Miami's Greatest Victories
Following is a summary of 10 significant victories in the history of University of Miami football. Games were selected by virtue of their importance to the football program at the time of the game, along with the resulting impact on the football program and the University, in general. Games are presented in chronological order.
October 14, 1950
Miami 20, #1 Purdue 14
West Lafayette, Indiana
One week earlier, the Purdue Boilermakers had handed Notre Dame its first loss in 40 games. That win by the Boilermakers also represented the Fighting Irish’s first loss since 1945, a span of five calendar years. With the win, the Boilermakers assumed the top spot in the national polls. So, when the Miami Hurricanes paid a visit to take on Purdue there was little expected of the trip. Miami was in the midst of an unimpressive season – to that point. While the Boilermakers were shocking the world, the Hurricanes were quietly getting by a lackluster Villanova team, 18-12, in Miami. Truly, there was little to indicate that this day would mark Miami’s first brush with the football limelight. The 2-0 Hurricanes had little to boast about, a pair of wins over football lightweights The Citadel (21-0) and Villanova. But head coach Andy Gustafson’s squad was capable of much more and had circled this date as their chance to put UM football “on the map”. And they did just that. Purdue took a 7-0 lead into the half on a blocked punt return in the second quarter. Miami’s defense led the way to a monumental victory, picking off six Purdue passes, including one that Joe Lyden returned 53 yards to score UM’s first touchdown in the third quarter. Purdue tied it at 7-7 entering the fourth quarter before the Hurricanes put the game away on a pair of touchdown runs by Frank “The Tuckahoe Terror” Smith. Smith’s first score was an 18-yard run off tackle early in the period for a 14-7 lead. Smith added a 50-yard scoring burst midway through the period for a 20-7 lead before Purdue responded with a 31-yard scoring pass to cut it to six, 20-14, in the game’s final minutes. The Miami defense held from there for the victory. Miami earned a spot in the national rankings for the first time with the victory, rising to 14th in the following week’s Associated Press poll. The Hurricanes rose as high as No. 8 that season before settling for a final rank of 15th to end the regular season. Miami posted a 9-0-1 regular season mark before dropping a 15-14 decision to 10th-ranked Clemson in the 1951 Orange Bowl Classic. The Purdue victory keyed a two-year run of success for Gustafson and Miami, which went 17-4-1 in 1950-51 and earned a bid to the Gator Bowl in ’51 where they took their revenge on Clemson with a 14-0 win in Jacksonville.
Scoring SummaryMiami 0 0 7 13 - 20(1)Purdue 0 7 0 7 - 14
Purdue – Sugars 21-yard blocked punt return (Samuels kick)
Miami – Lyden 53-yard interception return (Watson kick)
Miami – Smith 18-yard run (kick failed)
Miami – Smith 50-yard run (Watson kick)
Purdue – Schmidt 31-yard pass from Samuels (Samuels kick)
Attendance: 32,000
November 3, 1979
Miami 26, #19 Penn State 10
State College, Pennsylvania
There have been bigger games for Miami and the Hurricanes have beaten better teams, but few Miami victories rank with the significance of the Hurricanes’ 26-10 shocker of the Penn State Nittany Lions on a November day in Happy Valley. For head coach Howard Schnellenberger and the Miami program, this was the first tangible evidence of where the football program was headed after a decade of tumult. Schnellenberger was Miami’s sixth coach of the decade of the ’70s, but he had a vision for the program that few outsiders could have imagined possible and the formulation of that dream began to take shape this day. The Hurricanes entered the game with a 3-4 record and would go on to a losing mark of 5-6, but there was little doubt that this was a program on the upswing after Miami handed the Nittany Lions a painful upset. Redshirt freshman quarterback Jim Kelly was making his first start as a Hurricane. Recruited as a linebacker by the Nittany Lions, Kelly had chosen to chase his quarterbacking dream and signed with UM. He did more than exact his revenge, turning around a struggling program in the process. Kelly completed 18-of-30 passes for 280 yards and three touchdowns to lead Miami to victory. Kelly and three true freshmen – center Don Bailey, Jr., tight end Andy Baratta and defensive end Greg Zappala – all made their first starts in this game, putting even more of a signature of the program’s turning point. The sellout crowd of 77,532 sat stunned as Miami opened the game with a scoring drive capped by an eight-yard Kelly scoring pass to Jim Joiner. UM recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, and added a 20-yard Danny Miller field goal for a 10-0 lead before State had run an offensive play. Leading 13-10 at the half, Miami dominated the second half and put the game away with a 25-yard pass from Kelly to Joiner in the third period and a six-yard strike from Kelly to Pat Walker for the final 26-10 margin.
