1994 UCF Golden Knights football team

The 1994 UCF Golden Knights football season was the sixteenth season for the team and Gene McDowell's tenth as the head coach of the Golden Knights. After the Golden Knight's impressive 1993 season, UCF was selected as the preseason #1 to start the 1994 season. The 1994 season would prove disappointing however, as the Golden Knights would finish the season ranked #20 with a 7–4 record.^[1]

1994 UCF Golden Knights football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 20
Record	7–3
Head coach	Gene McDowell (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Kruczek (10th season)
Defensive coordinator	Ron McCrone (3rd season)
Home stadium	Florida Citrus Bowl
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Youngstown State ^			–					11	–	0	–	1
No. 23 Hofstra			–					8	–	1	–	1
Towson			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Troy State ^			–					8	–	4	–	0
Robert Morris			–					7	–	1	–	1
Monmouth			–					7	–	2	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					7	–	3	–	0
UAB			–					7	–	4	–	0
No. 20 UCF			–					7	–	4	–	0
Wagner			–					6	–	5	–	0
Liberty			–					5	–	6	–	0
Western Kentucky			–					5	–	6	–	0
Central Connecticut			–					4	–	6	–	0
Samford			–					4	–	6	–	1
Davidson			–					3	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					3	–	8	–	0
Saint Francis			–					2	–	7	–	1
Charleston Southern			–					0	–	11	–	0
^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The school's famous campus homecoming tradition "Spirit Splash" began (by chance) in 1994.^[2]

Schedule

 

The Citrus Bowl, the Knights home field.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	at Maine	No. 7	Alumni Stadium Orono, Maine	W 28–6	6,296
September 10	Valdosta State (II)	No. 6	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida	L 14–31	22,518
September 17	Bethune–Cookman	No. 12	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida	W 48–17	22,049
September 24	No. 11 Western Kentucky	No. 13	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida	W 59–45	24,326
October 1	at Illinois State	No. 9	Hancock Stadium Normal, Illinois	W 27–26	6,550
October 8	at Samford	No. 6	Seibert Stadium Birmingham, Alabama	L 35–36	3,632
October 15	at Northeast Louisiana	No. 15	Malone Stadium Monroe, Louisiana	W 33–16	8,123
October 22	No. 5 Troy State	No. 11	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida	L 38–39	27,003
October 29	at Liberty	No. 17	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, Virginia	W 49–24	6,153
November 12	at East Carolina (I-A)	No. 16	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, North Carolina	L 20–23	25,783
November 19	Buffalo	No. 20	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida	W 48–0	18,856
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the game

Roster

1994 UCF Golden Knights football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 60 Mike Gruttadauria Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 95 Greg Jefferson Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ron Rogerson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

References

1. "Division I-AA Football Comes to Orlando: Part 5 of 8 – The History of UCF Football". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. July 18, 2007. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
2. Schenk, Madelyn (November 8, 2007). "'Party at pond:Students splash into tradition". Orlando Sentinel. p. D3. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.