1994 Washington Huskies football team

American college football season

1994 Washington Huskies football

Conference	Pacific-10
Record	7–4 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jim Lambright (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Diedrick (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Chris Tormey (1st season)
MVP	Napoleon Kaufman (2nd year)
Captains	David Killpatrick Donovan Schmidt Mark Bruener Napoleon Kaufman
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	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

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]

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	12:30 p.m.	at No. 17 USC	No. 23	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 17–24	54,538
September 10	12:30 p.m.	No. 18 Ohio State*	No. 25	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 25–16	70,861
September 24	12:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Miami (FL)*	No. 19	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ABC	W 38–20	62,663
October 1	12:30 p.m.	UCLA	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 37–10	71,851
October 8	12:30 p.m.	San Jose State*	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 34–20	69,448
October 15	12:30 p.m.	Arizona State	No. 9	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 35–14	69,335
October 22	12:30 p.m.	at Oregon	No. 9	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	ABC	L 20–31	44,134
October 29	12:30 p.m.	Oregon State	No. 15	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 24–10	70,071
November 5	3:30 p.m.	at Stanford	No. 12	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	Prime	L 28–46	44,200
November 12	12:30 p.m.	California	No. 22	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 31–19	69,618
November 19	3:30 p.m.	at Washington State	No. 18	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	Prime	L 6–23	30,395
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

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

Jim Lambright (2nd year)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Bill Diedrick (OC, QB)
Chris Tormey (DC, S)
Dick Baird (LB)
Randy Hart (DL)
Al Lavan (RB)
Scott Linehan (WR)
Rick Mallory (TE)
Ron Milus (CB)
Steve Morton (OL)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Source:^[3]

Game summaries

At USC

Washington at USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Huskies	7	7	3	0	17
• No. 13 Trojans	7	3	7	7	24

Date: September 3
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Game attendance: 54,538

Scoring summary

Q1	WASH	Bjornson 52 yard pass from Huard (Wales kick)	WASH 7–0

Q1	USC	McWilliams 6 yard pass from Johnson (Ford kick)	Tie 7–7

Q2	USC	Ford 32 yard field goal	USC 10–7

Q2	WASH	Kaufman 1 yard run (Wales kick)	WASH 14–10

Q3	WASH	Wales 29 yard field goal	WASH 17–10

Q4	USC	Walters 7 yard run (Ford kick)	Tie 17–17

Q4	USC	Walters 3 yard run (Ford kick)	USC 24–17

Ohio State

At Miami (FL)

Washington at Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 19 Huskies	0	3	25	10	38
No. 5 Hurricanes	3	11	3	3	20

Date: September 24
Location: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL
Game attendance: 62,663
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Dick Vermeil, and Jack Arute

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

At Oregon

Washington at Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 9 Huskies	0	13	0	7	20
• Ducks	0	14	3	14	31

Date: October 22
Location: Autzen Stadium
Game attendance: 44,134
Game weather: Sunny

Scoring summary

Q2	WASH	Wales 38 yard field goal	WASH 3–0

Q2	ORE	Philylaw 8 yard run (Belden kick)	ORE 7–3

Q2	ORE	Whittle 5 yard run (Belden kick)	ORE 14–3

Q2	WASH	Bjornson 51 yard pass from Huard (Wales kick)	ORE 14–10

Q2	WASH	Wales 29 yard field goal	ORE 14–13

Q3	ORE	Belden 45 yard field goal	ORE 17–13

Q4	WASH	Thomas 10 yard run (Wales kick)	WASH 20–17

Q4	ORE	Jones 12 yard run (Belden kick)	ORE 24–20

Q4	ORE	Wheaton 97 yard interception return (Belden kick)	ORE 31–20

At Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Huskies	6	0	0	0	6
• Cougars	7	14	2	0	23

Date: November 19
Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington
Game attendance: 37,600

Source: [1]

Scoring summary

1	WASH	Neal 7-yard run (kick failed)	WASH 6-0

1	WSU	Sparks 1-yard run (Trout kick)	WSU 7-6

2	WSU	Hicks 3-yard run (Trout kick)	WSU 14-6

2	WSU	Sparks 1-yard run (Trout kick)	WSU 21-6

3	WSU	Safety, ball snapped out of end zone	WSU 23-6

NFL draft selections

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

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

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