Scoring SummaryMiami 10 3 7 6 - 26(19)Penn State 7 3 0 0 - 10
Miami – Joiner 8-yard pass from Kelly (Miller kick)
Miami – Miller 20-yard field goal
Penn State – Guman 12-yard run (Menhardt kick)
Miami – Miller 30-yard field goal
Penn State – Menhardt 32-yard field goal
Miami – Joiner 25-yard pass from Kelly (Miller kick)
Miami – Walker 12-yard pass from Kelly (kick failed)
Attendance: 77,532
January 1, 1984
#5 Miami 31, #1 Nebraska 30
1984 Orange Bowl Classic – Miami, Florida
Miami was the upstart. Nebraska was supposed to be the greatest football machine that had hit the field since the Oklahoma powerhouses of the 1950s. The fifth-ranked Hurricanes began the season in obscurity, unranked and still looking to take the final steps to national prominence on a march that head coach Howard Schnellenberger had set the program on five years earlier. After some close calls (excruciatingly close wins over East Carolina and Florida State), Miami had survived a 10-1 season and the chore of facing a Nebraska team that had annihilated its regular season opponents by scoring an average of 52 points per game. Miami ended up with more than just a shocking win over Nebraska. Due to upset losses by No. 2 Texas in the Cotton Bowl and No. 4 Illinois in the Rose Bowl, along with an unimpressive performance by No. 3 Auburn in the Sugar Bowl, Miami vaulted to its first national title with a 31-30 victory. It was one of college football’s most exciting games ever with Miami building leads of 17-0 and 31-17, then withstanding a ferocious rally by the Cornhuskers. Freshman quarterback Bernie Kosar put the Hurricanes up 17-0 in a stunning first quarter, tossing two touchdown passes to tight end Glenn Dennison to sandwich a field goal by Jeff Davis. Nebraska countered with a memorable touchdown run on the “fumblerooski” play by Outland Trophy winning tackle Dean Steinkuhler and a short run by quarterback Turner Gill. They tied it at 17-17 early in the third on a field goal before Miami regrouped and pulled ahead on a dive by Alonzo Highsmith and a touchdown run by Albert Bentley. Nebraska lost its Heisman Trophy-winning tailback, Mike Rozier, to an ankle injury early in the fourth but the Huskers got a pair of scoring runs from his backup, Jeff Smith. The first was a one-yard run with 6:55 left. The second a 24-yarder on a fourth-and-eight play with 48 seconds remaining to make it 31-30. Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne didn’t hesitate to make the call to go for two points and the win. Gill rolled to his right and threw for Smith in the end zone, but Miami’s Kenny Calhoun just got a fingertip on the pass, deflecting it off Smith’s shoulder and harmlessly incomplete. The Miami Miracle was complete.
