1994 UCF Golden Knights football team

1994 UCF Golden Knights football
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 →

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 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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Maine	No. 7	Alumni Stadium Orono, ME	W 28–6	6,296
September 10	No. 18 (D-II) Valdosta State	No. 6	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	L 14–31	22,518
September 17	Bethune–Cookman	No. 12	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	W 48–17	22,049
September 24	No. 11 Western Kentucky	No. 13	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	W 59–45	24,326
October 1	at Illinois State	No. 9	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	W 27–26	6,550
October 8	at Samford	No. 6	Seibert Stadium Birmingham, AL	L 35–36	3,632
October 15	at Northeast Louisiana	No. 15	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 33–16	8,123	^[3]
October 22	No. 5 Troy State	No. 11	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	L 38–39	27,003
October 29	at Liberty	No. 17	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 49–24	6,153	^[4]
November 12	at East Carolina	No. 16	Ficklen Memorial Stadium Greenville, NC	L 20–23	25,783	^[5]
November 19	Buffalo	No. 20	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	W 48–0	18,856
Rankings from The Sports Network 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

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