1996 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1996 Miami Hurricanes football
Miami Hurricanes logo.svg
Big East co-champion
Carquest Bowl champion
Carquest Bowl, W 31–21 vs. Virginia
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
Record9–3 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Larry Coker (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Bill Miller (2nd season)
Home stadium Miami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,476)
Seasons
  1995
1997  
1996 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Virginia Tech +  6 1   10 2  
No. 14 Miami (FL) +  6 1   9 3  
No. 21 Syracuse +  6 1   9 3  
West Virginia  4 3   8 4  
Pittsburgh  3 4   4 7  
Boston College  2 5   5 7  
Rutgers  1 6   2 9  
Temple  0 7   1 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 71st season of football and sixth as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Butch Davis and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 9–3 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish as conference co-champion. They were invited to the Carquest Bowl where they defeated Virginia, 31–21.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 311:30 pmat Memphis *No. 11 SUN W 30–732,096
September 74:00 pm The Citadel *No. 11W 52–635,747
September 128:00 pmat Rutgers No. 10 ESPN W 33–029,379
September 2812:00 pm Pittsburgh No. 10
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN Plus W 45–032,747
October 123:30 pmNo. 3 Florida State *No. 6
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
CBS L 16–3475,913 [1]
October 197:00 pm East Carolina *No. 12
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN L 6–3131,909 [2]
October 267:00 pmat No. 12 West Virginia No. 25ESPNW 10–766,948 [3]
November 212:00 pmat Temple No. 22ESPN PlusW 57–268,608
November 163:30 pmNo. 21 Virginia Tech Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 18
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
CBSL 7–2138,814 [4]
November 2312:00 pm Boston College No. 25
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
CBSW 43–2634,540
November 303:30 pmat No. 16 Syracuse No. 23CBSW 38–3149,426
December 277:30 pmvs. Virginia *No. 19 TBS W 31–2146,418 [5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
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PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP 1211111010108612252221182523191914
Coaches 1612111098613232221182523201914

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasonsAlma mater
Butch Davis Head coach 2nd Arkansas (1973)
Larry Coker Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 2nd Northeastern State (OK) (1970)
Bill Miller Defensive coordinator 2nd Texas-Arlington (1978)
Rob Chudzinski Tight ends 1st Miami (1990)
Chuck Pagano Defensive backs 2nd Wyoming (1984)
Greg Mark Defensive line 1st Miami (1991)
Art Kehoe offensive line 12th Miami (1982)
Don Soldinger Running backs 7th Memphis (1967)
Randy Shannon Linebackers 5th Miami (1989)
Curtis Johnson Wide receivers 1st Idaho (1985)

Support staff

NamePositionSeasonsAlma mater
Dale Hulett Strength & Conditioning 2nd SUNY-Cortland (1978)
Bobby HardenGraduate Assistant1st Miami (1989)
Howie DeCristofaroGraduate Assistant1st Florida (1980)

Roster

1996 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 7 Jammi German Jr
QB 11 Scott Covington So
QB 16 Ryan Clement Jr
RB 32 Edgerrin James Fr
C 63K.C. JonesSr
C 64Ty WiseFr
WR 87 Yatil Green Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
SS 3 Tremain Mack Jr
CB 4 Earl Little Sr
DB 23 Duane Starks Jr
LB 31Nelson RodriguezJr
LB 45 Twan Russell Sr
LB 52 Nate Webster Fr
DE 90 Kenny Holmes Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Statistics

Passing

PlayerCmpAttPctYardsTDINT
Ryan Clement 16427260.32,257198
Scott Covington 7312558.491944

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsAvgTD
Dyral McMillan1115655.14
Danyell Ferguson813854.43
Trent Jones863744.35
Edgerrin James 714466.32
Ryan Clement 36-142-3.91
Nick Williams 17673.91
Scott Covington 13-30-2.31
Carlo Joseph12473.91
James Jackson 8222.80
Magic Benton12222.00
Bryan Bippen122.00
Tony Gaiter1-1-1.00

Receiving

PlayerRecYardsAvgTD
Yatil Green 4474617.04
Magic Benton3857414.44
Tony Gaiter3067122.47
Gerard Daphnis191739.10
Trent Jones17945.50
Jermaine Chambers1418813.41
Nick Williams 1214912.41
Chris C. Jones1215913.34
Mondriel Fulcher 1214912.42
Danyell Ferguson11524.70
Carlo Joseph11877.90
Dyral McMillan8445.50
Edgerrin James 69015.00
James Jackson 177.00
Andy Atrio11212.00
Jeff Popovich188.00

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