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Miami easily won the contest 23–3. [10] [11] Miami would finish ranked #2 in both the AP [12] and Coaches polls behind Notre Dame. In a 2005 poll conducted by the University of Notre Dame, the 31–30 win over Miami was voted the Greatest Victory in Notre Dame Stadium history. [13] Miami fans have adopted the "Convicts" title for their own use.
The Miami Hurricanes football program has played in 43 bowl games since its founding, recording a total record of 19–24 for a .442 winning percentage as of 2023. The University of Miami's most common bowl destination has been the Orange Bowl, where the Hurricanes have appeared nine times and compiled a 6–3 record.
From 1986 to 2003, Miami won all six of the games between the schools, including victories in the 2001 Sugar Bowl and the 2004 Peach Bowl. Florida snapped its 23-year drought against Miami with a 26–3 win over the Hurricanes in 2008. In 2019, the series resumed with Florida winning 24–20 in the Camping World Kickoff in Orlando, Florida. [407]
The 1988 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 63rd season of football. The Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Jimmy Johnson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 11–1 overall.
The call ended the game and kept Miami undefeated at 5-0 and 1-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. Virginia Tech fell to 2-3 and 0-1 in ACC action. There were a lot of emotions and reaction.
The 1987 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game that served as the final game of the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.Part of the 1986–87 bowl game season, the 1987 Fiesta Bowl also served as the National Championship Game, between the No. 1 ranked Miami Hurricanes, and the No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions.
Ward — Miami's Heisman Trophy hopeful — threw for 400 yards and five more touchdown passes, three to Restrepo on a record-setting day for them both, and the Hurricanes erased a double-digit ...
Miami’s win was a rare one on Saturday for a top team — and that was reflected in the poll. Five of the top 11 teams in last week’s AP top-25 poll lost — with four of those defeats coming ...