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| Date | September 24, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
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.[1][2][3][4]
With their victory, Washington ended Miami's NCAA-record 58-game home-field win streak at the Orange Bowl.[5][2][1]
You could count on death and taxes, and Miami in the Orange Bowl, until Washington laid waste to a streak and a mystique
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.
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.
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.
The Washington Huskies did something Saturday that no team had done since 1985. They beat the Miami Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl.
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