1995 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1995 Miami Hurricanes football
Miami Hurricanes logo.svg
Big East co-champion
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record8–3 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Larry Coker (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Bill Miller (1st season)
Home stadium Miami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,476)
Seasons
  1994
1996  
1995 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Virginia Tech +  6 1   10 2  
No. 20 Miami (FL) +  6 1   8 3  
No. 19 Syracuse  5 2   9 3  
West Virginia  4 3   5 6  
Boston College  4 3   4 8  
Rutgers  2 5   4 7  
Temple  1 6   1 10  
Pittsburgh  0 7   2 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 70th season of football and fifth as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Butch Davis and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 8–3 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish as conference co-champion. They served a one-year bowl ban due to NCAA sanctions that were levied at the end of the season. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 28:00 pmat No. 15 UCLA *No. 12 ABC L 8–3160,091
September 94:00 pmNo. 25 (I-AA) Florida A&M *No. 19W 49–357,721
September 2312:00 pmat Virginia Tech No. 17 BEN L 7–1351,206 [2]
October 77:30 pmat No. 1 Florida State * ESPN L 17–4180,350 [3]
October 147:30 pm Rutgers
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
BEN W 56–2119,747
October 2112:00 pmat Pittsburgh BEN W 17–1628,794
October 284:00 pm Temple Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 36–1228,147
November 412:00 pm Baylor *
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN2 W 35–1432,655
November 1112:00 pmat Boston College BEN W 17–1444,500
November 184:00 pm West Virginia No. 25
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 17–1243,409
November 257:30 pmNo. 22 Syracuse No. 25
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN W 35–2447,544
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasonsAlma mater
Butch Davis Head coach 1st Arkansas (1973)
Larry Coker Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 1st Northeastern State (OK) (1970)
Bill Miller Defensive coordinator 1st Texas-Arlington (1978)
Pete Garcia Recruiting Coordinator1st Miami (1984)
Chuck Pagano Defensive backs 1st Florida (1956)
Rick Petri Defensive line 3rd Missouri-Rolla (1976)
Art Kehoe offensive line 11th Miami (1982)
Don Soldinger Running backs 6th Memphis (1967)
Randy Shannon Linebackers 4th Miami (1989)
Charlie Williams Wide receivers 3rd Colorado State (1982)

Support staff

NamePositionSeasonsAlma mater
Dale Hulett Strength & Conditioning 1st SUNY-Cortland (1978)
Rob Chudzinski Graduate Assistant2nd Miami (1990)
Rusty MedearisGraduate Assistant1st Miami (1993)

Roster

1995 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 11 Scott Covington Fr
WR 7 Jammi German So
WR 87 Yatil Green So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 52 Ray Lewis Jr
LB 45 Twan Russell Jr
DB 23 Duane Starks Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 21Dane PrewittSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Statistics

Passing

PlayerCmpAttPctYardsTDINT
Ryan Clement 11920159.21,638710
Ryan Collins346056.747832
Scott Covington 224252.432432
Dyral McMillan11100.02510

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsAvgTD
Danyell Ferguson2121,0695.012
Dyral McMillan813224.03
Ryan Clement 36-76-2.11
Trent Jones281254.52
Ryan Collins18362.01
Derrick Harris16422.61
Scott Covington 9-20-2.20
Carlo Joseph5275.41
Tony Gaiter3217.00
Jammi German 177.00
Nick Williams 133.00

Receiving

PlayerRecYardsAvgTD
Jammi German 4173017.83
Yatil Green 2547619.02
Danyell Ferguson2224811.31
Gerard Daphnis1423616.92
Omar Rolle1217514.61
Syii Tucker1213411.23
Derrick Harris10777.70
Carlo Joseph8516.40
Dyral McMillan7568.00
Magic Benton614924.82
Chris C. Jones6406.70
Trent Jones55310.60
Tony Gaiter451.30
Jermaine Chambers4358.80

