1994 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1994 season
President	Geoff Lord
Coach	Peter Knights
Captain(s)	Chris Langford
Home ground	Waverley Park
AFL season	13–9 (6th)
Finals series	Qualifying Final (Lost to North Melbourne 91–114 (ET))
Best and Fairest	John Platten
Leading goalkicker	Jason Dunstall (101)
Highest home attendance	35,267 (Round 15 vs. Geelong)
Lowest home attendance	12,233 (Round 8 vs. Brisbane Bears)
Average home attendance	24,884
← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 70th season in the Australian Football League and 93rd overall.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 26 March (2:00 pm)	St Kilda	15.7 (97)	23.15 (153)	Won by 56 points	Waverley Park (A)	29,592	1–0
2	Saturday, 2 April (2:08 pm)	Melbourne	8.16 (64)	17.16 (118)	Lost by 54 points	Waverley Park (H)	29,581	1–1
3	Friday, 8 April (8:08 pm)	North Melbourne	25.23 (173)	6.10 (46)	Lost by 127 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	36,726	1–2
4	Saturday, 16 April (2:00 pm)	Carlton	11.7 (73)	24.16 (160)	Lost by 87 points	Waverley Park (H)	30,944	1–3
5	Sunday, 24 April (4:15 pm)	West Coast	8.10 (58)	19.15 (129)	Won by 71 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	27,357	2–3
6	Bye
7	Saturday, 7 May (2:00 pm)	Essendon	12.16 (88)	11.9 (75)	Won by 13 points	Waverley Park (H)	33,927	3–3
8	Saturday, 14 May (2:00 pm)	Brisbane Bears	25.16 (166)	10.7 (67)	Won by 99 points	Waverley Park (H)	12,233	4–3
9	Sunday, 22 May (2:15 pm)	Hawthorn	7.6 (48)	22.13 (145)	Won by 97 points	Football Park (A)	44,403	5–3
10	Saturday, 28 May (2:00 pm)	Collingwood	16.14 (110)	10.14 (74)	Lost by 36 points	Victoria Park (A)	26,718	5–4
11	Sunday, 5 June (2:00 pm)	Footscray	20.5 (125)	8.13 (61)	Won by 64 points	Waverley Park (H)	22,895	6–4
12	Sunday, 12 June (1:15 pm)	Sydney	13.5 (83)	21.15 (141)	Won by 58 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	12,251	7–4
13	Saturday, 18 June (2:00 pm)	Fitzroy	7.11 (53)	10.6 (66)	Lost by 13 points	Waverley Park (H)	17,599	7–5
14	Bye
15	Saturday, 2 July (2:00 pm)	Geelong	16.19 (115)	11.13 (79)	Won by 36 points	Waverley Park (H)	35,267	8–5
16	Saturday, 9 July (2:00 pm)	St Kilda	21.16 (142)	11.12 (78)	Won by 64 points	Waverley Park (H)	25,037	9–5
17	Saturday, 16 July (2:00 pm)	Melbourne	17.10 (112)	11.8 (74)	Lost by 38 points	Optus Oval (A)	14,096	9–6
18	Saturday, 23 July (2:08 pm)	North Melbourne	9.5 (59)	15.9 (99)	Lost by 40 points	Waverley Park (H)	26,936	9–7
19	Saturday, 30 July (2:08 pm)	Carlton	15.14 (104)	9.18 (72)	Lost by 32 points	Optus Oval (A)	25,265	9–8
20	Saturday, 6 August (2:08 pm)	West Coast	15.10 (100)	7.12 (54)	Won by 46 points	Waverley Park (H)	16,328	10–8
21	Sunday, 14 August (2:00 pm)	Richmond	11.23 (89)	18.9 (117)	Won by 28 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	52,562	11–8
22	Sunday, 21 August (2:00 pm)	Essendon	20.16 (136)	12.12 (84)	Lost by 52 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	49,354	11–9
23	Sunday, 28 August (2:15 pm)	Brisbane Bears	13.13 (91)	15.12 (102)	Won by 11 points	The Gabba (A)	13,718	12–9
24	Saturday, 3 September (2:08 pm)	Adelaide	9.12 (66)	6.11 (47)	Won by 19 points	Waverley Park (H)	22,973	13–9

Finals series

See also: McIntyre Final Eight System

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
Qualifying Final	Saturday, 10 September (2:30 pm)	North Melbourne	15.24 (114)	13.13 (91)	Lost by 23 points (extra time)	Waverley Park (A)	38,223