Scoring Summary(5)Miami 17 0 14 0 - 31(1)Nebraska 0 14 3 13 - 30
Miami – Dennison 2-yard pass from Kosar (Davis kick)
Miami – Davis 45-yard field goal
Miami – Dennison 22-yard pass from Kosar (Davis kick)
Nebraska – Steinkuhler 19-yard run (Livingston kick)
Nebraska – Gill 1-yard run (Livingston kick)
Nebraska – Livingston 34-yard field goal
Miami – Highsmith 1-yard run (Davis kick)
Miami – Bentley 7-yard run (Davis kick)
Nebraska – Smith 1-yard run (Livingston kick)
Nebraska – Smith 24-yard run (pass failed)
Attendance: 72,549
September 27, 1986
#2 Miami 28, #1 Oklahoma 16
Miami, Florida
It was “The Boz” versus Vinny. It was another game billed “The Game of the Century”, although that overused moniker had already become hyperbolic by then. Nonetheless, this game pitted the two teams who would vie for the title, “Team of the 80’s”, and Miami would clinch that claim largely because of its successes against the Sooners. Three times during the mid-1980’s the Sooners and Hurricanes would meet and those games would provide the Sooners with their only losses in the 1985-87 seasons. The top-ranked Sooners had recovered from a whipping delivered by UM in Norman one year earlier and entered the 1986 contest as defending national champions. Miami led at the half, 7-3, in a defensive battle. But Testaverde launched his Heisman Trophy candidacy into the stratosphere with a magnificent second half performance, throwing three touchdown passes to lead the Hurricanes to a 28-16 victory and the top spot in the national polls. Testaverde completed 21-of-28 pass attempts (including a school-record 14 in a row) for 261 yards and four touchdowns. Oklahoma’s star linebacker, Brian Bosworth (“The Boz”) made 14 tackles and played good enough to back up his sizable pre-game bragging, but the Sooners didn’t have the horses to handle Miami’s speed on defense and in the receivers corps. Miami held OU to 186 rushing yards, a season low for the Sooners vaunted wishbone offense, as defensive stars Jerome Brown, Daniel Stubbs and George Mira, Jr., combined for 45 tackles. Stubbs spearheaded the effort, nabbing a quarterback sack, forcing a fumble and recovering a fumble. The Canes raced to a 28-10 through three quarters and cruised home with the victory that set them on course for a shot at the national championship.
Scoring Summary(1)Oklahoma 0 3 7 6 - 16(2)Miami 0 7 21 0 - 28
Miami – Roberts 6-yard pass from Testaverde (Seelig kick)
Oklahoma – Lashar 31-yard field goal
Miami – Henry 8-yard pass from Testaverde (Seelig kick)
Miami – Irvin 5-yard pass from Testaverde (Seelig kick)
Oklahoma – Jackson 54-yard pass from Holieway (Lashar kick)
Miami – Irvin 30-yard pass from Testaverde (Seelig kick)
Oklahoma – Stafford 2-yard run (pass failed)
Attendance: 71,451
October 3, 1987
#3 Miami 26, #4 Florida State 25
Tallahassee, Florida
It was becoming commonplace for Miami to take part in what would become college football’s “Game of the Year”. There was the win over Nebraska in the ’84 Orange Bowl, the dethroning of Oklahoma in ’86, and the painful loss to Penn State in the ’87 Fiesta Bowl. Now, against their rivals to the North the Hurricanes would write a memorable chapter in the landmark game of this rivalry that would define college football supremacy for much of the next two decades. The Hurricanes launched the run to the ’87 National Championship by knocking off what many believed was Florida State’s finest team to date in a remarkable comeback victory. The Seminoles dominated the action for the better part of the first three quarters, building a 19-3 lead that appeared rock-solid safe. But Miami awakened with stunning swiftness late in the third period as quarterback Steve Walsh hit running back Melvin Bratton for a 49-yard touchdown pass, followed by a two-point conversion pass to Brian Blades. A few plays later, lineman Daniel Stubbs intercepted an FSU pass and Miami followed with a 26-yard pass from Walsh to Michael Irvin. Walsh tied the game with a two-point conversion toss to Warren Williams with 11:39 remaining in the game. FSU responded with a time-consuming drive that seemed destined to end with a game-winning score, but Thorpe Award-winning safety Bennie Blades stopped the march with an interception at the UM 17. Four plays later, Walsh and Irvin connected again for a 73-yard pass-and-run for a 26-19 lead with 2:22 left. FSU roared down the field, scoring on an 18-yard pass from Danny McManus to Ronald Lewis with 48 seconds left. The ‘Noles went for two and the victory. Reserve defensive back Bubba McDowell knocked down McManus’s pass and the Hurricanes were on their way to the 1987 National Championship.
