Whammy in Miami

{{Infobox college football game

| name = Whammy in Miami

| image = Whammy in Miami Orange Bowl tombstone.jpg

| subheader = Non-conference game

| football_season = 1994

| visitor_name_short = Washington

| visitor_nickname = Huskies

| visitor_school = University of Washington

| home_name_short = Miami

| home_nickname = Hurricanes

| home_school = University of Miami

| visitor_record = 1–1

| home_record = 2–0

| visitor_rank_AP = 17

| visitor_rank_coaches = NR

| home_rank_AP = 6

| home_rank_coaches = 6

| visitor_coach = Jim Lambright

| home_coach = Dennis Erickson

| visitor_1q = 0

| visitor_2q = 3

| visitor_3q = 25

| visitor_4q = 10

| home_1q = 3

| home_2q = 11

| home_3q = 3

| home_4q = 3

| date = September 24, 1994

| stadium = Orange Bowl

| city = Miami, Florida

| MVP =

| odds =

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| attendance =

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The Whammy in Miami was a college football game between the Miami Hurricanes and Washington Huskies that took place at the Orange Bowl on September 24, 1994.

With their victory, Washington ended Miami's NCAA-record 58-game home-field win streak at the Orange Bowl.

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{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=September 25, 1994 |title=Miami's Streak Is Ended |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-25-sp-42806-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |place=Miami |publication-place=Los Angeles |access-date=December 3, 2023 |quote=The Washington Huskies did something Saturday that no team had done since 1985. They beat the Miami Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl.}}

{{Cite magazine |last=Price |first=S.I. |title=Dog Day Afternoon |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=October 3, 1994 |location=Chicago |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/10/03/dog-day-afternoon-you-could-count-on-death-and-taxes-and-miami-in-the-orange-bowl-until-washington-laid-waste-to-a-streak-and-a-mystique |access-date=September 9, 2024 |quote=You could count on death and taxes, and Miami in the Orange Bowl, until Washington laid waste to a streak and a mystique}}

{{cite news |last=Withers |first=Bud |date=November 22, 2001 |title=Third-quarter UW heroics put end to Miami's streak in '94 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20011122&slug=whammy22 |work=Seattle Times |access-date=December 3, 2023 |quote=But they remember the day in September 1994, when the Washington Huskies went to Miami as a 14-point underdog and shattered the Hurricanes' 58-game home-field winning streak at the Orange Bowl, 38-20.}}

{{cite news |last=Withers |first=Bud |date=September 10, 2014 |title=Twenty years ago, Husky football survived treacherous early schedule |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/twenty-years-ago-husky-football-survived-treacherous-early-schedule/ |work=Seattle Times |access-date=December 3, 2023 |quote=One of the touchdowns in that 22-point salvo just after halftime was scored on a fumble recovered in the end zone by offensive lineman Bob Sapp, so ruled after several seconds’ deliberation by officials. It was the loquacious Sapp, later to become a pro wrestler and mixed martial artist, who coined the phrase “Whammy in Miami” during a TV interview.}}

{{cite news |last=Wilner |first=Jon |date=November 15, 2017 |title=Pac-12 greatest games No. 8: The Whammy in Miami (Washington KOs the 'Canes) |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/15/pac-12-greatest-games-no-8-the-whammy-in-miami-washington-kos-the-canes/ |work=Mercury News |access-date=December 3, 2022 |quote=Miami hadn’t lost at home in nine years. Its 58-game home winning streak, which ended that unforgettable September day, was the longest in college football history. And still is.}}

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Category:1994 Pacific-10 Conference football season

Category:1994 Big East Conference football season

Category:Miami Hurricanes football games

Category:Washington Huskies football games

Category:September 1994 sports events in the United States

Category:1994 in sports in Florida

Category:1990s in Miami