Game summaries

UCLA

#12 Miami Hurricanes at #15 UCLA Bruins
Period1234Total
Miami (FL)00088
UCLA30141431

at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

  • Date: September 2, 1995
  • Game attendance: 60,091
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • UCLA - B. Merten 24-yard field goal

Second quarter

  • No scoring

Third quarter

  • UCLA - A. McCullough recovered fumble in end zone (B. Merten kick)
  • UCLA - K. Abdul-Jabbar 9-yard run (B. Merten kick)

Fourth quarter

  • UCLA - K. Abdul-Jabbar 6-yard run (B. Merten kick)
  • UM - S. Tucker 10-yard pass from R. Collins (J. German pass conversion)
  • UCLA - J. Milliner 1-yard run (B. Merten kick)

Florida A&M

Florida A&M Rattlers at #19 Miami Hurricanes
Period1234Total
Florida A&M770721
Miami (FL)14350756

at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

  • Date: September 9, 1995
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 57,751
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • UM - R. Collins 1-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
  • UM - G. Daphnis 31-yard pass from R. Collins (D. Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

  • UM - Y. Green 7-yard pass from R. Collins (D. Prewitt kick)
  • UM - T. Jones 14-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
  • FAMU - J. Stephens 40-yard field goal
  • UM - D. Ferguson 1-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Third quarter

  • UM - T. Gaiter 46-yard punt return (D. Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

  • UM - D. McMillian 3-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Virginia Tech

#17 Miami Hurricanes at Virginia Tech Hokies
Period1234Total
Miami (FL)07007
Virginia Tech730313

at Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Virginia

  • Date: September 23, 1995
  • Game attendance: 51,206
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • VT - D. Thomas 1-yard run (A. Larsen kick)

Second quarter

  • VT - A. Larsen 44-yard field goal
  • UM - D. Ferguson 5-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Third quarter

  • No scoring

Fourth quarter

  • VT - A. Larsen 20-yard field goal

Florida State

Miami Hurricanes at #1 Florida State Seminoles
Period1234Total
Miami (FL)703717
Florida State71771041

at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida

Game information
First quarter
  • FSU - P.B. Williams 1 run (S. Bentley kick)
  • UM - T. Jones recovered blocked punt in end zone (D. Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

  • FSU - S. Bentley 34 FG
  • FSU - A. Cooper 8 pass from D. Kanell (S. Bentley kick)
  • FSU - A. Cooper 26 pass from D. Kanell (S. Bentley kick)

Third quarter

  • FSU - W. Dunn 1 run (S. Bentley kick)
  • UM - FG D. Prewitt 20

Fourth quarter

  • FSU - P. Riley 23 pass from D. Kanell (S. Bentley kick)
  • FSU - S. Bentley 33 FG
  • UM - M. Benton 42 pass from S. Covington (D. Prewitt kick)

Rutgers

Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Miami Hurricanes
Period1234Total
Rutgers770721
Miami (FL)14350756

at Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

  • Date: October 14, 1995
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 42,642
  • Recap, pg. 124
Game information
First quarter
  • RUT - Battaglia 7-yard pass from Lucas (Mike-Mayer kick)
  • UM - German 59-yard pass from Clement (Prewitt kick)
  • UM - Green 28-yard pass from Clement (Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

  • UM - Ferguson 1-yard run (Prewitt kick)
  • UM - Ferguson 46-yard pass from Clement (Prewitt kick)
  • UM - McMillan 2-yard run (Prewitt kick)
  • UM - Ward 26-yard blocked punt return (Prewitt kick)
  • UM - Benton 61-yard pass from Covington (Prewitt kick)
  • RUT - Lucas 11-yard run (Mike-Mayer kick)

Third quarter

  • No scoring

Fourth quarter

  • UM - Lewis 64-yard INT return (Prewitt kick)
  • RUT - Harper 3-yard pass from Lucas (Mike-Mayer kick)

Pitt

Miami Hurricanes at Pitt Panthers
Period1234Total
Miami (FL)703717
Pitt3103016

at Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Date: October 21, 1995
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 28,794
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • PITT - C. Ferencik 34-yard field goal
  • UM - S. Tucker 15-yard pass from R. Clement (D. Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