Scoring Summary(3)Miami 3 0 8 15 - 26(4)Florida State 0 10 9 6 - 25
Miami – Cox 29-yard field goal
Florida State – D. Williams 1-yard run (Schmidt kick)
Florida State – Schmidt 36-yard field goal
Florida State – A. Williams 5-yard blocked punt return (kick failed)
Florida State – Schmidt 25-yard field goal
Miami – Bratton 49-yard pass from Walsh (Br. Blades pass from Walsh)
Miami – Irvin 26-yard pass from Walsh (W. Williams pass from Walsh)
Miami – Irvin 73-yard pass from Walsh (Cox kick)
Florida State – Lewis 18-yard pass from McManus (pass failed)
Attendance: 62,561
September 17, 1988
#1 Miami 31, #15 Michigan 30
Ann Arbor, Michigan
This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Miami after its 1987 National Championship. But the youthful Hurricanes – replete with 10 new starters – weren’t acting like it. They obliterated preseason No. 1 Florida State 31-0 in the season opener two weeks earlier. Now, before a crowd of 105,834 (the largest to see a UM game to that time) the Hurricanes seemed primed for their “come-uppance”. The fired-up Wolverines were smarting after an opening loss to Notre Dame and head coach Bo Schembechler had his troops sky-high for the arrival of the top-ranked Hurricanes, winners of 19 consecutive road games dating back to a loss on the same Michigan Stadium field four years earlier. For almost 55 minutes of game action, it appeared that “come-uppance” was taking place. The Wolverines masterfully controlling the tempo of the game, winning the turnover battle (UM lost two interceptions and two fumbles) and playing about as well as they could. Michigan cashed in turnovers for points and made key plays on third down to control the game, leading 30-14 with 10:32 left after a 16-yard pass from Michael Taylor to Chris Calloway. It appeared Miami’s road streak, as well as its remarkable 33-game regular season win streak, would end as the Hurricanes took possession with 7:16 left. Calm quarterback Steve Walsh led Miami on an 80-yard touchdown drive in 11 plays, capping it with a 7-yard strike to tight end Rob Chudzinski and a two-point pass to Dale Dawkins with 5:23 remaining. Now trailing 30-22, Miami’s defense forced Michigan to punt after three downs, giving Miami possession with 3:45 left. Working exclusively out of the shotgun formation, Walsh was in a rhythm as he led Miami on a lightning-quick scoring march, hitting running back Cleveland Gary for a 48-yard scoring pass on a fourth down play to draw Miami within 30-28. UM went for the tie, but Walsh’s pass was picked off with 2:58 left. Freshman placekicker Carlos Huerta then stepped up with the first of two big plays, perfectly placing an onsides kick into the hands of teammate Bobby Harden at the Michigan 47. The Wolverines defense was now gasping for air, and Miami didn’t relent. The Hurricanes marched steadily toward the Michigan end zone and Huerta nailed a perfect 29-yard field goal with 43 seconds left to give the Hurricanes a shocking 31-30 comeback victory.
