1994–95 NCAA football bowl games
{{short description|College football postseason game series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox College football bowl games
| season = 1994
| image =
| image_caption =
| regular_season =
| number_of_bowls = 19
| all_star_games =
| bowl_start = December 15, 1994
| bowl_end =
January 2, 1995
| championship_bowl = Orange Bowl
| championship_location = Miami Orange Bowl
Miami, Florida
| champions = Nebraska
| conference1 = Big Ten
| conference1_teams = 5
| conference1_wins = 4
| conference1_losses = 1
| conference1_ap_poll = 3
| conference2 = SEC
| conference2_teams = 5
| conference2_wins = 3
| conference2_losses = 2
| conference2_ap_poll = 5
| conference3 = ACC
| conference3_teams = 5
| conference3_wins = 3
| conference3_losses = 2
| conference3_ap_poll = 3
| conference4 = Pac-10
| conference4_teams = 4
| conference4_wins = 2
| conference4_losses = 2
| conference4_ap_poll = 4
| conference5 = Big Eight
| conference5_teams = 4
| conference5_wins = 2
| conference5_losses = 2
| conference5_ap_poll = 3
| conference6 = Big East
| conference6_teams = 4
| conference6_wins = 1
| conference6_losses = 3
| conference6_ap_poll = 2
| conference7 = SWC
| conference7_teams = 4
| conference7_wins = 1
| conference7_losses = 3
| conference7_ap_poll = 2
| conference8 = WAC
| conference8_teams = 3
| conference8_wins = 2
| conference8_losses = 1
| conference8_ap_poll = 3
| conference9 = Big West
| conference9_teams = 1
| conference9_wins = 1
| conference9_losses = 0
| conference9_ap_poll = 0
| conference10 = MAC
| conference10_teams = 1
| conference10_wins = 0
| conference10_losses = 1
| conference10_ap_poll = 0
}}
The 1994–95 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the third and final year of the Bowl Coalition era, the Coalition failed to achieve its goal of a true national championship game between the nation's top two teams. The Coalition's designated championship game for the 1994 season, the 1995 Orange Bowl, pitted No. 1 Nebraska against No. 3 Miami (FL), while No. 2 Penn State was tied to the Rose Bowl as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska defeated Miami in the Orange Bowl, and was named national champions by both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll, while Penn State defeated Oregon in the Rose Bowl and did not claim a national championship.
A total of 19 bowl games were played between December 14, 1994 and January 2, 1995 by 38 bowl-eligible teams.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1994-bowls.html|title=1994 College Football Bowl Games|website=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=December 17, 2018}} The number of bowls remained unchanged from the previous year.
Non-Coalition bowls
Bowl Coalition bowls
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|+Tier I !Date !Time !Game !Site !Result !Ref. |
Jan 1
| 8:00 PM | Orange Bowl | No. 1 Nebraska 24, No. 3 Miami (FL) 17 | |
rowspan=3|Jan 2
| 1:00 PM | No. 21 USC 55, Texas Tech 14 | |
4:30 PM
| No. 4 Colorado 41, Notre Dame 24 | |
8:30 PM
| Louisiana Superdome | No. 7 Florida State 23, No. 5 Florida 17 | |
colspan=6 style="font-size:90%;" | Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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|+Tier II !Date !Time !Game !Site !Result !Ref. |
rowspan=2|Dec 30
| 2:30 PM | Sun Bowl | Texas 35, No. 18 North Carolina 31 | |
7:00 PM
| Ben Hill Griffin Stadium | Tennessee 45, No. 17 Virginia Tech 23 | |
colspan=6 style="font-size:90%;" | Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. |