  • PITT - P. Gonzales 2-yard run (C. Ferencik kick)
  • PITT - C. Ferencik 26-yard field goal

Third quarter

  • UM - D. Prewitt 47-yard field goal
  • PITT - C. Ferencik 39-yard field goal

Fourth quarter

  • UM - D. Ferguson 16-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Temple

Temple Owls at Miami Hurricanes
Period1234Total
Temple390012
Miami (FL)7139736

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

  • Date: October 28, 1995
  • Game attendance: 28,147
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • UM - German 77 pass from Clement (Prewitt kick)
  • TEM - FG Michalski 34

Second quarter

  • TEM - V Johnson 39 pass from Burris (Michalski kick)
  • UM - Ferguson 23 run (Prewitt kick)
  • UM - Ferguson 2 run (kick failed)
  • TEM - 2 point defensive conversion by Adams

Third quarter

  • UM - FG Prewitt 36
  • UM - Clement 1 run (two-point conversion failed)
  • UM - German 30 pass from Covington (Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

  • No scoring

Baylor

Baylor Bears at Miami Hurricanes
Period1234Total
Baylor700714
Miami (FL)01414735

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

  • Date: November 4, 1995
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 32,655
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • BAY - J. Douglas 2-yard run (J. Van Dyke kick)

Second quarter

  • UM - C. Jones 34-yard interception return (D. Prewitt kick)
  • UM - D. Ferguson 10-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Third quarter

  • UM - D. Ferguson 1-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
  • UM - D. Ferguson 16-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

  • UM - D. McMillian 16-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
  • BAY - K. Muhammad 41-yard pass from J. Alfred (J. Van Dyke kick)

Boston College

Miami Hurricanes at Boston College Eagles
Period1234Total
Miami (FL)707317
Boston College0001414

at Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

  • Date: November 11, 1995
  • Game attendance: 44,500
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • UM - G. Daphnis 56-yard pass from R. Clement (D. Prewitt kick)

Second quarter

  • No scoring

Third quarter

  • UM - D. Ferguson 85-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

  • BC - S. Everson 3-yard pass from M. Hartsell (D. McGuire kick)
  • BC - O. Walker 1-yard run (D. McGuire kick)
  • UM - D. Prewitt 24-yard field goal

West Virginia

West Virginia Mountaineers at #25 Miami Hurricanes
Period1234Total
West Virginia093012
Miami (FL)077317

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

  • Date: October 21, 1995
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 43,409
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • No scoring

Second quarter

  • WVU - B. Baumann 19-yard field goal
  • UM - D. Harris 6-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
  • WVU - D. Saunders 28-yard pass from C. Johnston (kick failed)

Third quarter

  • UM - C. Joseph 17-yard run (D. Prewitt kick)
  • WVU - B. Baumann 36-yard field goal

Fourth quarter

  • UM - D. Prewitt 33-yard field goal

Syracuse

#22 Syracuse Orangemen at #25 Miami Hurricanes
Period1234Total
Syracuse10140024
Miami (FL)01414735

at Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

  • Date: November 25, 1995
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 47,544
  • Box score
Game information
First quarter
  • SYR - M. Thomas 1 pass from D. McNabb (O. Mare kick)
  • SYR - O. Mare 47 FG

Second quarter

  • UM - D. Ferguson 2 run (D. Prewitt kick)
  • SYR - D. McNabb 17 run (O. Mare kick)
  • UM - D. Ferguson 3 run (D. Prewitt kick)
  • SYR - Thomas 3 run (O. Mare kick)

Third quarter

  • UM - Tucker 4 pass from R. Clement (D. Prewitt kick)
  • UM - T. Jones 2 run (D. Prewitt kick)

Fourth quarter

  • UM - O. Rolle 25 pass from D. McMillian (D. Prewitt kick)

1996 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Ray Lewis Linebacker 126 Baltimore Ravens
Derrick Harris Running back 6175 St. Louis Rams

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