Scoring Summary(1)Miami 7 7 0 17 - 31(15)Michigan 3 17 3 7 - 30
Michigan – Gillette 22-yard field goal
Miami – Gary 49-yard pass from Walsh (Huerta kick)
Michigan – Gillette 30-yard field goal
Miami – Gary 1-yard run (Huerta kick)
Michigan – J. Brown 5-yard pass from Taylor (pass failed)
Michigan – Kolesar 18-yard pass from Taylor (Horn run)
Michigan – Gillette 29-yard field goal
Michigan – Calloway 16-yard pass from Taylor (Gillette kick)
Miami – Chudzinski 7-yard pass from Walsh (Dawkins pass from Walsh)
Miami – Gary 48-yard pass from Walsh (pass failed)
Miami – Huerta 29-yard field goal
Attendance: 105,834
November 16, 1991
#2 Miami 17, #1 Florida State 16
Tallahassee, Florida
It became known as “Wide Right I”. A game known more for a miscue than for the clutch plays by both teams that set up the dramatic ending. In a game that would ultimately determine the national champion, the Miami Hurricanes survived another scare in Tallahassee on the way to their fourth National Championship. The parallels to the 1987 matchup (when UM won, 26-25, with a dramatic fourth quarter rally) were amazing. Once again, Miami was being handled entering the fourth quarter as the Hurricanes trailed 16-7 with 14:32 remaining following a 20-yard field goal by FSU’s Gerry Thomas. As if awaiting a cue to prove them worthy, the Hurricane awakened and quickly took the game from the Seminoles. Carlos Huerta capped a 44-yard march with a 45-yard field goal to draw UM within 16-10. Then, Miami marched 58 yards in 11 plays to take the lead with 3:01 left on a one-yard run by Larry Jones. The drive was punctuated by a fourth-down pass from Gino Torretta to Horace Copeland for a nine-yard gain and first-and-goal at the FSU 3, setting up the Jones run. Huerta’s conversion kick put the Hurricanes in the lead. The Seminoles came right back, marching to the Miami 17 in the closing seconds. FSU’s Thomas lined up for a 34-yard field goal attempt, but the kick drifted wide right by just inches. Miami’s victory, its eighth straight over a number one-ranked team, vaulted the Hurricanes into the top spot in the rankings for the first time since the preseason poll of 1990 and gave UM three victories in four games featuring matchups of the nation’s No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams.
Scoring Summary(2)Miami 7 0 0 10 - 17(1)Florida State 3 7 3 3 - 16
Miami – McGuire 2-yard run (Huerta kick)
Florida State – Thomas 25-yard field goal
Florida State – Moore 1-yard run (Thomas kick)
Florida State – Thomas 31-yard field goal
Florida State – Thomas 20-yard field goal
Miami – Huerta 45-yard field goal
Miami – Jones 1-yard run (Huerta kick)
Attendance: 63,442
October 3, 1992
#2 Miami 19, #3 Florida State 16
Miami, Florida
The Miami-Florida State games defined college football during the 1990’s and it seemed the contest was played with a higher intensity and at a higher level than any game in the sport each season. The intensity of the game became a trademark of it. The 1992 meeting between the Hurricanes and the Seminoles may have been the most intense of the decade. The Hurricanes entered as defending national champions riding a 20-game winning streak. The Seminoles were determined to vanquish their nemesis and take their place atop the college football world. Something would have to give. The similarities were there again. Miami had what it took to survive another hard-fought battle. The Seminoles again would fall victim to a shortcoming in the kicking game. “Wide Right II” would be perhaps the most emotionally draining game of the series to date. FSU started the game with a 94-yard touchdown on the opening kickoff by Tamarick Vanover for a 7-0 lead. Miami responded, seemingly taking control in the second period with a 24-yard field goal by Dane Prewitt and a 29-yard pass from Gino Torretta to Coleman Bell for a 10-7 lead. FSU battled back to tie it at the half on a 22-yard field goal by Dan Mowrey. FSU forged ahead, 16-10, on a 34-yard field goal by Mowrey in the third quarter and a 41-yarder by Mowrey with 9:05 remaining. Torretta put Miami back in front with 6:50 to go, engineering a 58-yard drive that he ended with a 33-yard pass to Lamar Thomas for a 17-16 lead. After a safety to give Miami a 19-16 lead, the Seminoles took over with 1:35 remaining and drove 59 yards to set up a 39-yard field goal attempt with eight seconds remaining. Kicking into the east end zone of the Orange Bowl, Mowrey’s kick sailed wide right.
