1994 Michigan Wolverines football team

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.

1994 Michigan Wolverines football
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 24–14 vs. Colorado State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 12
1994 record	8–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gary Moeller (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Lloyd Carr (8th season)
MVP	Todd Collins
Captains	Steve Morrison Walter Smith
Home stadium	Michigan Stadium (Capacity: 102,501)

1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State $	8	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 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

Season

Schedule

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

Roster

1994 Michigan Wolverines football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 21 Tim Biakabutuka So QB 10 Todd Collins Sr QB 14 Brian Griese So WR 9 Mercury Hayes Jr T 77 Trezelle Jenkins Sr C 52 Rod Payne So T 69 Jon Runyan So TE 16 Jay Riemersma Jr WR 18 Amani Toomer Jr RB 6 Tyrone Wheatley Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 96 William Carr So LB 91 Matt Dyson Sr LB 37 Jarrett Irons Jr CB 22 Ty Law Jr LB 36 Steve Morrison Sr LB 45 Mike Vanderbeek Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 19 Remy Hamilton Fr	Head coach Gary Moeller Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings

Main article: 1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Game summaries

Boston College

Boston College at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 9 3 0 14 26 • No. 5 Wolverines 0 14 7 13 34 Date: September 3 Location: Michigan Stadium Game attendance: 105,936

Scoring summary Q1 BC Grice 74 yard pass from Hartsell (Gordon kick) BC 7–0 Q1 BC Safety, holding penalty by Michigan in end zone BC 9–0 Q2 BC Gordon 28 yard field goal BC 12–0 Q2 MICH Davis 8 yard run (Lovell kick) BC 12–7 Q2 MICH Toomer 46 yard pass from Collins (Lovell kick) MICH 14–12 Q3 MICH Toomer 38 yard pass from Collins (Lovell kick) MICH 21–12 Q4 MICH Biakabutuka 1 yard run (kick failed) MICH 27–12 Q4 MICH Davis 1 yard run (Hamilton kick) MICH 34–12 Q4 BC Laro 4 yard pass from Hartsell (Gordon kick) MICH 34–19 Q4 BC Watson 27 yard pass from Hartsell (Gordon kick) MICH 34–26

See also: 1994 Boston College Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1991	W 35–13

• Tim Biakabutuka 12 Rush, 126 Yds
• Amani Toomer 7 Rec, 179 Yds

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Notre Dame

Michigan at Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 6 Wolverines 7 3 10 6 26 No. 3 Fighting Irish 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

See also: 1994 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry, and College GameDay (football)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–9–1	1993	L 23–27

"I'm a hero now. I could be a goat next week." -Remy Hamilton [2]

Colorado

Colorado at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 7 Buffaloes 7 7 0 13 27 No. 4 Wolverines 0 9 17 0 26 Date: September 24 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan Game attendance: 106,427 TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Bob Griese, and Lynn Swann

Scoring summary 1 COL Rashaan Salaam 2-yard run (Voskeritchian kick) COL 7–0 2 11:34 MICH Remy Hamilton 33-yard field goal COL 7–3 7:54 COL Michael Westbrook 27-yard pass from Kordell Stewart (Voskeritchian kick) COL 14–3 1:14 MICH Tim Biakabutuka 4-yard run (pass failed) COL 14–9 3 10:43 MICH Tyrone Wheatley 6-yard run (Hayes pass from Collins) MICH 17–14 7:40 MICH Hamilton 20-yard field goal MICH 20–14 2:43 MICH Amani Toomer 65-yard pass from Todd Collins (run failed) MICH 26–14 4 2:16 COL Salaam 2-yard run (Voskeritchian kick) MICH 26–21 0:00 COL Westbrook 64-yard pass from Stewart COL 27–26

Main article: Miracle at Michigan

See also: 1994 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1974	W 31–0

Iowa

Michigan at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 7 Wolverines 3 10 9 7 29 Hawkeyes 0 7 0 7 14 Date: October 1 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 70,397

Scoring summary 1 Mich Hamilton 30-yard field goal Mich 3–0 2 Iowa Ryan Driscoll 1-yard run (Hurley kick) Iowa 7–3 2 Mich Tyrone Wheatley 2-yard run (Hamilton kick) Mich 10–7 2 Mich Hamilton 32-yard field goal Mich 13–7 3 Mich Tim Biakabutuka 7-yard run (kick failed) Mich 19–7 3 Mich Hamilton 32-yard field goal Mich 22–7 4 Iowa Scott Slutzker 11-yard pass from Ryan Driscoll (Hurley kick) Mich 22–14 4 0:53 Mich Tyrone Wheatley 12-yard run (Hamilton kick) Mich 29–14

See also: 1994 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–8–4	1993	W 24–7

Penn State

See also: 1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and College GameDay (football)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1993	W 21–13

Ohio State

See also: 1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team and Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry

#15 Michigan Wolverines at #22 Ohio State Buckeyes

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	0	3	3	0	6
Ohio St	2	10	0	10	22

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: November 19, 1994
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Clear, 60 °F (16 °C)
• Game attendance: 93,869
• Referee: Ron Winter
• TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter OSU – Safety, Todd Collins downed in end zone, 3:30. Ohio St 2–0. Second quarter OSU – Bobby Hoying 4-yard run (Josh Jackson kick), 14:11. Ohio St 9–0. Drive: 10 plays, 40 yards, 4:14. OSU – Josh Jackson 26-yard field goal, 6:22. Ohio St 12–0. Drive: 14 plays, 64 yards, 6:12. MICH – Remy Hamilton 22-yard field goal, 3:52. Ohio St 12–3. Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 2:24. Third quarter MICH – Remy Hamilton 22-yard field goal, 7:55. Ohio St 12–6. Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards, 5:28. Fourth quarter OSU – Josh Jackson 36-yard field goal, 11:22. Ohio St 15–6. Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 3:15. OSU – Eddie George 2-yard run (Josh Jackson kick), 8:35. Ohio St 22–6. Drive: 5 plays, 16 yards, 2:35. Top passers MICH – Todd Collins – 13/22, 160 yards, INT OSU – Bobby Hoying – 11/18, 125 yards Top rushers MICH – Tyrone Wheatley – 18 rushes, 92 yards OSU – Eddie George – 27 rushes, 71 yards, TD Top receivers MICH – Amani Toomer – 3 receptions, 95 yards OSU – Joey Galloway – 4 receptions, 46 yards

vs. Colorado State (Holiday Bowl)

Main article: 1994 Holiday Bowl

See also: 1994 Colorado State Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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.[3] He won the NCAA statistical championship for field goal kickers.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8] Amani Toomer broke Jack Clancy's single-season reception yard record of 1077 set in 1966, but David Terrell eclipsed this mark in 2000.[9]

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

• 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

1. Ocala Star-Banner. 1994 Sep 04. Retrieved 2018-Nov-17.
2. Gainesville Sun. 1994 Sept 11.
3. "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 40. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
4. "2009 Division I Football Records Book: Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 61. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
5. "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 53. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
6. "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 56. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
7. "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. p. 115. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
8. "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. pp. 120–123. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
9. "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. pp. 124–125. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
10. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1995.htm

External links

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