	#20/18	Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 24–14	59,453
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan	7	3	10	6	26
Notre Dame	10	0	7	7	24

Date: September 10
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
Game attendance: 59,075
Television network: NBC

Scoring summary

Q1		ND	Schroffner 32 yard field goal	ND 3–0

Q1		MICH	Biakabutuka 9 yard run (Hamilton kick)	MICH 7–3

Q1		ND	Becton 1 yard pass from Powlus (Schroffner kick)	ND 10–7

Q2		MICH	Hamilton 32 yard field goal	Tie 10–10

Q3		ND	Edwards 8 yard run (Schroffner kick)	ND 17–10

Q3		MICH	Riemersma 3 yard pass from Collins (Hamilton kick)	Tie 17–17

Q3		MICH	Hamilton 35 yard field goal	MICH 20–17

Q4		MICH	Hamilton 32 yard field goal	MICH 23–17

Q4	:52	ND	Mayes 7 yard pass from Powlus (Schroffner kick)	ND 24–23

Q4	:02	MICH	Hamilton 42 yard field goal	MICH 26–24

"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

^[9]

Awards and honors

Co-captains: Steve Morrison, Walter Smith
All-Americans: Remy Hamilton, Ty Law
All-Conference: Tyrone Wheatley, Ty Law, Remy Hamilton, Steve Morrison, Amani Toomer, Jason Horn
Most Valuable Player: Todd Collins
Meyer Morton Award: Jay Riemersma
John Maulbetsch Award: Rob Swett
Frederick Matthei Award: Rob Swett
Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Todd Collins
Dick Katcher Award: Trent Zenkewicz
Hugh Rader Jr. Award: Jon Runyan
Robert P. Ufer Award: Ed Davis
Roger Zatkoff Award: Steve Morrison

Coaching staff

Head coach: Gary Moeller
Assistant coaches: Lloyd Carr, Kit Cartwright, Mike DeBord, Bill Harris, Jim Herrmann, Fred Jackson, Greg Mattison, Les Miles, Bobby Morrison
Trainer: Paul Schmidt
Managers: Andy Riegler, Joe Allore, Jason Armstrong, Adam Bahr, Kevin Bickner, Patrick Bolger, Joel Gerring, Eddie Magnus, Marty Rice, Sami Samaha

References

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

External links

1994 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History

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