American college football season
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.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 31 1:30 pm at Memphis * No. 11 SUN W 30–732,096 September 7 4:00 pm The Citadel * No. 11 W 52–635,747 8:00 pm at Rutgers No. 10 ESPN W 33–029,379 September 28 12:00 pm Pittsburgh No. 10 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN Plus W 45–032,747 October 12 3:30 pm No. 3 Florida State * No. 6 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry ) CBS L 16–3475,913 [1] October 19 7:00 pm East Carolina * No. 12 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL ESPN L 6–3131,909 [2] October 26 7:00 pm at No. 12 West Virginia No. 25 ESPN W 10–766,948 [3] November 2 12:00 pm at Temple No. 22 ESPN Plus W 57–268,608 November 16 3:30 pm No. 21 Virginia Tech No. 18 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry ) CBS L 7–2138,814 [4] November 23 12:00 pm Boston College No. 25 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL CBS W 43–2634,540 November 30 3:30 pm at No. 16 Syracuse No. 23 CBS W 38–3149,426 7:30 pm vs. Virginia * No. 19 TBS W 31–2146,418 [5] *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final AP 12 11 11 10 10 10 8 6 12 25 22 21 18 25 23 19 19 14 Coaches 16 12 11 10 9 8 6 13 23 22 21 18 25 23 20 19 14
Personnel [ edit ] Coaching staff [ edit ] Support staff [ edit ] 1996 Miami Hurricanes football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster
Statistics [ edit ] Passing [ edit ] Rushing [ edit ] Player Att Yards Avg TD Dyral McMillan 111 565 5.1 4 Danyell Ferguson 81 385 4.4 3 Trent Jones 86 374 4.3 5 Edgerrin James 71 446 6.3 2 Ryan Clement 36 -142 -3.9 1 Nick Williams 17 67 3.9 1 Scott Covington 13 -30 -2.3 1 Carlo Joseph 12 47 3.9 1 James Jackson 8 22 2.8 0 Magic Benton 1 22 22.0 0 Bryan Bippen 1 2 2.0 0 Tony Gaiter 1 -1 -1.0 0
Receiving [ edit ] Player Rec Yards Avg TD Yatil Green 44 746 17.0 4 Magic Benton 38 574 14.4 4 Tony Gaiter 30 671 22.4 7 Gerard Daphnis 19 173 9.1 0 Trent Jones 17 94 5.5 0 Jermaine Chambers 14 188 13.4 1 Nick Williams 12 149 12.4 1 Chris C. Jones 12 159 13.3 4 Mondriel Fulcher 12 149 12.4 2 Danyell Ferguson 11 52 4.7 0 Carlo Joseph 11 87 7.9 0 Dyral McMillan 8 44 5.5 0 Edgerrin James 6 90 15.0 0 James Jackson 1 7 7.0 0 Andy Atrio 1 12 12.0 0 Jeff Popovich 1 8 8.0 0
References [ edit ] ^ "Seminoles storm past Hurricanes, 34–16" . The Bellingham Herald . October 13, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Twice the hurt - Clement injures shoulder; UM takes beating" . The Miami Herald . October 20, 1996. Retrieved March 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Blocked punt revives 'Canes' fortunes 10–7" . Fort Myers News-Press . October 27, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Franklin's Stuewe helps Virginia Tech top Miami" . The Courier-News . November 17, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Big Mack attack" . The Palm Beach Post . December 28, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
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