1994 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
American college football season
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The 1994 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Dick Flynn, the Chippewas compiled a 9–3 record (8–1 against MAC opponents), won the MAC championship, lost to UNLV in the Las Vegas Bowl, and outscored their opponents, 400 to 315.[1][2] The team played its home games in Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan,[3] with attendance of 104,144 in five home games.[4]
- Dick Flynn (1st season)
| 1994 Central Michigan Chippewas football | |
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MAC champion | |
Las Vegas Bowl, L 24–52 vs. UNLV | |
| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 9–3 (8–1 MAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Tom Kearly (4th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jim Schulte (1st season) |
| MVP | Brian Pruitt |
| Home stadium | Kelly/Shorts Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan $ | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Erik Timpf with 1,315 passing yards, tailback Brian Pruitt with 1,890 rushing yards, and flanker Terrance McMillan with 398 receiving yards.[5] Pruitt's 1,890 rushing yards remains a Central Michigan record, as do his 1994 totals of 132 points scored, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 22 total touchdowns in a season.[6] His tally of 435 yards of total offense against Toledo on November 5, 1994, remains a school record, and his total of 356 rushing yards in the same game was a school record until Robbie Mixon rushed for 377 yards in a game in 2002.[7] Pruitt was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team all-purpose player on the 1994 College Football All-America Team. He was also named the MAC Player of the Year and Central Michigan's most valuable player.[8] Pruitt, tight end Jerremy Dunlap, offensive guard Matt Nastally, and safety Quincy Wright were selected as first-team All-MAC player.[9]
Dick Flynn was named MAC Coach of the Year in his first year as head coach.[10] Flynn took over as Central Michigan's head football coach in March 1994, after Herb Deromedi became the school's athletic director.[11]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at Iowa* | L 21–52 | 66,520 | ||||
| September 10 | UNLV* | W 35–23 | 20,316 | |||||
| September 17 | at Eastern Michigan | W 30–29 | ||||||
| September 24 | Kent State |
| W 45–0 | |||||
| October 1 | at Ball State | L 28–31 | ||||||
| October 8 | Western Michigan |
| W 35–28 | |||||
| October 15 | at Akron | W 47–0 | ||||||
| October 22 | Miami (OH) |
| W 32–30 | |||||
| October 29 | at Ohio | W 22–10 | ||||||
| November 5 | Toledo |
| W 45–27 | |||||
| November 12 | at Bowling Green | W 36–33 | ||||||
| December 15 | vs. UNLV* | L 24–52 | 17,562 | |||||
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