Scoring Summary(3)Florida State 7 3 3 3 - 16(2)Miami 0 10 0 9 - 19
Florida State – Vanover 94-yard kickoff return (Mowrey kick)
Miami – Prewitt 24-yard field goal
Miami – Bell 29-yard pass from Torretta (Prewitt kick)
Florida State – Mowrey 22-yard field goal
Florida State – Mowrey 38-yard field goal
Florida State – Mowrey 41-yard field goal
Miami – Thomas 33-yard pass from Torretta (Prewitt kick)
Miami – Safety, illegal forward pass in end zone
Attendance: 77,338
October 10, 1992
#2 Miami 17, #7 Penn State 14
State College, Pennsylvania
Aside of their chief interstate rivals (Florida and Florida State), only two other schools have played significant roles in the emergence of the Miami Hurricanes as a national power. And the Nittany Lions of Penn State have seemingly been a constant opponent during Miami’s most significant seasons. The 1992 season was one of those years. The defending national champion Hurricanes were just seven days removed from the unforgettable victory over Florida State at the Orange Bowl, and at the end of a three-game stretch that began with an 8-7 win over a surging Arizona team. Few predicted the Hurricanes could go through this trio of contests unscathed, but this Miami team did it – but not without a lot of suspense. The game ball for this one had to go to the Miami defense, which made the key plays in this game pitting two of the nation’s powerhouses. UM defensive end Darren Krein intercepted a John Sacca pass and ran it back 28 yards for a score with 14 seconds remaining in the third quarter for what would turn out to be the decisive points in a 17-14 victory. Miami extended its winning streak to 23 games with the win as fullback Donnell Bennett opened the scoring with a 10-yard run in the first quarter. The Hurricanes led, 10-0, at the half as Dane Prewitt added a 26-yard field goal in the second quarter. The Nittany Lions responded in the third quarter with Richie Anderson scoring a touchdown run to cap a 72-yard drive. Late in the third, Krein took the interception in for a 17-7 Miami lead. State’s offense began to control the ball early in the final period, driving to the Miami 5 before the Hurricanes defense stiffened. Linebacker Michael Barrow made a memorable stop of Anderson on a fourth-and-one carry to end a scoring threat, but the Penn State offense continued to take control, moving in for a touchdown on a 14-yard pass from Sacca to O.J. McDuffie with 6:17 left. State started its final possession with 1:38 left, but the march ended with 1:04 to go when UM’s Paul White intercepted a Sacca pass to seal the verdict. Despite being out gained, 370-218, the Hurricanes had used defense to remain in the national title chase.
