1994 Washington Huskies football team

The 1994 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its second season under head coach Jim Lambright, the team compiled a 7–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 295 to 233.[1]

1994 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-10
Record7–4 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Diedrick (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChris Tormey (1st season)
MVPNapoleon Kaufman (2nd year)
Captains
  • David Killpatrick
  • Donovan Schmidt
  • Mark Bruener
  • Napoleon Kaufman
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Oregon $ 7 1 0 9 4 0
No. 13 USC 6 2 0 8 3 1
No. 20 Arizona 6 2 0 8 4 0
No. 21 Washington State 5 3 0 8 4 0
Washington 4 4 0 7 4 0
UCLA 3 5 0 5 6 0
California 3 5 0 4 7 0
Oregon State 2 6 0 4 7 0
Stanford 2 6 0 3 7 1
Arizona State 2 6 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

In the third game, the Huskies upset Miami at the Orange Bowl, breaking the Hurricanes' home winning streak at 58 games.[2] Midway through the season, Washington was 5–1 and ranked ninth, but lost three of the final five games. All four losses were on the road to Pac-10 opponents. Due to earlier sanctions, the Huskies were ineligible for a bowl as they were serving the second year of a two year bowl ban.

For the second consecutive year, Napoleon Kaufman was selected as the team's most valuable player. Kaufman, Mark Bruener, David Killpatrick, and Donovan Schmidt were the team captains.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 312:30 p.m.at No. 17 USCNo. 23ABCL 17–2454,538
September 1012:30 p.m.No. 18 Ohio State*No. 25ABCW 25–1670,861
September 2412:30 p.m.at No. 5 Miami (FL)*No. 19ABCW 38–2062,663
October 112:30 p.m.UCLANo. 12
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
ABCW 37–1071,851
October 812:30 p.m.San Jose State*No. 12
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 34–2069,448
October 1512:30 p.m.Arizona StateNo. 9
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 35–1469,335
October 2212:30 p.m.at OregonNo. 9ABCL 20–3144,134
October 2912:30 p.m.Oregon StateNo. 15
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 24–1070,071
November 53:30 p.m.at StanfordNo. 12PrimeL 28–4644,200
November 1212:30 p.m.CaliforniaNo. 22
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 31–1969,618
November 193:30 p.m.at Washington StateNo. 18PrimeL 6–2330,395
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Roster

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1994 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 70 Eric Battle Jr
SE 14 Eric Bjornson Sr
TE 85 Mark Bruener Sr
TE 82 Ernie Conwell Jr
C 65 Frank Garcia Sr
G 79 Trevor Highfield Jr
QB 7 Damon Huard Jr
SE 19 Dave Janoski So
RB 8 Napoleon Kaufman Sr
G 54 Patrick Kesi Jr
RB 12 Leon Neal Jr
G 60 Andrew Peterson Sr
OT 72 Bob Sapp So
FB 30 Richard Thomas Jr
WR 94 John Tubbs II Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 54 Ink Aleaga So
LB 32 Richie Chambers Sr
DE 43 Deke Devers Jr
DT 88 Mike Ewaliko Jr
LB 57 John Fiala So
CB 26 Russell Hairston Sr
NT 91 Steve Hoffmann Jr
LB 35 David Killpatrick Sr
ROV 25 Lamar Lyons Sr
FS 9 Lawyer Milloy So
CB 4 Reggie Reser Jr
DT 97 David Richie So
LB 52 Donovan Schmidt Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 14 Geoff Prince So
PK 18 John Wales So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt
Source:[3]

Game summaries

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At USC

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Washington at USC
1 234Total
No. 23 Huskies 7 730 17
No. 13 Trojans 7 377 24

Ohio State

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At Miami (FL)

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Washington at Miami (FL)
1 234Total
No. 19 Huskies 0 32510 38
No. 5 Hurricanes 3 1133 20

Washington's win in the Miami Orange Bowl snapped a 58-game home winning streak for the Hurricanes.[4]

At Oregon

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Washington at Oregon
1 234Total
No. 9 Huskies 0 1307 20
Ducks 0 14314 31
  • Date: October 22
  • Location: Autzen Stadium
  • Game attendance: 44,134
  • Game weather: Sunny

At Washington State

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1 234Total
No. 18 Huskies 6 000 6
Cougars 7 1420 23

NFL draft selections

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The following Washington players were selected in the 1995 NFL draft:

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Napoleon Kaufman RB 1 17 Oakland Raiders
Mark Bruener TE 1 27 Pittsburgh Steelers
Eric Bjornson WR 4 110 Dallas Cowboys
Frank Garcia C 4 132 Carolina Panthers
Andrew Peterson OT 5 171 Carolina Panthers
  • This draft was seven rounds, with 249 selections

Source:[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1990–1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Wine, Steven (September 25, 1994). "Huskies inflict major upset". p. C1.
  3. ^ "Washington at Washington St". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (probable starters). November 19, 1994. p. 4B.
  4. ^ "Miami's Streak is Ended". Los Angeles Times. September 25, 1994. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "1995 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2017.