Scoring Summary(2)Miami 7 3 7 0 - 17(7)Penn State 0 0 7 7 - 14
Miami – Bennett 10-yard run (Prewitt kick)
Miami – Prewitt 26-yard field goal
Penn State – Anderson 10-yard run (Fayak kick)
Miami – Krein 28-yard interception return (Prewitt kick)
Penn State – McDuffie 14-yard pass from Sacca (Fayak kick)
Attendance: 96,704
October 7, 2000
#7 Miami 27, #1 Florida State 24
Miami, Florida
“Wide Right III”? For much of the game, it didn’t seem it would come down to a field goal attempt. The Hurricanes had been striving to return to greatness after six years of turmoil. Florida State had prospered during Miami’s troubled times, winning two national titles and never finishing less than third in the final rankings. After years of false hope, it seemed the 2000 Hurricanes might be ready to seriously challenge the Seminoles again. A rivalry that had seemingly lost its magic would be revived in a dramatic way on a muggy, sun-splashed afternoon in the Orange Bowl. Seventh-ranked Miami fell behind, 24-20, with 1:37 left in the game. The Hurricanes had led the top-ranked Seminoles for nearly the entire game, including a 17-0 halftime advantage, when FSU went ahead with a 29-yard scoring pass from Chris Weinke to Atrews Bell. Hurricanes sophomore quarterback Ken Dorsey responded with a memorable drive that will go down in history as one of the best ever by a UM team. Dorsey completed 6-of-7 passes for 73 yards on the game-winning drive, including a 19-yarder to Santana Moss that resulted in a first-and-goal at the FSU 8-yard line. Then, following a five-yard penalty for a false start, Dorsey hit tight end Jeremy Shockey for 13 yards and the go-ahead touchdown with 46 seconds left on the clock to put the Hurricanes up 27-24. The win was not assured until FSU kicker Matt Munyon’s 49-yard miss added another almost identical chapter to one of college football’s greatest rivalries. Almost fittingly, his kick sailed wide right. Dorsey completed a career-best 27-of-42 for 328 yards and two touchdowns. His FSU counterpart, eventual Heisman Trophy winner Weinke, passed for 496 yards and three touchdowns. Three FSU receivers eclipsed the 100-yard plateau, while Miami’s Moss caught seven passes for 115 yards. Miami got on the scoreboard first, as Najeh Davenport scored from 22 yards out on a Dorsey pass. Fullback D.J. Williams then put UM up by two touchdowns with a one-yard plunge in the second quarter, followed by a 31-yard field goal from Todd Sievers. With two key interceptions, UM went up 17-0 at the half. It was the first time FSU had been held scoreless at halftime since dropping a 31-0 decision to UM in the 1988 season-opener. Then the Hurricanes held on for the barrage that followed.
Scoring Summary(1)Florida State 0 0 10 14 - 24(7)Miami 7 10 3 7 - 27
Miami – Davenport 22-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick)
Miami – Williams 1-yard run (Sievers kick)
Miami – Sievers 31-yard field goal
Florida State – Munyon 18-yard field goal
Florida State – Boldin 48-yard pass from Weinke (Munyon kick)
Miami – Sievers 37-yard field goal
Florida State – Boldin 2-yard pass from Weinke (Munyon kick)
Florida State – Bell 29-yard pass from Weinke (Munyon kick)
Miami – Shockey 13-yard pass from Dorsey (Sievers kick)
Attendance: 80,905
Other Games of Note in Miami history:
*October 28, 1966: 10-7 upset of fifth-ranked Southern Cal at the Orange Bowl
*January 2, 1981: 20-10 1981 Peach Bowl win vs. Virginia Tech
*October 31, 1981: 17-14 win over top-ranked Penn State 17-14
*November 23, 1984: “Hail Flutie” Game – 47-45 loss to Boston College
*October 19, 1985: 27-14 win at third-ranked Oklahoma
*January 2, 1987: 10-14 loss to Penn State in 1987 Fiesta Bowl
*January 1, 1988: 30-14 win over top-ranked Oklahoma in 1988 Orange Bowl Classic
*October 15, 1988: 30-31 loss at fourth-ranked Notre Dame
*November 25, 1989: 27-10 win over top-ranked Notre Dame
*October 12, 1991: 26-20 win over ninth-ranked Penn State
*October 18, 1997: 45-44 win at Boston College in double overtime
*December 5, 1998: 49-45 win over third-ranked UCLA
*October 7, 2000: 27-24 win over top-ranked Florida State
*January 2, 2001: 37-20 win over 7th-ranked Florida in 2001 Nokia Sugar Bowl
*October 13, 2001: 49-27 win at 14th-ranked Florida State ending FSU’s home winning streak
*January 3, 2002: 37-14 win in the 2002 Rose Bowl vs. fourth-ranked Nebraska
*January 3, 2003: 24-31 loss in 2003 Fiesta Bowl vs. second-ranked Ohio State
